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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00KINSHASA8008 |
(DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO): 2000 ANNUAL [...] No summary [...] |
2000-11-29 14:30:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV PREL CG |
| 00KINSHASA8356 |
DHRF FY 2001 FUNDING REQUEST [...] EMBASSY KINSHASA REQUESTS $131,100 FOR SEVEN SMALL DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS FUND (DHRF) PROJECTS IN FY 2001, PLUS AN ADDITIONAL $15,000 FOR UNIDENTIFIED PROJECTS, BRINGING THE TOTAL REQUEST TO $146,100. THE LUSAKA PEACE PROCESS, INCLUDING PLANS FOR AN INTER-CONGOLESE DIALOGUE, HAVE BEEN UND [...] |
2000-12-15 07:28:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KDEM EAID XA CG |
| 00KINSHASA8357 |
DHRF ANNUAL SUMMARY REPORT -- FY 2000 [...] THIS IS EMBASSY KINSHASA'S ANNUAL SUMMARY REPORT FOR THE DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS FUND (DHRF). EMBASSY'S FUNDING REQUEST FOR 2001 PROJECTS FOLLOWS SEPTEL. 2. POST REQUESTS THAT THE DEPARTMENT CONSIDER CAREFULLY THE SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CONGO WHEN EVALUATING RECENT DHRF PROJECTS [...] |
2000-12-15 07:29:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KDEM EAID XA CG |
| 00KINSHASA8362 |
FOOD SUPPLIES ADEQUATE BUT EXPENSIVE AT YEAR END [...] (C) Summary: Food supplies in Kinshasa's markets are adequate as we approach the end of the year, and last year's experience of short supplies and price gouging will not be repeated. Most basic foods are imported because of low yields and transportation difficulties for local crops. Importers [...] |
2000-12-16 07:16:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD SOCI CG |
| 00KINSHASA8363 |
LOCAL IMPORTER SUSPECTED OF CRIMINALITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Many long-standing Kinshasa businesses are complaining about Congo Futur, an importer that has expanded rapidly since it started operations less than three years ago and is now the largest food supplier in Kinshasa. Established businesses accuse Congo Futur of various illegaliti [...] |
2000-12-16 07:17:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD SOCI CG |
| 00KINSHASA8364 |
LEADERS TO MEET IN LIBREVILLE TO DISCUSS CONGO/K [...] (C) Embassy appreciates Libreville's detailed report on preparations for a second meeting at Libreville this weekend which would follow up the October 28 meeting held at Kinshasa. 2. (C) While there has been a good deal of local media speculation about a Libreville summit, with widely vary [...] |
2000-12-16 08:34:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GB CG ZF |
| 00KINSHASA8381 |
KABILA'S "SELF-DEFENSE FORCES" [...] (U) IN A MOVE THAT MAKES KINSHASA RESIDENTS NERVOUS, PRESIDENT KABILA HAS APPARENTLY DECIDED TO REVIVE THE "PEOPLE'S SELF-DEFENSE FORCES" (FAP), THE ARMED WING OF THE PEOPLE'S POWER COMMITTEES (CPP). KABILA FIRST AIRED THE IDEA OF ARMING NEIGHBORHOOD MILITIAS ONE YEAR AGO (REFTEL), BUT HAS NO [...] |
2000-12-18 14:21:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL CG |
| 00KINSHASA8382 |
OPPOSITION SAYS IT WON'T GO TO LIBREVILLE [...] (C) MOST MAJOR OPPOSITION LEADERS HAVE SAID THAT THEY WON'T GO TO LIBREVILLE TO MEET WITH PRESIDENT KABILA ON DECEMBER 21, AND CONTINUE TO INSIST THAT ALL INITIATIVES FOR THE INTER-CONGOLESE DIALOGUE SHOULD BE PURSUED WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE LUSAKA ACCORDS. 2. (C) DURING A MEETING WIT [...] |
2000-12-18 14:39:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL CG |
| 00KINSHASA8385 |
WEEKLY ECONOMIC REPORT - WEEK OF DECEMBER 11 - [...] (U) SUMMARY: Gasoline and diesel prices rose on December 11, and public transportation fares went up 50 percent on the 13th. Kinshasa's motor fuel supplies were adequate but the GDRC twice closed service stations without providing advance notice, causing confusion. The Congolese franc weakene [...] |
2000-12-18 15:35:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EPET EMIN KSAC AMGT PREL CG |
| 00KINSHASA8413 |
REFUGEE ISSUES IN GOMA [...] (C) Summary: During her Nov. 26-Dec 1 visit to Goma, Econoff discussed refugee issues with Eddie O'Dwyer, UNHCR's Acting Head of Field Office in Goma, and with Kasuku, a member of a Congolese NGO involved in repatriating Congolese Tutsis. O'Dwyer said that UNHCR and the Governor of North Kivu [...] |
2000-12-19 12:19:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV EAID CG UNHCR |
| 00KINSHASA8416 |
GDRC RELEASES MORE PRISONERS FROM MAKALA [...] PROSECUTOR GENERAL LUHONGE KABINDA RELEASED 170 PRISONERS FROM MAKALA CENTRAL PRISON ON SATURDAY, DECEMBER 16. ALTHOUGH SOME WERE CIVILIANS, MOST OF THOSE RELEASED WERE REPORTEDLY POLICEMEN WHO HAD BEEN ARRESTED FOR VARIOUS TYPES OF MALFEASANCE. LUHONGE PROMISED THE RELEASE, LATER THIS WEEK, [...] |
2000-12-19 14:35:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL CG |
| 00KINSHASA8417 |
GDRC ANNOUNCES LIBREVILLE PARTICIPANTS [...] (U) WITH BOLD HEADLINES, KINSHASA NEWSPAPERS ANNOUNCED DECEMBER 19 THE GDRC LIST OF PARTICIPANTS FOR THE "PRE-DIALOGUE" IN LIBREVILLE, PROVIDING THE STRONGEST SIGNAL YET THAT THE KABILA GOVERNMENT WILL ATTEND THE DECEMBER 21 MEETING IN GABON. INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER "LA REFERENCE PLUS" CALLED T [...] |
2000-12-19 14:35:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL CG |
| 00KINSHASA8421 |
FY'01 AFRP: IV NOMINATION - "WOMEN AND THE [...] No summary [...] |
2000-12-19 15:05:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL XA |
| 00KINSHASA8484 |
WEEKLY MONUC PRESS CONFERENCE [...] SUMMARY: MONUC HELD ITS WEEKLY PRESS CONFERENCE ON DECEMBER 20 AND DISTRIBUTED COPIES OF UNSC RESOLUTION 1332 TO THE PRESS. MONUC'S MILITARY SPOKESMAN MADE TWO ANNOUNCEMENTS. FIRST, MONUC HAS RECEIVED A COPY OF ZIMBABWE'S "ORDERS OF DISENGAGEMENT" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE HARARE SUB [...] |
2000-12-20 15:26:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC PREL PGOV CG KDMR KPAO CGOPRC |
| 00KINSHASA8490 |
SSH PROPOSALS FOR FY 2001 [...] EMBASSY REQUESTS USD 130,774 FOR NINE SMALL SPECIAL SELF-HELP PROJECTS FOR FY2001: -- FOUNDATION ON CONGOLESE AFRICAN STUDIES, EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT (FOCASED). REQUEST: USD 25,000. DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT: PROVIDING PREMISES FOR LITERACY SESSIONS FOR ABANDONED CHILDREN, TEENAGERS AN [...] |
2000-12-21 13:32:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM EAID CG |
| 00KINSHASA8491 |
ITT "ARTISTIC HERITAGE" [...] POST IS SORRY TO INFORM ECA/PE/V/G/A THAT MS.LUMUMBA DID NOT GET AN AUTHORIZATION FROM PRESIDENT KABILA TO LEAVE THE COUNTRY AND PARTICIPATE IN SUBJECT PROGRAM. 2. WE WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THAT THEIR SLOTS BE REPLACED BY TWO POTENTIAL CANDIDATES FROM THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS. [...] |
2000-12-21 14:57:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL |
| 00KINSHASA8492 |
GDRC DELEGATION DEPARTS FOR LIBREVILLE [...] ACCORDING TO OFFICIAL STATEMENTS, OVER 200 GDRC DELEGATES DEPARTED KINSHASA FOR LIBREVILLE ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20. PRESIDENT KABILA REPORTEDLY FLEW SEPARATELY TO THE GABONESE CAPITAL THE FOLLOWING MORNING, DECEMBER 21. 2. OPPOSITION FIGURES CONTINUE TO INSIST THAT THEY WILL BOYCOTT THE [...] |
2000-12-21 15:38:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL CG |
| 00KINSHASA8501 |
MORJANE ADDRESSES DIPLOMATIC COMMUNITY [...] AMBASSADOR MORJANE ADDRESSED THE ENTIRE DIPLOMATIC COMMUNITY DECEMBER 21 TO SUMMARIZE THE POLITICAL/MILITARY SITUATION IN THE DRC AT YEAR'S END, AND TO COMMUNICATE THE DIRECTION OF MONUC IN LIGHT OF UNSC RESOLUTION 1332. 2. OVERALL, MORJANE VIEWED THE CURRENT STATE OF PLAY IN THE DRC AS " [...] |
2000-12-22 07:38:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL CG |
| 00KINSHASA8505 |
IS MASASU DEAD OR ALIVE? [...] (U) SUMMARY: EVER SINCE "COMMANDANT" ANSELME MASASU'S ARREST OCTOBER 31, THERE HAS BEEN CONSTANT SPECULATION AS TO HIS HEALTH AND WHEREABOUTS. THE RUMOR MILL PEAKED RECENTLY WHEN THE HUMAN RIGHTS NGO "ASADHO" PUBLISHED A REPORT ALLEGING THAT MASASU, ALONG WITH FAC FOLLOWERS FROM THE KIVUS, HA [...] |
2000-12-22 08:17:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL CG |
| 00KINSHASA8511 |
CODEL WOLF VISIT [...] AMBASSADOR SWING AND THE COUNTRY TEAM OF EMBASSY KINSHASA REGRET THAT REPRESENTATIVE WOLF AND HIS DELEGATION WILL BE UNABLE TO VISIT KINSHASA. HOWEVER, WE ALSO FULLY UNDERSTAND THE TIME CONSTRAINTS SUCH A VISIT WOULD ENTAIL. 2. EMBASSY POLITICAL CHIEF KENT BROKENSHIRE WILL FLY TO GOMA ABO [...] |
2000-12-22 10:00:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AFIN CG |
| 00KINSHASA8513 |
LIBREVILLE A NON-EVENT [...] PRESIDENT KABILA RETURNED TO KINSHASA ALMOST AS SOON AS HE HAD ARRIVED IN LIBREVILLE, APPARENTLY HAVING ACHIEVED HIS GOAL OF MAKING A "GOOD FAITH EFFORT" TO MEET WITH THE OPPOSITION. NO BONA FIDE INTERNAL OR EXTERNAL OPPOSITION FIGURES APPEARED FOR THE GDRC-ORGANIZED "PRE-DIALOGUE" MEETING, A [...] |
2000-12-22 14:59:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL CG |
| 00KINSHASA8514 |
KINSHASA EAC RECOMMENDATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: EMBASSY KINSHASA'S EAC REVIEWED A VARIETY OF REPORTS AND DEVELOPMENTS THAT POTENTIALLY AFFECT SECURITY. THE EAC DETERMINED THAT A PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT ADVISING AGAINST TRAVEL TO LUBUMBASHI IS IN ORDER AND AGREED TO REMAIN ALERT TO FURTHER EVENTS. END SUMMARY 2. (S) EMBASSY KIN [...] |
2000-12-22 15:01:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | SECRET | ASEC PGOV CG |
| 00KINSHASA8515 |
REPORTED KABILA REQUEST FOR INAUGURAL INVITATION [...] (C) Retired Haitian General Herard Abraham phoned Ambassador Swing on December 21 to report the following: 2. (C) Abraham said that a friend of his named Beaulieu had contacted him from Brussels seeking Abraham's support with regard to what his friend described as a desire by Congolese (D [...] |
2000-12-23 06:51:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | CG PGOV PREL |
| 00KINSHASA8519 |
DRC PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT [...] EMBASSY'S EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MET ON DECEMBER 22 AND RECOMMENDED THAT THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION BE DISSEMINATED TO U.S. CITIZENS VIA POST'S WARDEN SYSTEM AND DEPARTMENT'S PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT OR TRAVEL ADVISORY NETWORK: 2. BEGIN TEXT: THE U.S. EMBASSY IN KINSHASA, CONGO (DRC) [...] |
2000-12-23 08:56:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC OTRA PTER ASEC CG |
| 00KINSHASA8532 |
KISANGANI OBSERVATIONS AND IMPRESSIONS [...] (C) The following two-part series reports on Embassy staff member's recent visit to Kisangani, capitol of Oriental Province. Part one addresses the military and security situation, and Part two the political and economic issues facing Kisangani and the province. 2. (C) Summary: During vi [...] |
2000-12-23 10:47:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | CG PINS PREL ECON PGOV |
| 00KINSHASA8538 |
KISANGANI OBSERVATIONS AND IMPRESSIONS (II) [...] (C) Following is the second and final part of a report on an Embassy staff member's visit to Kisangani November 28-December 1. This message covers the political and economic situation in Kisangani. 2. (C) Political Situation Emboff accompanied a Human Rights Law Group represe [...] |
2000-12-26 11:07:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | CG ECON PGOV PINS PREL |
| 00KINSHASA8554 |
VIEWS OF GOMA UN WORKERS [...] (C) Summary: Representatives of UN agencies in Goma believe the international community in general and the UN in particular are overly focused on the Congo war instead of on the deeper rooted problems of the Congo. While their analysis may in part reflect their own tunnel vision, it strongly [...] |
2000-12-26 14:35:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON PGOV CG |
| 00KINSHASA8558 |
WEEKLY ECONOMIC REPORT - WEEK OF DECEMBER 18 - [...] (U) SUMMARY: Gasoline and diesel supplies were adequate in Kinshasa, though reports that current supplies are noxious persisted. The Congolese franc weakened on the parallel market to about 142 Congolese francs per US dollar. The GDRC held a week-long workshop on the conditions of state-owned [...] |
2000-12-26 15:09:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EPET EMIN KSAC AMGT PREL CG |
| 00KINSHASA8561 |
GOMA POLITICAL NOTES [...] (C) Goma is not a very political town, despite its status as administrative headquarters for the RCD. While numerous general strikes (villes mortes) closed down Bukavu for days at a time over the last year, in Goma only one part of the city shut down and that for only one day. Residents of Go [...] |
2000-12-27 12:23:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC PHUM CG |
| 00KINSHASA8562 |
CONGOLESE DELEGATION HOPES TO SEE NEW [...] (SBU) As reported (Ref), Presidential Cabinet Director Georges Buse phoned the Ambassador evening of December 26 to inform him that President Kabila had instructed him to lead a Congolese (DRC) government delegation to the US to hold discussions with the administration of President-elect Bush. [...] |
2000-12-27 12:26:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL |
| 00KINSHASA8578 |
CODEL WOLF'S VISIT TO EASTERN CONGO AND KINSHASA [...] EMBASSY KINSHASA POLITICAL CHIEF KENT BROKENSHIRE WILL PROCEED TO GOMA ON JANUARY 5 TO PREPARE FOR CODEL WOLF'S VISIT TO THE KIVUS. WE WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE RECEIVING A PROPOSED ITINERARY FOR THE CODEL, AS WELL AS A LIST OF INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS WITH WHOM CONGRESSMAN WOLF WOULD LIKE TO MEE [...] |
2000-12-27 13:46:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP ASEC AFIN CG RW |
| 00KINSHASA8579 |
AMBASSADOR'S DEMARCHE ON MASASU AND THREE OTHER [...] (C) IN A DECEMBER 27 MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER SHE OKITUNDU (SEPTEL), AMBASSADOR SWING REQUESTED INFORMATION ON THREE POLITICAL PRISONERS, AS WELL AS "COMMANDANT" ANSELME MASASU. THE AMBASSADOR SUGGESTED THAT THEIR RELEASE AS A NEW YEAR'S GESTURE, COMING ON THE HEELS OF THE RELEASE OF HUN [...] |
2000-12-27 14:37:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV CG |
