Commentaries
Election Times and Murder in Kinshasa
On 13 July, the bullet-ridden corpse of former Minister Chérubin Okende was discovered close to the city centre of Kinshasa, in a display reminding of the 2010 murder of the […]
Central Africa
Publications
External publications
New wine in old bottles? A New EU Regional Strategy for the Great Lakes
Ten years after the EU published its first strategic framework for the Great Lakes region in 2013, the Council of the European Union released a ‘Renewed EU Great Lakes Strategy’ […]
External publications
Broder des textes et des images pour s’affirmer citoyenne : la démarche de Lucie Kamuswekera
L’article explore le sens de l’écrit dans l’espace pictural en analysant les images brodées de l’artiste congolaise Lucie Kamuswekera. Sa broderie autobiographique met en évidence ce que l’écrit fait dans […]
Où va la transition guinéenne ? Ou l’insoutenable légèreté du « colonellisme »
Moins d’un an après avoir fait passer de force son très contesté troisième mandat, le président Alpha Condé a été destitué par des militaires le 5 septembre 2021. Parlant au […]
Here are Four Things the West gets Wrong about Africa
External powers are intensifying their efforts to woo African states and their leaders in a context of Great Power Competition. Russian, Chinese and Western leaders are upping their game with […]
Decisive elections in the DRC
In December 2023, general elections are supposed to be held in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in a tense political and security environment. This paper tries to assess current […]