CMO London explores future growth potential

The CEMAC Market Opportunity (CMO) conference that took place at the Grand Connaught Rooms in London in October was led by founding chairman Elizabeth Andony-Traore, and focused on potential investment within the region. The Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (CEMAC) is comprised of six countries located in Central Africa; Cameroon, Central African Republic, [...]

Crisis in the Congo

A report by the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) has suggested that the Democratic Republic of Congo might be on the verge of collapse, as widespread disaffection for President Joseph Kabila grows. Endemic corruption and the failure to bring broad and sustained economic growth have led to the grave possibility, the report predicts, of violence [...]

Congo: Tropical Forest Summit

The multiple challenges affecting world forests will dominate the High Level Summit on Tropical Forestry, which will be held in the capital Brazzaville from May 31- June 3, 2011. The Summit of Heads of State and Government from the Amazon, Congo and Borneo-Mekong Forest Basins will be attended by countries from Africa, Latin America and [...]

Congo: A Comprehensive Strategy to Disarm the FDLR.

The joint Congo (DRC)-Rwanda military push against the Rwandan Hutu rebels has ended with scant results. Fifteen years after the Rwanda genocide and the establishment of those rebels in the eastern Congo, they have not yet been disarmed and remain a source of extreme violence against civilians. While they are militarily too weak to destabilise [...]