Democratic Republic of Congo

April 2007 | Ratings Update

Despite the large scale political violence in Kinshasa over the last month, our risk rating remains unchanged, due to the fact that it was already at a very low base. To justify any reduction in the short term political risk rating, there would have to be either a plunge back into full scale civil war and/or a total loss of government control. At the moment, the security forces retain a grip on the situation and the government of President Kabila remains in

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