| 00KINSHASA8616 |
WTO/SPS TRAINING [...] No summary [...] |
2000-12-28 11:39:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD CG WTO |
| 00KINSHASA8621 |
DRC FOREIGN MINISTER PRAISES UN RESOLUTION 1332, [...] (C) SUMMARY: FOREIGN MINISTER OKITUNDU TOLD AMBASSADOR SWING HE WAS PLEASED WITH UN RESOLUTION 1332, PARTICULARLY THE SPECIFIC MENTION OF CITIES WHERE MONUC WOULD DEPLOY. HE CLAIMED THIS WOULD DISCOURAGE PARTITION OF THE CONGO. HE PREFERRED THE CONGO CONFLICT'S FOLLOW-UP MEETING TO TAKE PLACE [...] |
2000-12-28 13:31:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV CG |
| 00KINSHASA8622 |
MONUC FORCE COMMANDER ON CURRENT SITUATION [...] (C) SUMMARY On December 28, Ambassador Swing met with MONUC Force Commander Mountaga Diallo, acting in absence of SRSG Kamel Morjane, and SRSG Chief of Staff Sow, to review developments in the Congo war in general and his visit to Zambia from which he had just returned the evening before. [...] |
2000-12-28 13:53:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | CG PGOV PHUM PREL |
| 00KINSHASA8647 |
FINANCE MINISTER PLANS REFORMS, BUT CAN HE DELIVER? [...] (C) Summary: On December 28 Finance Minister Amisi told the Ambassador that he hopes to have Presidential approval for both an interim economic reform program and a new budget by mid-January. He said his program would include market liberalization, deficit reduction and policies to encourage [...] |
2000-12-29 14:33:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV CG |
| 00KINSHASA8650 |
AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT KABILA [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Swing met with President Kabila for an hour at latter's Marble Palace Office on December 29. In response to concerns expressed about the renewed fighting in Katanga and Equateur Provinces, Kabila defended his actions as defensive moves in retaliation for Rwandan offens [...] |
2000-12-29 15:51:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | CG PGOV PREL |
| 00KINSHASA8651 |
CODEL WOLF'S VISIT TO KINSHASA AND THE KIVUS [...] MONUC HAS AGREED TO PUT A UN AIRCRAFT AT THE DISPOSAL OF CODEL WOLF BEGINNING JANUARY 8 IN KINSHASA. ACCORDING TO THE CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER OF MONUC, A TWIN-ENGINE AIRCRAFT WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE CODEL FOR THE TIME THEY ARE IN THE CONGO (DRC). SPECIFICALLY, THE AIRCRAFT WILL TAKE [...] |
2000-12-29 15:56:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP ASEC AFIN CG RW |
| 01KINSHASA1610 |
HOW JOSEPH KABILA BECAME PRESIDENT; CONVERSATIONS [...] (S) WHEN IT BECAME CLEAR THAT LAURENT KABILA'S GUNSHOT WOUNDS WERE FATAL, CHIEF OF STAFF GEORGES BUSE AND DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF JEAN MBUYU, IN CONSULTATION WITH SEVERAL OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PRESIDENTIAL CABINET, MET TO DECIDE ON A SUCCESSOR. THEY SETTLED ON HIS SON JOSEPH AS THE ONLY PERSON W [...] |
2001-03-26 16:15:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | SECRET | PGOV PREL CG |
| 01KINSHASA2795 |
KABILA ADDRESSES NATION, ANNOUNCES REFORMS [...] (C) PRESIDENT JOSEPH KABILA ADDRESSED THE NATION AT THE KIMBANGUIST CENTER MAY 17 ON THE FOURTH ANNIVERSARY OF MOBUTU'S OVERTHROW. IN THIS, HIS FIRST PUBLIC ADDRESS HERE SINCE HIS INAUGURATION ON JANUARY 26, KABILA ANNOUNCED THE FOLLOWING MEASURES IN A BRIEF, LOW-KEY ADDRESS WHICH OFFERED FEW [...] |
2001-05-17 13:11:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM CG |
| 01KINSHASA300 |
GDRC CLAIMS KABILA ALIVE [...] (U) THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS WAS SUMMONED TO THE OAU VILLAGE EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON OF JANUARY 17. PRESIDENTIAL CHEF DE CABINET GEORGES BUSE PRESIDED OVER THE MEETING AND READ A SHORT COMMUNIQUE; HE WAS FLANKED BY GENERAL EDDY KAPEND AND KABILA ADVISOR AND COUNSEL JEAN MBUYU. 2. (U) BUSE SAID K [...] |
2001-01-17 13:33:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | SECRET | PGOV PREL CG |
| 01KINSHASA328 |
GDRC ADMITS KABILA DEAD [...] (C) CHARGE, ALONG WITH FRENCH AND BELGIAN AMBASSADORS, WAS CONVOKED EARLY AFTERNOON OF JANUARY 18 FOR A MEETING WITH MWENZE KONGOLO (MINISTER OF JUSTICE), HENRI MOVA (MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENT) AND MAWAMPANGA MWANA NANGA (MINISTER OF FISHERIES AND LIVESTOCK). AT THE BRIEF MEETING, MWENZE SAID [...] |
2001-01-18 12:48:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CG |
| 01KINSHASA346 |
MEETING WITH JOSEPH KABILA [...] (C) CHARGE WAS CONVOKED FOR A MEETING WITH INTERIM HEAD OF GOVERNMENT GENERAL JOSEPH KABILA AFTERNOON OF JANUARY 18. THIS WAS NOT EXACTLY THE "KEEP IT IN CONFIDENCE" MEETING THAT CHARGE HAD BEEN TOLD JOSEPH KABILA SOUGHT (REFTEL). AMBASSADORS FROM THE OTHER UNSC PERMREP COUNTRIES (UK, FRANCE, [...] |
2001-01-18 18:52:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CG |
| 01KINSHASA419 |
KABILA LAID TO REST [...] (C) SUMMARY --------------- IN A DIGNIFIED, WELL ORGANIZED SIX-HOUR CEREMONY, PRESIDENT LAURENT KABILA WAS BURIED JANUARY 23 IN THE PRESENCE OF SIX AFRICAN PRESIDENTS, AND NEARLY A DOZEN OTHER HIGH-LEVEL FOREIGN DELEGATIONS ALMOST ALL OF WHOM DEPARTED KINSHASA BEFORE NIGHTFALL. SECURITY WA [...] |
2001-01-24 11:56:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CG |
| 01KINSHASA440 |
POST-KABILA: FASHIONING A NEW REGIME [...] (C) WITH THE INITIAL SHOCK OF KABILA'S ASSASSINATION, AND NOW HIS BURIAL, BEHIND THEM, THE CONGOLESE POWER STRUCTURE IS STRUGGLING TO COME TO GRIPS WITH THEIR NEW SITUATION AND MOVE AHEAD. --------------------------- 2. (C) KABILA'S ADVISERS --------------------------- IN THIS CONNECTIO [...] |
2001-01-25 08:42:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CG |
| 01KINSHASA461 |
AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH JOSEPH KABILA [...] (C) SUMMARY: ------------------ AMBASSADOR SWING MET WITH PRESIDENT-DESIGNATE JOSEPH KABILA FOR AN HOUR LATE AFTERNOON OF JANUARY 25 AT KABILA'S OAU VILLAGE OFFICE. THE AMBASSADOR PRESENTED KABILA WITH PRESIDENT BUSH'S MESSAGE OF CONDOLENCE AND OFFERED HIS OWN VERBAL CONDOLENCES ON THE DEA [...] |
2001-01-26 10:03:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CG |
| 01KINSHASA478 |
INAUGURAL ADDRESS: CONTINUITY AND CHANGE [...] (C) SUMMARY: ------------------- NEWLY-INAUGURATED PRESIDENT JOSEPH KABILA ADDRESSED THE CONGOLESE PEOPLE EVENING OF JANUARY 26. HIS HALF HOUR ADDRESS SKILLFULLY THREADED HIS SLAIN FATHER'S NAME AND LEGACY THROUGHOUT HIS REMARKS WITH COURSE CORRECTIONS ON ABOUT ALL MAJOR ISSUES AND AREAS O [...] |
2001-01-29 07:45:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CG |
| 01KINSHASA5605 |
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: 2001 ANNUAL [...] SUMMARY: THE GDRC PLAYED A POSITIVE, IF VERY MINOR, ROLE ON TERRORISM ISSUES DURING 2001. NONETHELESS, EASTERN DRC IS UNDER CONTROL OF REBEL FORCES AND CONTINUES TO BE PLAGUED BY SEVERE DISORDER AND BANDITRY IN LARGE AREAS. WHETHER ANY OF THIS ACTIVITY CAN BE CLASSIFIED AS TERRORISM IS QUES [...] |
2001-12-10 13:00:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER CG |
| 01KINSHASA703 |
GOVERNMENT DISMISSED: STEP ONE IN CABINET [...] (C) "CURRENT AFFAIRS ONLY" --------------------------------- WE UNDERSTAND THAT ON FEBRUARY 7 PRESIDENT JOSEPH KABILA FORMALLY NOTIFIED ALL MEMBERS OF THE CABINET THAT THEY ARE DISMISSED AS FAR AS THEIR PRESENT MANDATE IS CONCERNED AND ARE, HENCEFORTH, TO ATTEND ONLY TO "CURRENT AFFAIRS." ( [...] |
2001-02-08 16:23:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CG |
| 01KINSHASA810 |
CONGO: "ROADMAP" TO A NEW RELATIONSHIP [...] (C) "NEW WINE IN NEW BOTTLES...?" ------------------------------------ IT WOULD BE IN OUR POLICY INTERESTS TO COME TO AN UNDERSTANDING EARLY IN BOTH THE NEW WASHINGTON AND KINSHASA ADMINISTRATIONS ON WAYS AND MEANS TO PUT US/CONGO (DRC) RELATIONS ON A NEW FOOTING. IN THIS REGARD, THE ROADMA [...] |
2001-02-14 16:42:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CG |
| 02KINSHASA2321 |
KABILA ASSASSINATION TRIAL CONTINUES, HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE TRIAL OF THOSE ACCUSED OF KILLING LAURENT KABILA REOPENED TO THE PUBLIC WITHOUT FANFARE AT THE END OF AUGUST. CLOSING ARGUMENTS ARE EXPECTED SOON. CLEAR BIAS, A MULTIPLICITY OF PROCEDURAL ERRORS AND LACK OF EVIDENCE ARE NOT EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE VERDICT WHICH MAY HAVE BEE [...] |
2002-09-19 11:26:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV CG |
| 02KINSHASA673 |
THE KABILA GOVERNMENT: THESE ARE TOUGH TIMES [...] (C) THE GOVERNMENT OF JOSEPH KABILA FEELS MUCH PUT UPON THESE DAYS AND FRUSTRATED THAT IT HAS FEW OPTIONS TO EXERCISE IN TERMS OF SHAPING THE WORLD AROUND IT. IT IS FEELING THE PRESSURE OF OTHER ELEMENTS IN THE INTER-CONGOLESE DIALOG (ICD) FOR WHICH IT WAS ILL PREPARED, IT HAS BEEN HUMILIATE [...] |
2002-03-19 16:14:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL RW |
| 02KINSHASA793 |
LAURENT D. KABILA ASSASSINATION TRIAL SCENESETTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE LONG-AWAITED TRIAL OF THE 116 SUSPECTS IN THE ASSASSINATION OF THE LATE PRESIDENT LAURENT DESIRE KABILA BEGAN ON THE MORNING OF APRIL 3. ON MARCH 20, THE GENERAL PROSECUTOR PUBLICLY READ THE CHARGES (IN THE PRESENCE OF THE DEFENDANTS, THEIR LAWYERS, AND THE PUBLIC) AT MAK [...] |
2002-04-03 15:09:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PHUM PREL |
| 02KINSHASA876 |
UPDATE ON LAURENT KABILA ASSASSINATION TRIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE LAURENT KABILA ASSASSINATION TRIAL BEFORE A MILITARY TRIBUNAL BEGAN APRIL 3 IN A PUBLIC COURTROOM. CURRENTLY, THE WITNESSES AND SOME DEFENDANTS (SUCH AS EDDY KAPEND, FORMER AIDE-DE-CAMP TO KABILA AND ALLEGED COUP-PLOTTER) ARE TESTIFYING ON THEIR ROLES IN THE EVENTS IMMEDIATELY [...] |
2002-04-12 14:54:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR KJUS CG |
| 03KINSHASA1961 |
KATUMBA STEPS OUT OF THE SHADOWS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On 25 July, GDRC President Joseph Kabila named eminence grise Augustin Katumba Mwanke Secretary-General of the DRC's transitional government. Kabila officially suspended Katumba in October 2002 following publication of the UN panel report on illegal exploitation of the DRC's weal [...] |
2003-07-30 08:58:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CG |
| 03KINSHASA2969 |
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: 2003 ANNUAL [...] POST'S RESPONSE TO REFTEL FOLLOWS: A) THE GDRC HAS BEEN SUPPORTIVE OF U.S. REPRESENTATIONS ON INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM ISSUES THROUGHOUT 2003, BUT THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT IN KINSHASA IS WEAK AND CONTROLS ONLY A PORTION OF THE NATIONAL TERRITORY. B) THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM IN DRC IS SEVERELY DYSF [...] |
2003-11-24 14:30:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER CG |
| 03KINSHASA3015 |
WANTED: LEADERSHIP AT DRC'S HELM [...] (C) SUMMARY: AFTER AN INITIAL BURST OF ACTIVITY, THE DRC'S TRANSITIONAL GOVERNMENT HAS LOST MOMENTUM TOWARDS REUNIFYING THE COUNTRY. PRESIDENT KABILA IN PARTICULAR HAS FAILED TO ENERGIZE HIS CUMBERSOME GOVERNMENTAL STRUCTURE, BUT PARLIAMENT AND MINISTERS HAVE LIKEWISE FAILED THE LEADERSHIP C [...] |
2003-11-28 16:03:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PINS PREL CG |
| 03KINSHASA477 |
NEW BREED OF HARDLINERS INFLUENCES KABILA [...] (C) SUMMARY: IN RECENT WEEKS GDRC PRESIDENT JOSEPH KABILA HAS APPROVED SEVERAL ACTIONS WHICH ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF A SLOW-BUILDING EVOLUTION TOWARDS HARDLINE POLICIES. "HAWKISH" ADVISERS SUCH AS AUGUSTIN KATUMBA, SAMBA KAPUTO AND EVARISTE BOSHAB HAVE GAINED THE ASCENDANCY OVER MORE "MODERATE" [...] |
2003-02-27 14:57:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CG |
| 03KINSHASA61 |
VERDICT IN LAURENT KABILA ASSASSINATION TRIAL [...] (U) ON DECEMBER 7, JUDGES FOR THE HIGHEST DRC MILITARY COURT HANDED DOWN THEIR VERDICT IN TRIAL OF PERSONS ACCUSED IN CONNECTION WITH THE ASSASSINATION OF FORMER PRESIDENT LAURENT KABILA. OF THE 130 PERSONS ON TRIAL: -- 30 WERE GIVEN THE DEATH PENALTY (SIX OF WHOM FLED THE COUNTRY IN 2000 A [...] |
2003-01-08 16:29:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM CG |
| 04KINSHASA1036 |
KABILA APPEALS FOR CALM, VIGILANCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Joseph Kabila, Interior Minister Theophile Mbemba, and opposition figure Etienne Tshisekedi all broadcast messages to the public on 3 June, appealing for calm. On balance, the messages were positive. Kabila discouraged violence, endorsed MONUC's work, demanded that p [...] |
2004-06-04 12:10:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINS PREL CG ASEC |
| 04KINSHASA1139 |
VICE MINISTER OF PLAN BIOGRAPHIC SHEET [...] The following is biographic data for DRC Vice Minister of Plan Raymond N'T. Tshibanda. 2. Names (Last, First M.I.): Tshibanda, Raymond N'T. 3. Date and Place of Birth: Nov 20, 1950 in Lomela, Kasai Oriental 4. Civil Status: Married, Five (5) children. All reside in the USA in Los Ang [...] |
2004-06-21 14:15:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV PINR CG |
| 04KINSHASA1140 |
ECONOMIC REPORT - MARCH THROUGH JUNE 2004 [...] SUMMARY. Prices and the exchange rate remain stable even through political difficulties. The mining sector has been extremely active. Mining company America Mineral Fields (Amfi) wins approval and signature of its USD 300 million contract and then changes its name to Adastra Minerals. The UK g [...] |
2004-06-21 14:24:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAIR ECON ECPS EFIN EINV ELTN EMIN EPET ETRD PGOV PREL CG |
| 04KINSHASA1141 |
DRC - THE NATIONALITY QUESTION [...] (SBU) Summary: Recent events in Bukavu (reftel) highlight the explosive nature of the nationality question, particularly for Tutsis in eastern Congo. Current Congolese law does not recognize the citizenship claims of some longtime residents whose ancestors immigrated to the country, includin [...] |
2004-06-21 14:44:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL CG |
| 04KINSHASA1156 |
