Friday, February 26, 2010

The US Supreme Court and the Congo

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The US Supreme Court will soon rule on a case of great importance to the Congo. Well, not really, but it does reveal an interesting loop hol...
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Vulture funds, censorship and debt relief

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A few miscellaneous tidbits: The Paris Club of Creditors agreed Thursday to cancel $1.3 billion of the Democratic Republic of Congo's e...
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Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Chinque Chantiers: Hiccups in the China-Congo deal

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There was a good article in the Africa-Asia Confidential newsletter last week on the Congo-China deal. (You can read it for free here ). Acc...
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Tuesday, February 23, 2010

The price of peace

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As expected, the CNDP is not happy about not getting any cabinet positions in PM Muzito's new government line-up. " A violation of ...
Sunday, February 21, 2010

CNDP tighten control over Masisi

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As mentioned in the last post, the CNDP will probably not be very happy that they didn't get a ministerial position during the cabinet ...
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Saturday, February 20, 2010

Kabila shuffles his cabinet: analysis

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After months of waiting and rumor-mongering, President finally shuffled his cabinet today. (A full list of the new cabinet can be found here...
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Tuesday, February 16, 2010

The killings and kidnappings continue: South Kivu

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Here's an example of what kinds of killings are going on in South Kivu at the moment. From an internal UN report of a few days ago: ...