With friends likes these, who needs enemies?

The main opposition party in the Congo, the Mouvement de liberation du Congo (MLC),… Read More

Between the Hammer & the Anvil

505 civilians killed by the Congolese army in Nyabiondo, that was the sad statistic… Read More

I was talking to a Congolese (opposition) parliamentarian today about the 2010 budget, which… Read More

The detente between Kigali and Kinshasa has caused a lot of jubilation amongst diplomats. Read More

I just now got around to taking a look of the Congo’s budgetary performance… Read More

The following is a Q & A with a military analyst who has extensive… Read More

Further to a posting from a few days ago, I’ve tried to summarize the… Read More

There are some pretty simple steps we could do to get rid of the… Read More

There are two birthdays coming up that should be of interest. There is, of… Read More

It was a bit anti-climactic when, two days ago in the steamy lakeside town… Read More

There’s been some noise in the past week about the unsolved murder of Albert… Read More

Check out this video made by the Virunga national park promoting the use of… Read More

Quiz: Which country has invaded the Congo several times over the past year, allegedly… Read More

It is easy to think that all is quiet in the Kivus, if only… Read More

One of the beauties of democracy is that it is difficult to control from… Read More