KINSHASA - 4TH OF JULY CELEBRATIONS [...] Our Independence Day celebration will be held at the EMR from 1800-2000 on Friday, July 2nd. We are expecting approximately 1000 guests to attend the function. Public Diplomacy has arranged for an American singer from Paris to perform as well as the University of Kinshasa choir. There will [...] |
2004-06-23 10:44:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PTER CASC |
| 04KINSHASA1160 |
KEEPING PEACE NOT MAKING WAR: DRC WELCOMES QUAD [...] (C) Summary: During June 22 meetings with President Kabila, VPs Bemba (MLC) and Ruberwa (RCD), visiting DAS Don Yamamoto and AF/C Director Al Eastham noted U.S. concern with the security situation in Eastern Congo, including the buildup of government troops; assured Congolese officials that, [...] |
2004-06-23 14:58:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PREL CG MONUC |
| 04KINSHASA1167 |
2004 ANNUAL CHIEF OF MISSION MANAGEMENT [...] As Chief of Mission for Kinshasa, I am cognizant of the importance of management controls. I have taken the necessary measures to assure that an evaluation of the systems of management control for Kinshasa has been conducted in a conscientious and thorough manner, in accordance with the [...] |
2004-06-25 10:39:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ABLD |
| 04KINSHASA1174 |
DIN/ODI ACCESS WAIVER REQUEST - KINSHASA [...] Post or bureau name; Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo 2. Post or bureau point of contact, e-mail address, and telephone number; Floyd L. Wilson, WilsonFL@state.gov, (243) 81-884-0255 3. Location serviced by DIN; American Cultural Center, JAO Compound, 498 Ave. Colonel Lukusa - [...] |
2004-06-28 08:37:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | AADP ACOA AMGT ANET ASEC KPAO KRIM OIIP |
| 04KINSHASA1177 |
GDRC APPOINTS NATIONAL POLICE CHIEF [...] (U) Summary. The GDRC appointed a police inspector general and two deputy inspectors to the Congolese national police. These appointments (drawn from the ex-government and the two principal ex-rebel movements) have been well-received as a first step in creating an integrated police unit, but th [...] |
2004-06-28 15:33:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS PREL CG INR |
| 04KINSHASA1179 |
2004 AMBASSADOR'S FUND FOR REFUGEES [...] (U) Embassy Kinshasa nominates the following two programs for inclusion in the Ambassador's Fund for Refugees: COOPI (Cooperazione Internazionale) COOPI is a well-established Italian NGO which has been providing humanitarian assistance in the DRC since the 1970's. COOPI's proposal consis [...] |
2004-06-29 06:16:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF CG |
| 04KINSHASA1214 |
TENSIONS WITHIN CONGO'S RCD EX-REBEL MOVEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: There is much frustration within the ex-rebel Congolese Rally for Democracy (RCD), but members are divided on how best to proceed. There are disagreements over whether to make more versus less concessions to their adversaries, how best to deal with current and future insurgents, [...] |
2004-07-02 12:43:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL MARR CG |
| 04KINSHASA1216 |
KINSHASA - QUARTERLY STATUS REPORT [...] All construction projects have been reported to the Department. 2. Visit for VIP visitors: Deputy Assistant Secretary Donald Yamamoto 4/03 - 4/06 and again 06/21 - 06/23 Con. Edward Royce 6/26 - 6/30 Former Brazzaville Ambassador John Kaeuper and Senator John Turner 6/21 [...] |
2004-07-02 13:00:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC KSAC CG |
| 04KINSHASA1217 |
PLAYING THE TROOP NUMBERS GAME [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government and rebel groups in the east are prone to inflate the number of troops they deploy, but clearly there is a build-up of troops going on in the east. As of July 1, the FARDC probably has about 14,000 regular soldiers in eastern Congo, including MLC components. These [...] |
2004-07-02 13:40:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS CG MONUC |
| 04KINSHASA1244 |
ROYCE CODEL HIGHLIGHTS INTERNAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL [...] (U) SUMMARY. From June 26-30, Chairman of the House International Relations Subcommittee for Africa, Ed Royce, led a delegation, which consisted of Rep Royce, his wife, two staffers (Tom Sheehy and Malik Chaka), to Kinshasa focused on national and environmental security issues. Key meetings wer [...] |
2004-07-06 13:53:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON OREP PGOV PREL SENV CG |
| 04KINSHASA1245 |
OSPB EXCEPTION REQUEST FOR CONSULAR BUILDING [...] The ARSO has completed an exceptions request package in regards to the Consular upgrade project in the ref email sent to DS/PSD/PCB on July 02, 2004. This cable provides a synopsis of the exceptions package. 2. The Consular Section has an ongoing project to address many of the shortcomings [...] |
2004-07-06 13:55:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | ABLD AMGT ASEC |
| 04KINSHASA1246 |
KISANGANI TENSE AS POPULATION FEARS SPREAD OF [...] (C) Summary. Kisangani is currently tense as population remains concerned about possible Rwandan aggression through dissident RCD-G officer Laurent Nkunda. A large presence by various GDRC military components has also added to this tension and could increase the potential for problems, especia [...] |
2004-07-06 13:57:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS PREL CG INR |
| 04KINSHASA1251 |
PORT OF MATADI MISSES IMO DEADLINE [...] SUMMARY. During the first quarter of 2004, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) mandated that all ports worldwide improve their facilities and security measures to come in line with new International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) code standards. The Port of Matadi, DRC has no [...] |
2004-07-07 12:12:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EWWT CG |
| 04KINSHASA1257 |
OFDA REP VISIT TO BARAKA AND FIZI [...] (U) OFDA Rep Victor Bushamuka visited Baraka and Fizi, South Kivu province from May 18 to 20 to evaluate the security and humanitarian situations in that part of South Kivu Province. The area was found to be highly militarized, the situation still remains somewhat tense, and the pop [...] |
2004-07-07 14:11:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM CG |
| 04KINSHASA1260 |
CODEL ROYCE MEETS CONGOLESE, U.N. OFFICIALS [...] (C) SUMMARY: A CODEL led by U.S. Representative Edward Royce met in Kinshasa with senior Congolese and U.N. officials on June 28-29. GDRC Vice President Azarias Ruberwa focused mainly on the shortcomings and alleged perfidy of his political opponents in the transitional government. GDRC Nat [...] |
2004-07-08 11:28:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL ASEC CG |
| 04KINSHASA1261 |
KABILA-ROYCE MEETING: SECURITY AND STABILITY FIRST, THE REST WILL FOLLOW [...] No summary [...] |
2004-07-08 12:35:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | CG ECON OREP PGOV PREL |
| 04KINSHASA1263 |
LETTER OF APPRECIATION FROM CONGOLESE FONMIN [...] Embassy Kinshasa received the attached letter from Minister of Foreign Affairs Antoine Ghonda for Secretary Powell and NSC Africa Director Courville SIPDIS thanking the U.S. for hosting the May 13 Quadripartite talks. Post will forward the originals by pouch. 2. Text of the letter: [...] |
2004-07-08 15:16:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV CG |
| 04KINSHASA1270 |
DRC ENERGY SECTOR UPDATE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Activity in the DRC energy sector picked up during the first half of 2004. Chevron-Texaco is in the process of selling its offshore drilling operation to European junior firm Perenco but intends to stay active in the DRC through exploration and pipelines. Cobil continues to functi [...] |
2004-07-09 09:34:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG PGOV CG |
| 04KINSHASA1271 |
TRAINING THE CONGOLESE POLICE IN TIME FOR ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary. In recent meetings with Congressman Royce and Charge, SRSG Swing stressed the importance of having at least 6,000 well-trained and equipped police to provide security for elections. The GDRC officially agrees that training an electoral police is a top priority, but has not committe [...] |
2004-07-09 11:32:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS PREL CG |
| 04KINSHASA1284 |
NEW ITURI DISTRICT COMMISSIONER TRAVELS TO BUNIA [...] (C) Summary. New Ituri District Commissioner Petronille Vaweka traveled to Bunia on July 12 with a goal of improving security, resolving the IDP situation and rebuilding Ituri. Although she is a competent and determined individual, her effectiveness will be contingent on receiving support from [...] |
2004-07-12 15:56:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PREL CG |
| 04KINSHASA1287 |
GDRC MAKES AMBASSADORIAL APPOINTMENTS [...] (U) Summary. The GDRC has taken an important step forward in the transition with the appointments of ambassadors from the various composantes. The PPRD retained Washington while the important African posts of Lusaka and Luanda were given to the RCD-G and the MLC respectively. End Summary. [...] |
2004-07-13 10:01:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS PREL CG |
| 04KINSHASA1291 |
MINOR CABINET RESHUFFLE OF CONGOLESE GOVT. [...] (U) SUMMARY: President Kabila announced a minor cabinet reshuffle on July 11, filling a number of posts that had been vacant. The ministers of defense (from the RCD-Goma), foreign affairs (MLC), and mines (political opposition) all retained their jobs, contrary to persistent rumors that circ [...] |
2004-07-13 10:50:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR CG |
| 04KINSHASA1293 |
UPDATED LIST OF TOP CONGOLESE OFFICIALS [...] Following is a list of top Congolese government officials, following the reshuffle of July 11, 2004: PRESIDENT --------- - Joseph Kabila (PPRD) VICE-PRESIDENTS --------------- - Azarias RUBERWA (RCD-G) - Jean-Pierre BEMBA (MLC) - Arthur Z'AHIDI NGOMA (pol) - YERODIA Abdoulaye [...] |
2004-07-14 08:51:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR CG |
| 04KINSHASA1299 |
DEPARTING BELGIAN AMBASSADOR'S TOUR D'HORIZON WITH [...] (C) During TDY Charge Gerald Scott's July 9 courtesy call on outgoing Belgian Ambassador Renier Nyskens, Nyskens stressed the need to maintain cohesion within the International Committee to Assist the Transition (CIAT) as many senior members will be rotating this summer and some elements with [...] |
2004-07-14 15:16:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | SECRET | PGOV PINR CG BE VT |
| 04KINSHASA1302 |
DONOR COUNTRIES SET UP COMMITTEE ON MILITARY, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following up on earlier discussions, MONUC and member states on July 13 set up a committee on Security Sector Reform (SSR). The committee includes representatives from the GDRC plus MONUC, the World Bank, and major embassies; it will meet monthly to coordinate donor efforts and [...] |
2004-07-14 15:26:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PINS PREL MARR EAID CG |
| 04KINSHASA1311 |
RCD TO FIRE EIGHT DISSIDENT PARLIAMENTARIANS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Eight RCD parliamentarians, citing numerous government failings including tolerance of ethnic hatred, declared they will not participate in parliament. A senior RCD official in Goma sympathized, saying "most people" in the Kivus agree with their views. A top RCD official in Kin [...] |
2004-07-15 08:47:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL CG |
| 04KINSHASA1316 |
IMO GRANTS MATADI SIX MONTH GRACE PERIOD [...] (SBU) Reftel reported that the Port of Matadi had not met the July 1 deadline set by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) for port security improvements. The National Transportation and Port Authority (ONATRA) reports that the IMO has granted a six month grace period to the Port of M [...] |
2004-07-15 14:01:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EWWT CG |
| 04KINSHASA1317 |
NKUNDA STALEMATE CONTINUES [...] (C) Summary: As of July 15, it is unclear whether ongoing negotiation attempts will end the stalemate with rebel commander Laurent Nkunda without a return to open conflict. Sustained rumors of an imminent FARDC attack on rebel positions in N. and S. Kivu have circulated for several weeks. As o [...] |
2004-07-15 14:27:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV CASC CG MONUC |
| 04KINSHASA1323 |
FAPC AND FNI MILITIAS FIGHTING IN ITURI [...] (C) Summary. Fighting between FAPC and FNI militias in Ituri has continued into a second week resulting in hundreds of IDPs and an undetermined number of refugees. The conflict has been fueled by apparent efforts to control a gold mine and the perception that MONUC's and the GDRC's attention an [...] |
2004-07-15 16:36:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS PREL PINR CG |
| 04KINSHASA1324 |
UK AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL VIEWS [...] No summary [...] |
2004-07-16 05:58:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | SECRET | PGOV PREL CG UK |
| 04KINSHASA1339 |
MONUC EXPECTATIONS OF TASK/SIZE INCREASE [...] (C) SUMMARY: SRSG William Swing says MONUC needs more troops, and that UNSYG Kofi Annan is likely to support such a request. According to a mid-level MONUC source, the organization plans to ask for an additional 25,000 troops, increasing the annual cost to an estimated $2.2bn. The source sa [...] |
2004-07-19 14:28:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO CG UN |
| 04KINSHASA1340 |
NORTH AND SOUTH KIVU CONTINUE MOSTLY CALM [...] (C) Summary: Recent shifts in Congolese military deployments bringing these forces closer to Minova and Goma seem to have lent impetus to ongoing negotiations with rebel commander Nkunda, who now says that he is willing to go into exile if a recipient country can be found. Initial press repo [...] |
2004-07-19 14:57:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CG |
| 04KINSHASA1342 |
PRESIDENT KABILA CONGRATULATES US ON INDEPENDENCE [...] (U) Embassy received the following dip note (in French (Embassy provides translation)), dated July 5, 2004, conveying an Independence Day greeting: Mr. President: On the occasion of the celebration of your country's national day, I have the honor to present to you, on behalf of the Congol [...] |
2004-07-19 15:36:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINS PREL CG |
