The President finally addressed the people of Congo and a joint session of Parliament concerning the increasing instability in the country and the war in Eastern Congo. Noteworthy is on Page 8 his direct indictment of the ICGLR countries and… Read More ›
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Augustin Matata Ponyo is promoted from Finance Minister to Prime Minister in the DRC
Born on 5 July 1964, Augustin Matata Ponyo is originally from Maniema province in Eastern DRC. He has studied economics at the University of Kinshasa and is considered a serious and “non-corrupt” Finance Minister by most foreign missions working in… Read More ›
Conflict in Eastern Congo: The Kivus Could Face Another Major Regional War
Over the last week, CNDP General Bosco Ntaganda defected his FARDC post together with CNDP and PARECO soldiers comprising almost 3 battalions, establishing a rebel HQ in Kitchanga (North Kivu). Bosco, a ICC indicted war criminal, is defying the Government of… Read More ›
Post-Katumba Mwanke Vacuum Creates Competition Around DRC President and Between Provinces
Less then a week after the air crash that killed Katumba Mwanke, the top advisors of President Kabila are vying to replace him as the ex-officio “don” of the Congo Presidency. In this post they would have powers to advise… Read More ›
Dividing up the Congo: the Kabila-Kagame Pact
It is the case of the mouse that scared the elephant. Rwanda, specifically Kagame scares the hell out of Congo,specifically Kabila. On the handful of occasions that the two have met, the public part of the meetings are carefully stage-managed… Read More ›
Conflict Returns to South Kivu: Shabunda Battlefield for Conflict Minerals
Over the last weeks, the territory of Shabunda perched strategically between North and South Kivu is once again the flashpoint of conflict. The fight is over control of still lucrative gold and mineral mines that used to be dominated by… Read More ›
