Congo-Kinshasa

  • Mar 2, 2011
  • 2 min read

CONGO-KINSHASA: Kinshasa lifts eastern mining ban

A ban on the export of minerals from three eastern provinces will be lifted on March 10, Mines...

Congo-Kinshasa
  • Feb 28, 2011
  • 2 min read

CONGO-KINSHASA: Raid raises fear of pre-poll clampdown

Multiple suspects are being questioned today, following a raid yesterday on the residence of...

Congo-Kinshasa
  • Feb 2, 2011
  • 7 min read

AFRICA: Debt picture improves despite Ivorian default

On January 31, Ivory Coast fell into technical default on its 2.3 billion dollar Eurobond. A...

Africa
  • Jan 24, 2011
  • 15 min read

AFRICA: Infrastructure deficit is investor opportunity

Economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa is estimated by the World Bank to be 2% lower than it could...

Africa
  • Jan 12, 2011
  • 7 min read

AFRICA: States tread softly on resource nationalism

High commodity prices and increased competition for mineral resources is again fanning industry...

Africa
  • Jan 12, 2011
  • 2 min read

CONGO-KINSHASA: Kabila pushes constitutional changes

President Joseph Kabila's Alliance for the Presidential Majority (AMP) was able to push through...

Congo-Kinshasa
  • Dec 2, 2010
  • 7 min read

BURUNDI: Poll debacle leaves tensions high

UN peacekeepers in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo reported yesterday that they had...

Burundi
  • Nov 26, 2010
  • 2 min read

US/UGANDA: US strategy to combat LRA is not new

Uganda today welcomed a US strategy to address the threat from the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA)...

United States