| 04KINSHASA1343 |
DEMARCHE ON ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENTS [...] (U) Poloff initially delivered reftel demarche to Ambassador Fabien Emery Zulu, Cabinet Director for FonMin Ghonda on July 7. However, since Ambassador Zulu was not sure of the status of the Article 98 agreement signed by the Congo poloff followed up by meeting with Ambassador Clementine Shake [...] |
2004-07-19 15:37:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | CG KICC |
| 04KINSHASA1356 |
KINSHASA - GLOBAL SECURITY ASSESSMENT [...] (U) The following from RSO are Kinshasa's responses to reftel subparagraphs A-L: A. (C) Physical Security Upgrades - Official Facilities: (2) Program is necessary, generally effective, can be updated to mitigate vulnerabilities. Kinshasa completed a major physical security upgrade proj [...] |
2004-07-20 15:32:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC |
| 04KINSHASA1357 |
EMBASSY ATTEMPT TO ENSURE THAT FOREIGN MINISTER GHONDA REMAINS IN OFFICE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In demarches to both President Kabila's Chef de Cabinet and Vice President Bemba, the Embassy argued that FM Ghonda was a key element in the success of the July 14 and 15 meetings in Washington. Given the importance of his likely contribution to future such negotiations, we arg [...] |
2004-07-20 15:44:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CG UG US ANTOINE GHONDA JEAN-PIERRE BEMBA |
| 04KINSHASA1365 |
RUMORS MOUNT OF PENDING GOVERNMENT ATTACK AGAINST [...] (C) Summary: Eastern regional military commanders were ordered to return unexpectedly early to their posts July 21, cutting short follow-on meetings scheduled for Kinshasa. Upon reaching Bukavu, General Mabe immediately called his field commanders in and, according to Monuc sources, briefed [...] |
2004-07-22 13:52:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CG |
| 04KINSHASA1366 |
GDRC SLOWLY PREPARING FOR GREAT LAKES CONFERENCE [...] (C) Summary. The DRC's National Preparatory Committee for the Great Lakes Region Conference (on security, economic integration and social issues) met for the first time on July 5th to develop a national agenda. Baudoin Hamuli, National Coordinator, acknowledged that GDRC preparations are behind [...] |
2004-07-22 13:55:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS PREL CG |
| 04KINSHASA1368 |
KABILA REPLACES FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Kabila fired foreign minister Antoine Ghonda on July 22, at the insistence of GDRC vice president Jean-Pierre Bemba. This did not come as a surprise, since Bemba told us seven days ago he was determined to replace Ghonda and his aides had hinted for weeks that Bemba had [...] |
2004-07-23 15:45:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR CG |
| 04KINSHASA1380 |
N. KIVU MILITARY/POLITICAL SITUATION [...] (C) Summary: Poloff, DATT and British DATT visited Kisangani and Goma July 19-22 to meet with N. Kivu governor Serufuli, N. Kivu Regional Military Commander Obedi, and MONUC elements. Obedi no longer appears loyal to the transition government, and Serufuli's loyalties are opaque. MONUC Goma mi [...] |
2004-07-27 10:20:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM CG PGOV PREL MONUC |
| 04KINSHASA1387 |
CRISIS MANAGEMENT EXERCISES (CME) FOR KINSHASA [...] The dates specified in reftel are acceptable to post. If the trainers maintain the order of visits and general schedule as outlined, they will probably arrive in Kinshasa via Johannesburg mid-day on Sunday, September 19. This will allow for set-up and in-brief with the Ambassador and DCM on [...] |
2004-07-28 05:36:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR ASEC KESS KCOM OTRA CF CG AO ZI |
| 04KINSHASA1399 |
ECONOMIC REPORT - LATE JUNE THROUGH 23 JULY [...] Summary. Bank of Commerce and Development (BCD) liquidation and conflict in eastern DRC temporarily raise exchange rates. Prices remain relatively stable. The diamond sector continues to see increased activity with CEEC projecting exports of USD 1 billion by 2006 (up from current USD 700-800 [...] |
2004-07-29 06:15:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID EAIR ECON ECPS EFIN EIND EINV ELAB ELTN EMIN ETRD PGOV PREL CG |
| 04KINSHASA1407 |
INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT APPENDIX 2004 [...] Per Reftel, Post submits ICS appendix below. DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: July 2004 Appendix to 2003 Investment Climate Statement. This appendix serves as an update to the 2003 Investment Climate Statement for the Democratic Republic of Congo. It has been provided to assist investors in t [...] |
2004-07-29 14:50:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV KTDB PGOV PREL CG OPIC |
| 04KINSHASA1456 |
POSITIONING FOR THE NEXT TRIPARTITE TALKS [...] (C) Summary: In an informal Sunday meeting at the CMR, former FM Ghonda told the Ambassador that the GDRC wants to have some agreement regarding the proposed Joint Verification Mechanism (JVM) prior to the next round of Tripartite talks. He asserted that the Rwandans had concurred formally with [...] |
2004-08-02 15:21:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CG |
| 04KINSHASA1468 |
UNHCR REPATRIATES 283 AS PART OF ONGOING [...] (U) Summary: UNHCR repatriated July 26-27 a total of what UNHCR believed to be 283 Rwandan refugees from S. Kivu to Rwanda as part of an ongoing repatriation effort. Once they crossed the border, however, many "refugees" said they were really Congolese who wished to stay in the Congo. While the [...] |
2004-08-03 15:21:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | RW CG PGOV PREL |
| 04KINSHASA1474 |
CIVIL SERVANTS REMAIN AT WORK DESPITE CONTINUING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for internet distribution. 2. (U) Summary. Despite the failure of negotiations between the GDRC and various unions earlier this year, most civil servants have returned to work. Isolated strikes have since occured in several public enterprises and service [...] |
2004-08-04 14:14:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON ECPS ELAB EWWT PGOV CG |
| 04KINSHASA1476 |
ICC GEARING UP TO START ITURI INVESTIGATION [...] (C) Summary: During the International Criminal Court's (ICC) first official visit to the DRC, Deputy Prosecutor Serge Brammertz met with interested parties to open lines of communication, work on technical judicial issues, and learn more about the situation on the ground. Post welcomed Brammer [...] |
2004-08-04 15:37:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM CG |
| 04KINSHASA1477 |
RESPONSE TO USITC REQUEST FOR INFORMATION [...] The following replies to USITC request for information relating to its study on U.S.-Sub-Saharan African Trade and Investment. 2. Since the inauguration of the Transitional Government in July 2003, the DRC has made progress in moving from a war to a peace economy in most of the country. Gov [...] |
2004-08-04 16:09:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON ETRD OTRA CG |
| 04KINSHASA1488 |
DRC PARTICIPATES IN CENTCOM'S TAMPA CONFERENCE ON [...] (U) Summary. Two Congolese officials participated in Centcom's Golden Spear Conference on disaster management held in Tampa, Florida, from July 26-30. The GDRC has expressed its appreciation for this regional initiative and indicated that it looks forward to further cooperation. End Summary. [...] |
2004-08-06 14:36:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINS PREL CG |
| 04KINSHASA1490 |
ECONOMIC REPORT - JULY 25 THROUGH AUGUST 04 [...] Summary. Exchange rates are quite stable, but prices show signs of impending increase due to transportation problems between Kinshasa and the provinces, including the collapse of the Mai-Ndombe bridge. The GDRC reported significant macroeconomic progress for 2003, including 5 percent GDP gro [...] |
2004-08-07 06:55:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR ECON EFIN EIND ELTN EMIN ETRD PGOV PREL CG |
| 04KINSHASA1492 |
MONUC FEARS URANIUM SMUGGLING IN CONGO [...] (C) SUMMARY: A MONUC official based in Katanga province recently visited Shinkolobwe, a local mining area and source of uranium, and expressed concern to Kinshasa-based diplomats about possible illegal uranium-related mining activity. Although Post sees no cause for immediate alarm, Shinkolobw [...] |
2004-08-09 12:47:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS EMIN PINR KNNP CG |
| 04KINSHASA1500 |
FORMER FM GHONDA DISCUSSES HIS DISMISSAL [...] (C) Summary: In an informal August 1 meeting with the Ambassador, former Foreign Minister Antoine Ghonda (protect) observed that he had had growing problems over time with the leader of his ostensible party, VP Jean-Pierre Bemba. In addition, Ghonda reported that Ugandan President Museveni [...] |
2004-08-09 15:18:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL CG |
| 04KINSHASA1501 |
NEW ITURI COMMISSIONER: "KINSHASA IS NOT SERIOUS [...] (C) Summary. Ituri District Commissioner questions GDRC commitment to new Ituri administration. She asserts that despite repeated pleas, Kinshasa has yet to provide her with a salary or with the basic resources necessary for her administration to function. End Summary. Good Intentions Insuff [...] |
2004-08-09 15:20:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS PREL CG |
| 04KINSHASA1502 |
CONGO-KINSHASA BUSINESS VISA FACILITATION PROGRAM [...] Summary. A low level of trade between the United States and Congo-Kinshasa, a short average NIV appointment wait time and open channels between the consular and economic sections form the basis of informal mechanisms used at post to facilitate business visa issuance. Legitimate business tr [...] |
2004-08-09 16:05:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS ETRD BEXP CG |
| 04KINSHASA1504 |
A RELAXED RUBERWA RENEWS OLD ACQUAINTANCE WITH NEW [...] (C) Summary: During Ambassador Meece's August 6 initial call on Vice President Azarias Ruberwa, Ruberwa provided a tour d'horizon, highlighting his concerns about the current situation. He outlined a series of challenges facing the transition, suggested a political solution to the Nkunda probl [...] |
2004-08-10 09:51:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CG |
| 04KINSHASA1506 |
EMBASSY COMMENTS ON NO.1 CONTRACTING OPIC [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified, Privileged Business Information. Not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Embassy Kinshasa has reviewed the two applications for political risk insurance that No.1 Contracting Corporation of Ashley, PA has submitted to OPIC. Post opines that there are no curre [...] |
2004-08-10 12:48:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ELTN CG OPIC |
| 04KINSHASA1510 |
MEDIA PLACEMENT - PRESS RELEASE ON U.S. MILITARY [...] On July 21, 2004 PAS Kinshasa distributed a press release on the U.S. military assistance to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The English text of the release is as follows: "The U.S. Embassy is pleased to announce the successful visit of a team from the Defense Institute of International [...] |
2004-08-11 15:58:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR OPRC KPAO PGOV PINS CG MAP |
| 04KINSHASA1511 |
MEDIA PLACEMENT - PRESS RELEASE ON PEACE AND [...] On July 23, 2004 PAS Kinshasa distributed a press release on talks initiated by the U.S. Government to establish peace and stability in the Great Lakes region. 2. The French version of the press release appeared in the Kinshasa newspapers listed below. The general headline for these placeme [...] |
2004-08-11 15:58:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR OPRC KPAO PGOV PREL CG |
| 04KINSHASA1512 |
MEDIA PLACEMENT - PRESS RELEASE ON PEACE AND [...] On July 23, 2004 PAS Kinshasa distributed a press release on talks initiated by the U.S. Government to establish peace and stability in the Great Lakes region. 2. The French version of the press release appeared in the Kinshasa newspapers listed below. The general headline for these placeme [...] |
2004-08-11 15:58:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR OPRC KPAO PGOV PREL CG |
| 04KINSHASA1515 |
MEDIA PLACEMENT, JULY 31-AUGUST 6, 2004 [...] The July 31st edition of the pro-PPRD (former government) "La Cite Africaine" carried on pages 1 and 2 the article entitled "Le Congres americain critique la Monuc" ("U.N. Peacekeeping Force in Congo Comes Under Fire in Congress -MONUC's Ability to Safeguard Civilians, Elections Questioned": J [...] |
2004-08-12 11:16:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR OPRC KPAO CG |
| 04KINSHASA1516 |
MEDIA PLACEMENT - ELECTRONIC JOURNAL OF MARCH 2004 [...] No summary [...] |
2004-08-12 11:16:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR OPRC KPAO CG |
| 04KINSHASA1523 |
FY'05 MRP: "Combating International Crime," January 6-27, [...] No summary [...] |
2004-08-13 10:28:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO |
| 04KINSHASA1524 |
FY'05-MRP: "Grassroots Democracy I" November 11- December [...] No summary [...] |
2004-08-13 10:35:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO |
| 04KINSHASA1525 |
FY'05-AFRP: "Grassroots Democracy" April 11-29, 2005 [...] No summary [...] |
2004-08-13 10:40:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO |
| 04KINSHASA1526 |
FY'05 AFRP: "HIV/AIDS and the Family," [...] No summary [...] |
2004-08-13 10:49:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO |
| 04KINSHASA1527 |
FY'05-AFRP: "Transparency and Good Governance," [...] No summary [...] |
2004-08-13 10:56:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO |
| 04KINSHASA1528 |
FY'05 AFRP: "U.S. Africa Investment and Trade," [...] No summary [...] |
2004-08-13 11:03:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO |
| 04KINSHASA1529 |
FY'05-AFRP: "Higher Education in the U.S.," [...] No summary [...] |
2004-08-13 11:11:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO |
| 04KINSHASA1530 |
FY'05-SCP: "Protection of Human Rights" [...] No summary [...] |
2004-08-13 11:25:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO |
| 04KINSHASA1531 |
FY'05 MRP: "TV Broadcast Journalism," April 7-28, 2004 [...] No summary [...] |
2004-08-13 11:26:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO |
| 04KINSHASA1532 |
