Democratic Republic of Congo

An investigation by the Congolese government has found that US$1.3bn (approximately equal to 18% of GDP) was stolen or lost to corruption and mismanagement between 2006 and 2007 while... 2008-07-28

June experienced renewed armed clashes between Congolese government forces and fighters belonging to the Mai-Mai militia group. According to UN sources, the confrontations took place... 2008-07-02

On the back of ongoing increases in commodity prices (in particular metals) and FDI inflows, we have increased our real GDP growth forecasts for 2008 and 2009 to 9.9% and 12.3% respectively... 2008-07-01

We maintain our view that the security situation in the eastern parts of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) will remain highly unstable during the remainder of 2008. In particular,... 2008-07-01

Jean-Pierre Bemba, DRC senator and former vice-president, presidential contender and rebel leader, was arrested in Belgium by the International Criminal Court on May 25 on charges... 2008-06-03

On the back of rapid economic growth, strong FDI inflows, and surging oil prices, we have revised up our current account deficit to 11.8% of GDP in 2008 (up from our previous forecast... 2008-05-30

On the back of rapid economic growth, strong FDI inflows, and surging oil prices, we have revised up our current account deficit to 11.8% of GDP in 2008 (up from our previous forecast... 2008-05-30