News: Kagame at West Point; Gul in Kin; Constitutional Revision

News items of interest: Rwandan President Paul Kagame gave a speech at US military… Read More

Ka-Cashnikovs?

A cash for weapons operation began in North Kivu this past week. It is being… Read More

A hilarious article in Le Potentiel today satirizing the nefarious consequences of MONUC withdrawal:… Read More

The head of UN peacekeeping Alain le Roy arrived recently in Kinshasa to talk about… Read More

Two news articles of interest: First, MONUC has hit once again by the press after… Read More

This is perhaps the most explosive political issue in the Kivus at the moment: The… Read More

The Great Lakes Policy Forum – a group of scholars, government officials and students of… Read More

A few tidbits: Africa Confidential reports this week on a Congolese parliamentary investigation into… Read More

What’s wrong with the title of this blog? The head of UN… Read More

The French revolutionary George Danton apparently said: Much like Saturn, the revolution devours its children. Read More

A short news round-up: In the next installment of my series on raucous caucuses, Maniema’s… Read More

George Forrest embodies the symbiosis of business and politics in the Congo. (He is also… Read More

The US Supreme Court will soon rule on a case of great importance to the… Read More

A few miscellaneous tidbits: The Paris Club of Creditors agreed Thursday to cancel $1.3… Read More

There was a good article in the Africa-Asia Confidential newsletter last week on the Congo-China… Read More