FY'05 AFRP: Women and Development, February 28- [...] No summary [...] |
2004-08-13 11:35:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO |
| 04KINSHASA1535 |
NKUNDA STALEMATE ENTERS THIRD MONTH [...] (C) Summary: As of August 13, despite several weeks of low-level skirmishes, the FARDC had not launched a large-scale offensive against rebel commander Laurent Nkunda. Much of the FARDC command structure, including N. Kivu military commander General Obedi, descended on Bukavu August 10 for co [...] |
2004-08-13 14:13:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV CASC CG MONUC |
| 04KINSHASA1540 |
ECONOMIC REPORT - AUG 05 THROUGH AUG 12 [...] Prices remain stable despite the collapse of the Mai- Ndombe bridge. Exchange rates are very stable. COPIREP will pay out USD 11.5 million in severance packages to liquidate three Congolese banks. The government of the People's Republic of China is funding construction of a 150 bed hospital [...] |
2004-08-13 15:13:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID EAIR ECON EFIN EIND ENRG EPET PGOV PREL CG |
| 04KINSHASA1545 |
CIAT AND GDRC CONDEMN GATUMBA MASSACRE [...] (C) Summary: The International Committee Accompanying the Transition (CIAT) and the GDRC strongly condemn the August 13 attack on the Gatumba refugee camp and call for an independent international commission to investigate the massacre and bring those responsible to justice. Post believes such [...] |
2004-08-16 13:41:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM CG PGOV PREL MONUC |
| 04KINSHASA1546 |
DRC REACTIONS TO MASSACRE OF CONGOLESE REFUGEES AT [...] (U) Summary. The CIAT condemns attack on Congolese refugees in Gatumba camp, Burundi, calls for an independent international investigation and respect for the peace process in the DRC. The President's office and Vice-President Ruberwa also call for inquiries and punishment of those responsible. [...] |
2004-08-16 14:58:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PINS PREL CG PRM |
| 04KINSHASA1547 |
CONGOLESE PASTORAL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for internet distribution. Summary ------- 2. (U) From August 5-6, Emboffs traveled overland via the Matadi Road from Kinshasa to Lukala and Kimpese, Bas-Congo province. Recent rehabilitation of the Matadi Road has ameliorated economic hardships in [...] |
2004-08-16 15:03:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON EIND ELTN PGOV CG |
| 04KINSHASA1549 |
OFDA REP VISIT TO SOUTHERN EQUATEUR [...] (U) From June 29 to July 3, OFDA Rep Victor Bushamuka traveled in southern Equateur Province to evaluate the humanitarian situation and monitor progress in the USAID/OFDA-funded food security project implemented by Action Against Hunger (AAH-USA). Though fighting in the area ended over two ye [...] |
2004-08-17 12:40:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM CG |
| 04KINSHASA1550 |
OFDA-FUNDED FOOD SECURITY ACTIVITIES IN THE [...] (U) During a recent visit to the Uvira area, OFDA Rep Victor Bushamuka viewed USAID/OFDA-funded food security activities implemented by Action Against Hunger (AAH-USA) in various parts of the Ruzizi plain. As part of a larger project, AAH restored irrigation canals in the Ruzizi plain and reh [...] |
2004-08-17 12:40:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM CG |
| 04KINSHASA1551 |
OPPOSITION FIGURE TSHISEKEDI AND THE SUCCESSION [...] (C) SUMMARY: A top official in opposition figure Etienne Tshisekedi's political party, the UDPS, said some of SIPDIS Tshisekedi's lieutenants are working to succeed him as party SIPDIS leader. The idea of "inheriting" the party is optimistic, since it is identified so closely with Tshis [...] |
2004-08-17 13:53:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS CG |
| 04KINSHASA1552 |
VP BEMBA FLYING HIGH ON TRAVEL TO U.S. [...] (C) Summary. On Aug 12, Amb Meece paid an introductory courtesy call on Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba during which Bemba reiterated his desire to meet with U.S. officials during travel to the U.S. in October. Bemba has previously made a strong push for an invitation for official travel to t [...] |
2004-08-17 13:53:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL CG |
| 04KINSHASA1553 |
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE BY VP BEMBA [...] (C) Summary. On Aug 12, Ambassador Meece paid a courtesy call on DRC Vice President for Economic and Financial Affairs, Jean-Pierre Bemba. Bemba made clear his pride in the economic achievements of the past year and his extreme prejudice toward Rwandan President Kagame as the primary culprit b [...] |
2004-08-17 13:53:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN EINV EMIN ETRD PGOV PREL CG HIPC OPIC |
| 04KINSHASA1554 |
NOTE VERBALE ON REFORM OF THE UNGA FIRST COMMITTEE [...] (U) Poloff delivered copy of U.S. Note Verbale to Ambassador Oscar Matondo, Director of the International Organizations Section at FonMin August 14. Matondo indicated that the DRC has yet to start working on UNGA issues, but will do so in the next three weeks. He noted that the DRC does not ye [...] |
2004-08-17 14:56:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PARM PREL CG CDG UNGA |
| 04KINSHASA1555 |
GDRC URGES UNSC ACTION IN RESPONSE TO GATUMBA CAMP [...] (U) Summary: In the absence of other senior officials, the International Cooperation Vice Minister, an RCD-Goma appointee, convoked UNSC Perm 5 heads of mission August 16 to urge support for an international investigation, a more vigorous MONUC disarmament mandate, and aid to attack victims. [...] |
2004-08-17 15:17:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC PGOV PHUM PREL CG |
| 04KINSHASA1557 |
EASTERN TURN FOR THE WORSE [...] (C) Septel describes worrying events in eastern Congo following the weekend attack on the Gatumba refugee camp in Burundi, and effects on the fragile DRC transition government and peace process. While the Burundi refugee attack did not in itself provoke a complete change in transition dynamic [...] |
2004-08-18 16:45:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL CG MONUC |
| 04KINSHASA1558 |
CONGO-KINSHASA AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW 2004 [...] This cable responds to reftel request for an AGOA eligibility review and update of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). 2. Summary. Since October 2003, the DRC has made progress in almost all areas listed in reftel. The DRC has maintained sound fiscal and monetary policies leading to bro [...] |
2004-08-19 06:47:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | AGOA EAID ECON ELAB ETRD PGOV PHUM PREL CG |
| 04KINSHASA1562 |
ECONOMIC REPORT - AUG 13 THROUGH AUG 20 [...] Food prices have decreased due to the reopening of the Mai-Ndombe bridge. Exchange rates remain stable, but the FC is trading at a slightly higher value on the Kinshasa parallel market than official rates. The DRC's National Assembly created a commission to investigate Gecamines' mining and [...] |
2004-08-19 12:33:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECIN ECON EFIN ELTN EMIN EPET EWWT PGOV PREL CG |
| 04KINSHASA1565 |
NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN EASTERN CONGO COULD THREATEN [...] (C) Summary: Following the funeral service for the 180 victims of this weekend's massacre in the refugee camp in Gatumbe, events in eastern Congo took a turn for the worse. Rebel commander Nkunda issued an inflammatory declaration repudiating any prior connection he might have had to the tra [...] |
2004-08-19 15:02:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL CG MONUC |
| 04KINSHASA1571 |
KABILA AUG 20 [...] (C) Summary: I met privately with President Kabila on August 20, the day after Kabila,s return from the SAC summit and Burundi-related meeting in Dar es Salaam. Kabila reiterated his absolute commitment to the transition process, notably including democratic elections slated for next year. H [...] |
2004-08-20 17:19:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL CG |
| 04KINSHASA1572 |
SERIOUS SITUATION IN EASTERN CONGO THREATENS [...] (C) Summary: Inflammatory rhetoric from Rwanda, Burundi and the DRC, coupled with the buildup of Burundian and Rwandan troops on the Congolese border and discord and disarray within one of the major parties in the Congolese transition threaten the fragile peace of the Great Lakes. South Afri [...] |
2004-08-20 17:23:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PHUM PREL CG MONUC |
| 04KINSHASA1573 |
UPDATED CHILD LABOR INFORMATION [...] Summary. The GDRC has made nominal efforts to comply with international calls for child labor reform. The resulting legislation provides a proper framework to fight the worst forms of child labor. However, a lack of financing, personnel, transparency, and government follow-through has left [...] |
2004-08-23 05:45:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EIND ELAB ETRD PGOV PHUM SOCI CG |
| 04KINSHASA1576 |
ANTI-TUTSI PREJUDICE RISES [...] (C) Summary: On August 16, moderate Banyamulenge community leader Enock Ruberangabo Sebineza told us that he was concerned about increased anti-Rwandan/ Banyamulenge sentiments in Kinshasa and eastern DRC. Many Congolese are again becoming increasingly hostile towards Rwanda, Ruberwa and the R [...] |
2004-08-23 12:54:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI PHUM CG |
| 04KINSHASA1578 |
INCREASED TENSIONS WITHIN RCD EX-REBEL MOVEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent events have highlighted internal divisions within the RCD ex-rebel movement. RCD "radicals," including virtually all the Rwandophones in the movement, want to quit or at least boycott the transitional government. They have been pressuring "moderates" and other RCD members [...] |
2004-08-23 13:34:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL CG |
| 04KINSHASA1580 |
MEDIA PLACEMENT, AUGUST 7-14, 2004 [...] The August 7th edition of the pro-opposition "Le Satellite" carried on page 8 the article entitled "U.S. Congress Terms Situation In Darfur `Genocide'- Senate, House Pass Concurrent Resolutions On Darfur". The article was credited to the "Office of International Information Program of the Depa [...] |
2004-08-23 14:18:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR OPRC KPAO CG |
| 04KINSHASA1584 |
RUBERA ON THE EDGE [...] (C) Summary: In a late August 18 telephone conversation, Vice President Ruberwa was unreceptive to the Ambassador,s message underscoring the importance of continuing engagement with the transition government. Ruberwa complained that the status quo was doing nothing to improve the situation of [...] |
2004-08-23 15:33:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL CG |
| 04KINSHASA1588 |
RECENT OFDA NOTES FROM ITURI [...] (U) During a visit to Ituri from July 19 to July 24, OFDA Reps noted improvements in security, both in Bunia town and in rural areas. There remains concern however that the situation remains inherently unstable given that there is no political settlement in place and that various militias rema [...] |
2004-08-24 05:53:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM CG |
| 04KINSHASA1590 |
AFRICAN CANAL A PIPE(LINE) DREAM [...] (C) Summary. The DRC Ministry of Energy reported that a regional delegation with strong backing from Nigerian President Obasanjo visited Kinshasa to discuss a proposed canal linking the Congo River with Lake Chad. Involved parties include Nigeria, Chad, Niger, Cameroon, Congo-Brazzaville, th [...] |
2004-08-24 06:25:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN ECON EINV ETRD EWWT PREL SENV CG |
| 04KINSHASA1591 |
EMBASSY COMMENTS ON IRC OPIC APPLICATION [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified, Privileged Business Information. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Embassy Kinshasa has reviewed the application for political risk insurance that International Rescue Committee (IRC) has submitted to OPIC. IRC has operated in the DRC for almost the ent [...] |
2004-08-24 06:37:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EINV CG OPIC |
| 04KINSHASA1596 |
RUBERWA SUSPENDS PARTICIPATION IN TRANSITION [...] Summary: On August 23, RCD/G VP Azarias Ruberwa announced that the RCD/G had suspended its activities in the transition government and called for an international mediator to hold discussions to break the current impasse. Ruberwa, however, left the door open by suspending, his participation an [...] |
2004-08-24 11:24:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CG |
| 04KINSHASA1600 |
UPDATE ON DRC REFUGEE REPATRIATION AND RECENT [...] (U) Summary. UNHCR plans to transfer survivors from the Gatumba massacre in Burundi to camps away from the DRC border within 10 days. In the meantime, the Burundian government has strengthened security in the Gatumba school where these refugees are being housed. It is unlikely that Congolese r [...] |
2004-08-25 08:31:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PINS PREL CG PRM |
| 04KINSHASA1607 |
FARDC'S FIRST INTEGRATED ARMY BATTALION DEPLOYED [...] (U) Summary. The first battalion of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) was deployed to Ituri the week of August 16. MONUC views this initial deployment of 750 soldiers as a test of FARDC's commitment to support its soldiers. These soldiers will serve in peace-keeping [...] |
2004-08-25 15:05:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS PREL CG INR |
| 04KINSHASA1608 |
VP RUBERWA COULD BE BACK IN KINSHASA SOON, SAYS [...] No summary [...] |
2004-08-25 15:50:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PHUM CG |
| 04KINSHASA1609 |
DEMARCHE ON AFRICAN UNION POSITION ON HUMAN [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Likango Liselele, Advisor to the Minister of Health, August 25. Liselele replied that the DRC supports the efforts of Costa Rica and the US to ban human cloning and that the Ministry of Health would advocate this position at the upcoming World Health Org [...] |
2004-08-26 06:13:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO AF CG KSCI UNGA |
| 04KINSHASA1619 |
PARTICIPANT NOMINATION FOR THE U.S. PATENT AND [...] Embassy Kinshasa respectfully nominates Mr. Ghislain Masengo, Legal Advisor for Intellectual Property Rights at the Ministry of Industry and Small and Medium Enterprises, for the Oct. 5-8, 2004 Academy on the Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights. 2. Contact information M. Ghislai [...] |
