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news from Congo-Kinshasa
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- Vol 3 No 4
- 01/02/2010
Kinshasa’s missing millions
Evidence of grand corruption mounts in Beijing’s showcase $6 billion barter deal with the Kinshasa government
- Vol 3 No 4
- 01/02/2010
Fixing Kinshasa's broken boulevards
Agreed in November 2009, the second phase of infrastructure deals associated with the Sicomines joint venture is worth US$400 million and is expected to provide Congolese President Joseph Kabila with a list of projects about which he can boast in the ...
- Vol 2 No 11
- 01/09/2009
The great South Korean commercial offensive
The latest result of the close ties between Kinshasa and Seoul was revealed on 8 September by Générose Lushiku, Congo-Kinshasa's Minister of Urbanism and Habitat, who announced that South Korea's Berea International had won a US$225 million contract to bu...
- Vol 2 No 10
- 01/08/2009
Gagner-gagner - they claim
Both sides are claiming victory this month in the long-running negotiations on debt relief between the Kinshasa government and the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. Kinshasa has won promises of substantive and rapid relief on some US$11 b...
- Vol 2 No 8
- 01/06/2009
Tug of war
The IMF has scored some points in its battle with China over the mining-for-infrastructure deal but a final decision is unlikely before year's end
- Vol 2 No 6
- 01/04/2009
Debt, markets and Beijing
All three sides - the IMF, Kinshasa and Beijing - say there is little room for compromise on this month's debt relief talks
- Vol 2 No 6
- 01/04/2009
Big numbers on Congo's telecoms projects
China's Huawei and China International Telecommunication Construction Corporation are working on two information technology projects for Congo-Kinshasa's Ministère des Postes, Téléphones et Télécommunications (MPTT, P...
- Vol 2 No 4
- 01/02/2009
Twixt Beijing and the IMF
China's investment and production plans face a crisis as Kinshasa's foreign reserves nosedive
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