Posts by Louise Cunningham
Democratic Republic of Congo: Is resource nationalism on the rise again?
Many investors in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) anticipated a new dawn for investor regulation early this year, as President Félix Tshisekedi shed the yoke of his predecessor, Joseph Kabila, and broke from their uneasy power-sharing alliance. Under President Kabila, mining companies faced opaque tendering and were subject to punitive taxation changes that ignored…
Read MoreMozambique: Where next for the Cabo Delgado insurgency?
On 24 March, the Mozambican town of Palma – a formerly sleepy fishing harbour that has recently become the epicentre of the country’s nascent Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) industry – came under attack by Islamist-linked insurgents known locally as al-Shabaab. The attack and subsequent occupation of Palma, and the bungled response of Mozambican security forces,…
Read MoreTanzanian President faces spirited opposition in tense tote
Tanzanians started voting in general elections on Wednesday, with President John Magufuli’s party likely to extend its decades-long rule on the country that’s one of Africa’s top four gold producers.
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