2004-08-27 11:28:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KIPR OTRA ETRD |
| 04KINSHASA1630 |
REMOVAL OF ARTISANAL MINERS AROUND LIKASI - [...] (U) Summary. The Governor of Katanga is currently on a campaign to move all artisanal miners in and around Likasi to special artisanal mining designated zones outside of Kolwezi. This move includes forcing the 6,000-10,000 miners out of Shinkolobwe. Possible rabble-rousing by former Katangan p [...] |
2004-08-27 16:35:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EMIN PGOV KNNP CG |
| 04KINSHASA1631 |
ECONOMIC REPORT - AUG 20 THROUGH AUG 27 [...] (U) Summary. Both exchange rates and prices remain stable. Gravity Diamonds of Australia is planning a joint venture with BHP Billiton for diamond exploration in the Kasais. CHEMAF has resumed production at a Mine de l'Etoile concession abandoned by Gecamines. The DRC became a member of th [...] |
2004-08-27 16:38:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ELTN EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD EWWT PGOV PREL CG |
| 04KINSHASA1643 |
AMBASSADORS FUND FOR REFUGEES FUNDS FOR KINSHASA [...] (U) On August 16, Post signed a grant agreement with Cooperazione Internazionale (COOPI), an Italian NGO assisting refugees in Equateur Province, to obligate funds under the Ambassadors Fund for Refugees. Under this agreement, COOPI will use the $20,000.00 awarded to purchase medicines for the [...] |
2004-08-30 15:17:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF ABUD AMGT CG PRM |
| 04KINSHASA1654 |
GDRC WANTS TO CONTROL ACCESS TO IDPS [...] (U) SUMMARY: In a recent letter addressed to all humanitarian actors in DRC, the Minister of Solidarity and Humanitarian Affairs accused the international community of not respecting human rights, of distributing expired consumables, and of coercing IDPS to return home and then abandoning the [...] |
2004-09-02 05:58:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM CG |
| 04KINSHASA1657 |
STATEMENTS BY CIAT AND THE GDRC ON THE RCD-G'S [...] (U) The CIAT and the GDRC issued statements concerning the Congolese Rally for Democracy-Goma's (RCD-G) decision to suspend their participation in the institutions of the transitions, except the army. The following are unofficial translations of the statements issued by each entity: COMMUN [...] |
2004-09-02 06:09:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PINS PREL CG |
| 04KINSHASA1669 |
ECONOMIC REPORT - AUG 28 THROUGH SEPT 3 [...] Summary. Prices are stable with the exception of food items, which registered a 7 percent increase. Exchange rates remain stable. Adastra Minerals is seeking to become a major metals producer in the region. Bindura Nickel Corporation (BNC) and Gecamines are in advanced negotiations for a jo [...] |
2004-09-03 14:32:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECIN ECON EFIN EIND EINV EMIN ENRG ETRD CG |
| 04KINSHASA1671 |
EMBASSY KINSHASA RESPONSE TO "DEVELOPING A [...] Summary. Embassy Kinshasa appreciates the opportunity to respond to reftel requesting comments and suggestions on developing a commercial platform at non-FCS posts. The Democratic Republic of Congo is currently emerging from a decade of economic distress, and commercial activity is slowly rest [...] |
2004-09-07 05:31:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT AODE BEXP ECON EINV |
| 04KINSHASA1678 |
DRC NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR GREAT LAKES CONFERENCE [...] (U) Summary. The DRC's National Coordinator for the Great Lakes Conference (GLC) states that initial contacts with civil society groups around the country show that the top priority for most people is peace and security. Congolese citizens have expressed serious concerns about territorial inte [...] |
2004-09-07 13:37:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PINS PREL CG |
| 04KINSHASA1685 |
ITURI ARMED GROUP RELEASES KIDNAPPED PEACEKEEPER [...] (C) Summary. On September 6th at approximately 11 PM, the Union of Congolese Patriots Lubanga faction (UPC-L) released a Moroccan peacekeeper whom they had kidnapped September 2nd. The security situation in Bunia deteriorated significantly as armed Hema and Lendu militias openly patrolled the s [...] |
2004-09-07 14:34:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS PREL CG INR |
| 04KINSHASA1690 |
PROGRESS ON JVM KEY FOR DRC [...] (C) Summary: DRC President Kabila told DAS Don Yamamoto, NSC Senior Advisor Cindy Courville and Central African Director Al Eastham that he would like to see the proposed Joint Verification Mission (JVM) operational before signing the trilateral agreement on the margins of the UNGA in New Yo [...] |
2004-09-08 12:43:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PGOV PREL CG MONUC |
| 04KINSHASA1691 |
COVERAGE OF NATIONALITY LAW SHOWS WEAKNESS OF [...] (U) Summary. The Congolese media's coverage of draft nationality and amnesty laws has shown the limits of entities that lack independence, resources, and professionalism. The directors of Tropicana Television, and the more reputable daily newspapers La Referance Plus and Le Potentiel, acknowle [...] |
2004-09-08 13:21:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PINS PREL CG |
| 04KINSHASA1700 |
DRC LAND TRANSPORTATION SURVEY [...] Summary. Infrastructural damage suffered over years of war and neglect have all but crippled the DRC's land transportation network. Roads and railways are critical to the country's recovery, but have received little attention from the GDRC. International financing for rehabilitation project [...] |
2004-09-09 12:37:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | ELTN ECON EAID CG |
| 04KINSHASA1704 |
DEMARCHE ON TERRORISM DELIVERED [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on ending state sponsorship of terrorism to Ambassador Fabien Emery Zulu, Cabinet Director to FonMin Ramazani, September 8. Zulu replied that the DRC fully supports U.S. efforts to combat international terrorism and that the Congo agreed that all states nee [...] |
2004-09-09 13:13:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER XX CG |
| 04KINSHASA1709 |
ECONOMIC REPORT - SEPT 4 THROUGH SEPT 10 [...] Summary. Prices and exchange rates remain relatively stable, with exchange rates showing signs of an impending slight increase. Public transportation prices have doubled in Lubumbashi due to higher gas prices and taxes. Zimtrade will hold a trade fair in Lubumbashi. RVF (river transportati [...] |
2004-09-10 12:48:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECIN EIND ELAB ELTN ENRG ETRD EWWT CG |
| 04KINSHASA1724 |
AIR KASAI ENCOUNTERS TURBULENCE [...] Sensitive but unclassified. Protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary. Air Kasai, a private aviation firm, built numerous airstrips in Kasai Occidental province to provide air transportation to otherwise isolated diamond mining areas. Soon after launching its operations, Air Kasai encountered [...] |
2004-09-15 13:34:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON PGOV CG |
| 04KINSHASA1728 |
CONGOLESE, MONUC VIEWS ON TRILATERAL AGREEMENT AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: The DRC appears willing to sign both a Trilateral Agreement and a Joint Verification Mechanism (JVM) in New York during the UNGA. The GDRC is continuing to press for agreement on terms of reference of the JVM, since it believes a Trilateral Agreement among the DRC, Uganda and Rw [...] |
2004-09-15 16:38:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CG PREL MARR MONUC |
| 04KINSHASA1729 |
SOUTH KIVU GOVERNOR ON ETHNIC TENSIONS, THREAT [...] (C) SUMMARY: South Kivu's recently-appointed provincial governor told the Ambassador Sept. 8 he is trying to lessen ethnic tensions and arrange for Congolese Banyamulenge refugees to return to the Congo. Mai-Mai and especially Rwandan FDLR guerillas continue to attack and prey upon South Kiv [...] |
2004-09-16 08:42:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL CG |
| 04KINSHASA1730 |
KINSHASA - SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE [...] (SBU) Our responses to the questionnaire have not changed dramatically since our last submission in reftel (B). However, there is more narrative explanation due to the events of June 3-6. 2. (SBU) POLITICAL VIOLENCE a. Yes. b. There were city-wide demonstrations from June [...] |
2004-09-16 10:32:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PTER |
| 04KINSHASA1731 |
MONUC CONCERNED ABOUT REPATRIATION OF BANYAMULENGE [...] (U) Summary. MONUC poloffs briefed members of the diplomatic community September 14 on efforts to repatriate Banyamulenge refugees to South Kivu. MONUC wants to coordinate humanitarian and security assistance with GDRC officials and with other UN agencies to provide protection to returning ref [...] |
2004-09-16 12:03:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF KPKO PGOV PHUM PINS PREL CG PRM |
| 04KINSHASA1742 |
ECONOMIC REPORT - SEPT 11 THROUGH SEPT 17 [...] Sensitive but unclassified. Protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary. Prices decreased slightly, bringing monthly inflation to -1.1 percent. Exchange rates rose to rates above FC 400 to the USD. Diamond exports decreased from 2.79 million carats in July to 1.92 million carats in August. Ang [...] |
2004-09-17 09:21:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID EFIN EIND ELAB ELTN EMIN CG |
| 04KINSHASA1745 |
POLITICALLY-INEPT RUBERWA PLAYS CARDS BADLY [...] (C) Summary. On September 10, VP Azarias Ruberwa met with a CIAT delegation and complained about the CIAT's ineffectiveness, the state of army integration, security sector reform, and hate media. It is unclear how committed Ruberwa and his followers will be to the transition if their key deman [...] |
2004-09-17 12:37:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CG |
| 04KINSHASA1746 |
RCD/G WANTS MORE FROM TRANSITION [...] (C) Summary. In exchange for returning to Kinshasa and the transitional government on September 1, VP Ruberwa asked the government and international community to address a laundry list of RCD/G concerns about the transition. The demands, which ranged from disbanding parallel military structures [...] |
2004-09-17 12:37:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CG |
| 04KINSHASA1750 |
NORTH KIVU FREE-FOR-ALL [...] (C) Summary. There may be a total of 10,000 Interahamwe/FDLR elements spread out between Beni and Bukavu, but it is unclear whether the FARDC is working with them. There has been serious, sustained fighting in southern North Kivu between Mai Mai and former ANC (military wing of the RCD/G) tro [...] |
2004-09-17 13:35:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR CASC CG |
| 04KINSHASA1753 |
FARDC ON THE MOVE IN EASTERN DRC [...] (C) Summary. The FARDC recently sent up to 2,000 troops to South Kivu and has retaken control of a number of villages in the area of Kalehe and Minova without facing significant resistance. North Kivu, South Kivu and Orientale regional military commanders were called in to Kinshasa to discuss [...] |
2004-09-17 14:02:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR CASC CG |
| 04KINSHASA1754 |
20,000 CIVILIANS FLEE ADVANCING FARDC TROOPS [...] (C) Summary. Seventeen to 20,000 people (mostly Hutu) fled the area around Minova September 10-13 because they were afraid they would be attacked by advancing troops loyal to South Kivu military commander Mabe for having supported Nkunda. There is no evidence of ethnic cleansing or large-scale [...] |
2004-09-17 14:30:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM CG PRM |
| 04KINSHASA1759 |
ELECTIONS JEOPARDIZED BY ARMY REFORM PROBLEM, SAYS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Gen. Budja Mabe, Kinshasa's senior officer in South Kivu, told the Ambassador Sept. 8 the Congo needs outside help with military reform in order to be able to hold elections. The FDLR, rebel Congolese officers, and neighboring countries are the chief threats to security, and the [...] |
2004-09-20 12:58:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL MARR MOPS CG |
| 04KINSHASA1760 |
NORTH KIVU GOVERNOR HAPPY WITH STATUS QUO [...] (C) SUMMARY: North Kivu governor Serufuli told the Ambassador Sept. 9 the FDLR remains a threat but Laurent Nkunda does not, and his policy is "good relations with all," Kinshasa and neighboring countries included. He is keen to promote foreign business investment in the province, and travel [...] |
2004-09-20 13:10:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL CG |
| 04KINSHASA1763 |
EMBASSY COMMENTS ON ALEXANDER'S GROUP OPIC [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Privileged Business Information. Please Protect Accordingly. 2. (SBU) Embassy Kinshasa has reviewed Alexander's Group Telecom's (ASG - of NY, New York) applications for OPIC political risk insurance. ASG has been present in the DRC since 1999. It was previous [...] |
2004-09-20 14:14:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV CG OPIC |
| 04KINSHASA1782 |
CRY OF ALARM--MISSING ICTR INVESTIGATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Kinshasa previously has expressed its concern that ICTR's management is sometimes counterproductive and reduces its efficiency. Recently, personnel changes have reinforced our concerns. The Security Council anticipates ending investigations by the end of 2004, but we f [...] |
2004-09-23 09:52:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CG RW ICTR |
| 04KINSHASA1795 |
SEPT 23 CIAT MEETING-MEDIA, NEW YORK DEVELOPMENTS [...] (U) Summary: The International Committee to Support the Transition (CIAT) met September 23. The CIAT invited the High Media Authority (HAM) officers to exchange views of how to best protect the freedom of the press while promoting a reconciliation agenda, ensure professional standards, and [...] |
2004-09-24 13:50:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO PGOV PREL CG |
| 04KINSHASA1796 |
CONGO-KINSHASA INTERNATIONAL ADOPTION INFORMATION [...] PER REFTEL, POST PROVIDES THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ON ADOPTION IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO (DRC). RESPONSES ARE KEYED TO LETTERED QUESTIONS IN PARAGRAPH 6 OF REFTEL. A. THE MINISTRY OF JUSTICE IS THE GOVERNMENT AUTHORITY FOR ADOPTION MATTERS IN CONGO-KINSHASA. WHILE THERE IS N [...] |
