Whistling Child Soldiers?
I’ll put this in the category of weird humanitarian initiatives. I saw this belatedly –… Read More
Sizing up the Congolese legislative apparatus
There has been a lot of noise in Katanga over the past few weeks, as… Read More
Who Killed Laurent Kabila?
A couple of weeks ago was the 9th anniversary of Laurent Kabila’s assassination. The hulking… Read More
Nick Kristof on the Congo
Nicholas Kristof just spent a week in the eastern Congo and has begun publishing a… Read More
War of the cows
A friend recently sent me information regarding the ownership of cattle in the area of… Read More
MONUC – aiding and abetting?
Life is complex. In response to harsh criticism for supporting abusive Congolese army units last… Read More
A proposal: Making mining in the Kivus more accountable
The Center on International Cooperation at New York University just published a concept paper I wrote with Steve Hege on mining in the Kivus. It’s… Read More
Lubumbashi madness
Lubumbashi has always been a world unto itself, a weird microcosm of Congolese politics. The… Read More
Political and security developments in North Kivu
There was quite a bit of commotion in the Kivus this past week. Abbe Malu… Read More
A new FDLR leadership?
It appears that the FDLR are beginning to re-organize after the end of Kimia II… Read More
Angola vs. Congo: Oil, soccer & refugees
One of the great things about blogging that I can pontificate about things I don’t… Read More
Addendum: Congo death controversy
The Science Magazine blog has links to both the Human Security Report and the IRC… Read More
Why are Congolese such bad shots?
I often wondered why Congolese armed groups could fire tens of thousands of rounds during… Read More
How many people really died in the Congo wars?
Today, Canadian researchers at Simon Fraser University released the 2009 Human Security Report, challenging popular… Read More
Belgium and the Congo: Mon Dieu
There’s something about feet metaphors these days when it comes to describing Belgium’s relations with… Read More