2004-09-24 14:19:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | KOCI CVIS CG |
| 04KINSHASA1802 |
ECONOMIC REPORT - SEPT 18 THROUGH SEPT 24 [...] Summary. Prices are stable, with no inflation reported. Exchange rates continued to rise, with parallel markets trading at FC 400-420 per USD. The Australian firm, Anvil Mining, is seeking joint venture opportunities in the DRC. Banro Corporation plans to begin its gold exploration operati [...] |
2004-09-27 12:38:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID ECPS EFIN ELAB ELTN EMIN EPET CG |
| 04KINSHASA1807 |
A HOT, BUT NOT WARM, WELCOME TO RETURNING [...] (C) Summary: There were some tense moments over the weekend in Uvira, located in southern South Kivu, when 350 Banyamulenge refugees insisted on returning to the DRC from Burundi sooner than planned. Their arrival at the Congo-Burundi border provoked riots by Congolese citizens in Uvira, dur [...] |
2004-09-27 14:53:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL CG MONUC |
| 04KINSHASA1814 |
ITURI'S DISARMAMENT PLAN LAUNCHED BUT MILITIAS [...] (SBU) Summary. The UN and the GDRC launched Ituri's disarmament plan September 1st. Very few people have visited the transit sites since they opened, however, and only a handful of those have turned in their weapons. Militia leaders such as Jerome Kakawave are demanding full integration of the [...] |
2004-09-28 22:28:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINS PREL CG PKO |
| 04KINSHASA1830 |
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO (DRC): FY [...] (U) SUMMARY: THE U.S. AMBASSADOR TO DRC HAS DETERMINED THAT THE EMERGENCY HUMANITARIAN NEEDS BROUGHT ABOUT BY THE WAR OF 1998-2003 CONTINUE, AND THAT THE CRISIS IS OF SIGNIFICANT MAGNITUDE TO WARRANT THE U.S. GOVERNMENT'S CONTINUED ASSISTANCE IN FY 2005. THE GOVERNMENT OF DRC HAS ESTABLISHED [...] |
2004-10-01 14:27:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF CG |
| 04KINSHASA1836 |
TERRORIST FINANCE: CONGO (LIST 61) [...] No summary [...] |
2004-10-04 06:36:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC EFIN KSEP KVPR PREL PTER KTFN CVIS CG |
| 04KINSHASA1837 |
BLUE LANTERN PROGRAM CONGO COORDINATORS [...] No summary [...] |
2004-10-04 06:36:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC KSEP CG |
| 04KINSHASA1839 |
RCD: SOME STILL SEARCHING FOR REASONS TO ABANDON [...] (C) Summary: Bizima Karaha, one of the RCD-G's most well-known extremists, told Ambassador September 23 that the transition has failed, implying that another mechanism should be found. Ambassador reiterated strongly our message that the transition, while flawed, remains the sole available v [...] |
2004-10-04 06:36:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CG |
| 04KINSHASA1840 |
PETROLEUM SHORTAGES IN KATANGA [...] Summary. Petroleum shortages resulting from Zambia closing its border to exports are affecting the Katanga region, home to most of the DRC's copper and cobalt mining. Poor transportation infrastructure and an inefficient parastatal petroleum company leave the GDRC unable to supply the region [...] |
2004-10-04 06:36:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECIN EPET CG |
| 04KINSHASA1841 |
PETROLEUM SHORTAGES IN KATANGA [...] Summary. Petroleum shortages resulting from Zambia closing its border to exports are affecting the Katanga region, home to most of the DRC's copper and cobalt mining. Poor transportation infrastructure and an inefficient parastatal petroleum company leave the GDRC unable to supply the region [...] |
2004-10-04 06:36:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECIN EPET CG |
| 04KINSHASA1845 |
MOBUTU'S HOMETOWN OF GBADOLITE "THE MOST FORGOTTEN [...] (U) Summary. A visit to Gbadolite in northern Equateur Province showed a region suffering substantial decay, massive poverty and serious neglect by the national government. Although security had improved with the departure of large numbers of MLC soldiers for the east, abuses by remaining sold [...] |
2004-10-04 07:54:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINS PREL CG PRM |
| 04KINSHASA1849 |
IMF TEAM HELPS GDRC DRAFT 2005 BUDGET [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. 2. (U) Summary. An IMF team led by Director For Africa Cyril Brianson visited Congo the week of September 13 to assist in the preparation of the DRC's 2005 budget. The team noted that most macroeconomic indicators continue to be on target; that, encouragingly [...] |
2004-10-04 14:03:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN CG |
| 04KINSHASA1850 |
UPDATE ON DRC SUIT AGAINST UGANDA AND RWANDA IN [...] (SBU) The GDROC filed suit in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in 1998 against both Rwanda and Uganda, demanding compensation for those two countries' military and economic interference in the eastern part of the Congo (North and South Kivu Provinces and Oriental Province, respectivel [...] |
2004-10-04 15:51:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV PREL CG RW UG |
| 04KINSHASA1851 |
PENDING: CIAT MEETING WITH "ESPACE PRESIDENTIAL" [...] (C) Summary: The International Committee to Accompany the Transition (CIAT) met October 4 to prepare for a pending and unprecedented meeting with the President, Vice Presidents and other senior officials to review the transition road map and discuss military integration and election-related le [...] |
2004-10-04 16:39:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO CG UNSC |
| 04KINSHASA1852 |
FIRST JOINT VERIFICATION MECHANISM MEETING IMMINENT [...] (C) U.N. SRSG Bill Swing reported to members of the International Committee to Accompany the Transition (CIAT) October 4 that he is leaving Kinshasa later the same day for travel to Kigali in preparation for convening the first meeting of the Joint Verification Mechanism (JVM) tomorrow, Octobe [...] |
2004-10-04 16:41:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL RW CG MOPP |
| 04KINSHASA1866 |
MINISTER OF PLAN AND PHELPS-DODGE MINING PROJECT [...] (C) Ambassador and econoff met with Minister of Plan Alexis Thambwe on September 27 for an introductory meeting and to discuss Phelps-Dodge's mining project at Tenke Fungurume. Thambwe told the Ambassador that he was committed to getting the project off the ground and was asking the governme [...] |
2004-10-06 15:21:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | EMIN ETRD ECON CG |
| 04KINSHASA1867 |
CIAT ENDORSES REVISED ROAD MAP [...] (C) Summary: In an October 4 meeting, the International Committee to Accompany the Transition (CIAT) concurred with revisions to its version of the DRC transition "road map," the fundamental plan for the transition period. Copies are being sent to President Kabila and other senior GDRC offici [...] |
2004-10-06 16:25:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO CG UNSC |
| 04KINSHASA1868 |
CIAT MEETS WITH ESPACE PRESIDENTIEL OCT 6 [...] (C) Summary: The first-ever meeting of the "Espace Presidentiel" (President plus four vice presidents) with the International Committee to Accompany the Transition (CIAT) was held October 6, albeit without Vice President Bemba, currently in the U.S. Discussion focused on the transition "road [...] |
2004-10-06 16:40:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO KDEM CG |
| 04KINSHASA1870 |
NEW WAVE OF BANYAMULENGE REFUGEES ATTEMPTING TO [...] (U) Summary. A group of 1200 Banyamulenge refugees has gathered at the Burundi-DRC border in an attempt to cross into Uvira. The GDRC has kept the border closed, but an inter ministerial delegation plans to travel to Uvira October 8 to reopen the border, welcome the refugees, and coordinate as [...] |
2004-10-07 15:37:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PGOV PINS CG UNHCR PRM |
| 04KINSHASA1874 |
CONGOLESE REFUGEES ABROAD: NOT EASY TO RETURN HOME [...] (SBU) Summary. UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) officials in Kinshasa expressed concern October 3 over the manipulation of refugee returns to the East from Burundi, Rwanda, and Tanzania. They are trying to work with the various governments involved to facilitate repatriation of refugees [...] |
2004-10-08 15:46:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM PGOV PINS CG UNHCR PRM |
| 04KINSHASA1875 |
CUSTOMS BUREAU LEADS NEW LABOR UNREST [...] (U) Summary. Office des Douanes et Accises (Ofida - Customs Agency) re-initiated a nationwide strike on Monday, Oct 4. This strike is the third in 2004 by Ofida, whose employees are demanding increased salaries before returning to work. Ofida is attempting to bring other agencies under the con [...] |
2004-10-08 15:46:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON ETRD EWWT PGOV CG |
| 04KINSHASA1884 |
GDRC ALLOWS CONGOLESE REFUGEES TO RETURN TO UVIRA [...] (C) Summary. A group of over 1600 Congolese refugees, including over 500 Banyamulenge, crossed the Burundian border into the DRC and arrived at the Uvira transit center October 12. Many of these refugees had waited at the border since October 6 as a GDRC interministerial delegation traveled to [...] |
2004-10-12 15:07:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PINS KPKO CG UNHCR |
| 04KINSHASA1904 |
ETHNIC HATRED ON THE RISE IN BUKAVU: CROWD ATTACKS [...] (C) Summary. A large crowd threw rocks and threatened to kill UN peacekeepers whose vehicle had broken down in the center of Bukavu on October 6 after they saw them transporting a man of Tutsi appearance. Although this person was a long time MONUC Congolese interpreter of Mushi ethnicity, the [...] |
2004-10-14 14:06:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS KPKO CG |
| 04KINSHASA1907 |
DEMARCHE ON DCI SPECIAL ADVISOR'S REPORT ON IRAQ [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Tosi Mpanu Mpanu, advisor to FonMin Ramazani, on October 7. Mpanu Mpanu expressed GDRC appreciation for information on the release of the Duelfer report on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction programs. DOUGHERTY [...] |
2004-10-14 15:43:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR CG KPDD |
| 04KINSHASA1908 |
DEMARCHE OPPOSING CUBA'S UN RESOLUTION AGAINST THE [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Ambassador Clementine Shakembo, Director of the Western Hemisphere section at FonMin, on October 8. Shakembo agreed with U.S. position that the embargo was a bilateral issue, but indicated that the GDRC would have to consider its position regarding the C [...] |
2004-10-14 15:44:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETRD CU CG UNGA |
| 04KINSHASA1911 |
Congo-Kinshasa Annual Certification of Consular [...] Vice Consul James Fennell, FS-04, Acting Chief of the Consular Section, completed review of consular management controls on October 8, 2004. Deputy Chief of Mission certified the review on October 13, 2004. Answers are keyed to para four of reftel. (a) Standard Operating Procedures: Cono [...] |
2004-10-15 07:28:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | CMGT CVIS CG |
| 04KINSHASA1913 |
DEMARCHE ON SUDAN [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on Sudan to Tosi Mpanu Mpanu, advisor to FonMin Ramazani, on October 4. Mpanu Mpanu indicated that GDRC was also concerned about the situation in Darfur and that he would recommend that the GDRC support the work of the UN Commission of Inquiry. DOUGHERTY [...] |
2004-10-15 13:34:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM CG |
| 04KINSHASA1926 |
USAID visit to Bukavu, Kalehe and Kindu [...] (U) OFDA Rep Jay Nash and Acting USAID Mission Director Nicholas Jenks were in Bukavu on September 7 and 8, and in Kindu on September 9. Interlocutors in Bukavu told USAID reps that the population was happy to be finally out from under RCD/G and Tutsi control after six years, but worried that [...] |
2004-10-16 13:13:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM CG |
| 04KINSHASA1933 |
JVM: STILL A WORK IN PROGRESS [...] (C) Summary: Monuc DDR chief expressed doubts October 14 that the proposed JVM office in Bukavu will be opened in the near future, given the recent attack on Monuc peacekeepers by COngoleses civilians who erroneously believed MONUC was transporting a Rwandan (reftel). Monuc has informed both [...] |
2004-10-19 11:28:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO CG MONUC |
| 04KINSHASA1934 |
PARASTATALS: BEMBA SEEKS CONTROL, CIAT ARBITRATION [...] (C) Summary. In a high-stakes move to gain control of the DRC's parastatals, Vice President Bemba called for CIAT to arbitrate his longstanding dispute with the presidency. Bemba, who heads the transitional government's commission for economics and finance, maintains the power-sharing agreemen [...] |
2004-10-19 13:03:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM ECON KPRV EIND CG |
| 04KINSHASA1940 |
ELECTION FUNDING BLOCKED: CIAT TO MEET WITH BEMBA [...] (SBU) Summary. CIAT members agreed to request a meeting with Vice President Bemba to discuss the Finance Ministry's refusal to release $3.6 million provided by the French to support election preparations. A selected delegation of CIAT chiefs of mission will ask Bemba, who heads the transition [...] |
2004-10-19 13:50:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV CG |
| 04KINSHASA1958 |
CONGOLESE GOVERNMENT PLANNING VISIT TO CHINA, [...] (C) Presidential Advisor and Special Ambassador Andre Kapanga told PolCouns October 18 that he and Foreign Minister Ramazani (possibly with other government officials) will be visiting China the first week of November, followed by a 4-day visit to North Korea. Kapanga said the delegation will [...] |
2004-10-21 13:47:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ENRG ETRD ETTC PINR PREL CG CH KN |
| 04KINSHASA1959 |
WE DON'T WANT TO KILL KABILA SAYS MAI MAI LEADER [...] (C) During the course of an introductory courtesy call by the Ambassador on Minister of Environment, Anselme Enerunga, the Minister detoured into a discussion of internal DRC politics. Enerunga, who headed the Mai-Mai delegations in Pretoria and Sun City, expressed concern that the Mai Mai are [...] |
2004-10-21 14:44:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CG |
| 04KINSHASA1971 |
DEMARCHE TO GDRC ON SADC POSITION ON HUMAN CLONING [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Djoli Eseng Ekeli, Deputy Cabinet Director to FonMin Ramazani, on October 22, 2004. Ekeli indicated that the GDRC maintained its support for the U.S. co-sponsored Costa Rican resolution calling for a convention to ban all human cloning. He explained that [...] |
2004-10-22 12:24:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO XA CG UNGA KSCI |
| 04KINSHASA1972 |
DEMARCHE TO GDRC ON JUDGE THEODOR MERON [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Djoli Eseng Ekeli, Deputy Cabinet Director to FonMin Ramazani, on October 22, 2004. Ekeli replied that Judge Meron had impressive credentials and had done an excellent job at the ICTJ. He said that he would recommend GDRC support for his candidacy. MEEC [...] |
2004-10-22 13:36:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS KAWC PHUM CG UNGA |
| 04KINSHASA1973 |
U.N. UNDER SECRETARY GUEHENNO VISIT TO THE DRC [...] (C) Summary: In October 21 remarks to the International Committee to Accompany the Transition (CIAT), U.N. Peacekeeping Under Secretary Guehenno said that his visit to the DRC was intended to review how MONUC could best utilize its limited resources. Overall, the U.N.,s obective is to ensure [...] |
2004-10-22 14:36:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO CG UN |
| 04KINSHASA1975 |
EXCHANGE RATE FLUCTUATIONS PROMPT CENTRAL BANK [...] (U) Summary. The Congolese Franc (FC) has suffered from mild instability for the past two months, declining in value by 12 percent. The Congolese Central Bank has directly intervened to the tune of USD 37 million and has raised interest rates over the past month. The impact on the formal secto [...] |
2004-10-22 14:57:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL CG |
| 04KINSHASA1976 |
KIMBERLEY PROCESS VISIT TO DRC PROVIDES [...] (SBU) Summary. At the request of the DRC government, a Kimberley Process review team visited the DRC in October. Although the GDRC has made some progress, it is not in full compliance with Kimberley Process regulations. There are still serious holes in the DRC's Kimberley Process system, and a [...] |
2004-10-22 15:47:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | EMIN ECON PGOV PREL CG |
| 04KINSHASA1979 |
KABILA FUMING AT BELGIAN FONMIN COMMENTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Kabila has temporarily recalled his ambassador from Brussels, as a sign of displeasure with recent comments by the Belgian foreign minister. The ongoing spat does us no good, because the USG and Belgium share many of the same goals in the DRC. Still, the Belgian/DRC r [...] |
2004-10-25 08:50:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CG BE RW |
| 04KINSHASA1980 |
ELECTION FUNDING RELEASED [...] (SBU) Reftel reported that CIAT members had agreed to request a meeting with Vice President Bemba to discuss the Finance Ministry's refusal to release $3.6 million provided by the French to support election preparations. A letter was subsequently sent to Bemba, outlining the reason that a mee [...] |
2004-10-25 09:15:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV CG |
| 04KINSHASA1981 |
CUSTOMS BUREAU STRIKE RESOLVED - FOR NOW [...] OFIDA (Customs) employees returned to work on October 11 after the government met some of their demands. The GDRC has promised to double the bonuses paid to the workers at the end of the month and to consider a salary increase in the 2005 budget. 2. Comment. It remains to be seen if the [...] |
2004-10-25 09:23:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON ETRD EWWT PGOV CG |
| 04KINSHASA1982 |
"STRATEGY TARGETING ORGANIZED PIRACY" DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] |
2004-10-25 09:27:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KIPR KPAO CG WTRO |
| 04KINSHASA1984 |
Special Winter FY'05 ECA/A/E/USS Study of the [...] No summary [...] |
2004-10-26 05:56:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO |
| 04KINSHASA1993 |
RCD-GOMA STICKS UP FOR RENEGADE OFFICERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: A senior RCD-Goma leader complained to the Ambassador that his faction had been excluded from the DRC/Uganda/Rwanda tripartite process. He also said the two renegade officers who led the May-June mutiny in Bukavu should not be considered in the same league as other official enem [...] |
2004-10-27 09:28:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL CG RW |
| 04KINSHASA1999 |
OPPOSITION FIGURE TSHISEKEDI KEEPING HIS OPTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: A close adviser to opposition figure Etienne Tshisekedi, leader of the UDPS party, confirmed that the UDPS SIPDIS is no longer allied with the RCD-Goma and maintains informal links with Jean-Pierre Bemba's MLC. In our view, while a Tshisekedi-Bemba alliance during the upcoming [...] |
2004-10-27 15:09:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CG |
| 04KINSHASA2000 |
CONTINUED CONFUSION ON DIAMOND SECTOR MANAGEMENT [...] (C) Summary: Competition between the Minister of Mines Eugene Diomi Ndongala and CEEC (diamond evaluating authority) Managing Director Victor Kasongo continues to increase. The European Commission (EC) recently decided not to fund a diamond sector audit presented by Diomi and the IMF. The two [...] |
2004-10-27 15:53:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | EMIN ECON EAID PGOV PREL |
| 04KINSHASA2001 |
KINSHASA HOSTS GREAT LAKES CONFERENCE PREPARATORY [...] (U) Summary. National coordinators for the Great Lakes Conference (GLC) held their second preparatory meeting in Kinshasa from October 19-23. The core group of seven members was enlarged to eleven with the addition of Sudan, the Central African Republic, the Republic of Congo, and Angola. Pres [...] |
2004-10-27 15:54:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL CG |
| 04KINSHASA2004 |
TERRORIST FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF JAMA'AT [...] No summary [...] |
2004-10-28 15:44:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS CG LVPR |
| 04KINSHASA2005 |
TERRORIST FINANCE: IARA AND FIVE OFFICIALS (LIST [...] No summary [...] |
2004-10-28 15:45:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KTFN EFIN PTER PREL CVIS ECON LVPR |
| 04KINSHASA2007 |
SUDAN/DARFOUR DEMARCHE ON OVERFLIGHT CLEARANCE [...] No summary [...] |
2004-10-29 06:00:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MOPS PREL EAID PINS CG |
| 04KINSHASA2010 |
UNHCR BEGINS REPATRIATION OF CONGOLESE FROM CAR [...] (U) Summary. UNHCR began repatriation of Congolese refugees to Libenge, Equateur Province, with a ceremony on October 20th. The refugee agency expects to repatriate approximately 10,000 people to Equateur by the end of 2004. Minister of Interior Theophile Mbemba headed a GDRC delegation to the [...] |
2004-10-29 11:27:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM PREL CG CT |
| 04KINSHASA2014 |
PRESIDENT KABILA'S TRIUMPHAL VISIT TO KISANGANI [...] (C) Summary: Thousands of residents warmly greeted President Kabila during his long-anticpated first visit to formerly-rebel-held territory since becoming President in 2001. His October 16-18 trip to Kisangani was widely seen as a tangible sign of the country's reunification and the kick-off [...] |
2004-10-29 16:21:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CG |
| 04KINSHASA2020 |
PUTTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT ON SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN [...] (U) Summary: Amnesty International's October report, 'DRC: Mass Rape- Time for Remedies' provides a generally accurate picture of the nature of sexual violence in eastern DRC. Its suggestion that the international community has ignored this crisis, however, is untrue. The USG, for example, alre [...] |
2004-11-01 15:35:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KPAO KPKO KWMN KCRM CG |
| 04KINSHASA2021 |
EMBASSY COMMENTS ON NO.1 CONTRACTING OPIC [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Privileged business information. 2. (SBU) Embassy Kinshasa has reviewed the application that No.1 Contracting and Franoza Trucking have submitted to OPIC for political risk investment insurance on a performance bond. Post believes that there are no current po [...] |
2004-11-01 15:41:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON ELTN CG OPIC |
| 04KINSHASA2025 |
MINISTER OF INTERIOR ON ELECTIONS, SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Interior, and PPRD co-founder, Theofile Mbemba expressed concern that the newly launched pre-election campaigns will further divide the transitional components and throw up new obstacles to military integration. He outlined a PPRD strategy to dominate all the southe [...] |
2004-11-02 13:30:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CG KBEM |
| 04KINSHASA2047 |
THE CONGOLESE TRANSITION CURRENT AND FUTURE, AND [...] (C) Summary: There has been major progress in the Democratic Republic of the Congo over the past few years, ending years of open warfare involving eight national armies and numerous domestic armed groups. Peace accords have yielded the formal withdrawal of foreign troops, a domestic transiti [...] |
2004-11-05 16:06:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID KDEM PGOV PREL KPKO CG |
| 04KINSHASA2055 |
MLC OFFICIAL DESCRIBES INTERNAL TENSIONS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: A top official from vice-president Jean-Pierre Bemba's MLC movement reported tensions between Bemba and his number two, Olivier Kamitatu, and described MLC efforts to court potential voters in eastern Congo. Rumors of strained relations between Bemba and Kamitatu are nothing new [...] |
2004-11-08 09:05:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV CG |
| 04KINSHASA2058 |
DEMARCHE ON HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarches on UNGA human rights resolutions to Ambassador Fabien Emery Zulu, Cabinet Director to FonMin Ramazani, on November 8, 2004. Zulu said that he would instruct the DRC delegation in New York to work with the US delegation to support the human rights resolution [...] |
2004-11-08 11:01:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL CG |
| 04KINSHASA2062 |
WIDESPREAD INTEREST IN INGA DAM DEVELOPMENT [...] (C) Summary: The Ministry of Energy continues to receive proposals for the development of Inga Dam. The most recent developments have been an MOU signed with Eskom of South Africa and negotiations with MagAlloy (with Reynolds Group participation). The MOU signed with Eskom is one step closer t [...] |
2004-11-09 08:31:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EINV ECON PREL PGOV CG |
| 04KINSHASA2066 |
SPORADIC FIGHTING BETWEEN MAI-MAI AND RCD-G [...] (U) Summary. Mai-Mai elements from the 8th military region have engaged in sporadic skirmishes with ex-Congolese National Army (ANC) soldiers from the same military region in Masisi, N. Kivu beginning the week of October 24th and continuing through November 7th. Although civilians have been di [...] |
2004-11-09 14:07:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL CG |
| 04KINSHASA2082 |
OPPOSING ANTI-ISRAELI BIAS AT UNGA [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Tosi Mpanu, advisor to FonMin Ramazani, November 10. Mpanu said he would recommend the DRC delegation refrain from supporting anti-Israeli resolutions currently before the UNGA, including resolutions on three biased UN entities dealing with Palestinian i [...] |
2004-11-12 12:12:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL IS CG UNGA |
| 04KINSHASA2083 |
OFDA VISIT TO KALEHE AND MINOVA [...] (U) On October 26, OFDA Rep Victor Bushamuka evaluated the humanitarian and security situation in Kalehe and Minova territories. Security and humanitarian access has improved along the entire axis Kalehe-Minova-Goma, following the reestablishment of FARDC control of Minova in September. Mos [...] |
2004-11-12 12:50:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM CG |
| 04KINSHASA2084 |
KAMANDA WA KAMANDA ANOTHER PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL [...] (C) The Ambassador paid a courtesy call on Minister for Scientific Research Gerard Kamanda wa Kamanda at his office November 8. Kamanda had earlier contacted the Ambassador by telephone requesting such a meeting as soon as could be arranged. (Note: Kamanda holds his current portfolio under [...] |
2004-11-12 14:06:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM CG |
| 04KINSHASA2087 |
UN TEAM TO SHINKOLOBWE: MINE NOT A PROLIFERATION [...] (U) A UN team, composed of officials from IAEA, UNEP and WHO, visited Shinkolobwe mine in Katanga Province from Oct 25 to Nov 04 and concluded that the mine should remain closed due to risks of mine collapse and potential chronic exposure to ionising radiation. The objective of the trip was to [...] |
2004-11-12 15:22:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP EMIN PREL PGOV CG |
| 04KINSHASA2096 |
THE CENTER CANNOT HOLD: GOMA AND NORTH KIVU [...] (C) Summary: A wave of what appear to be executions in Goma, as well as clashes throughout North Kivu between military nominally responsive to regional military commander Obed and militia loyal to Governor Eugene Serufuli, suggest that Serufuli's grip on his province might be slipping. Monuc [...] |
2004-11-16 11:22:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPKO PHUM CG UN |
| 04KINSHASA2097 |
TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF [...] The following responses are geared to reftel questions. Post believes the DRC has made credible progress on its outstanding issues, and we will continue to stress to the GDRC the importance of doing so. 2. In May 2004, the GDRC finalized and implemented procedures for issuing official demob [...] |
2004-11-16 12:04:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM PREL CG |
| 04KINSHASA2100 |
MINISTER OF BUDGET ON BUDGET AND EXPENDITURE [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Budget Francois Muamba stressed GDRC compliance with the IMF program and progress on government reforms during a recent call with the Ambassador. Muamba emphasized the good faith of the GDRC to comply with IMF parameters in spite of some minor slippage. Budgeting for e [...] |
2004-11-16 15:41:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EINV PREL CG |
| 04KINSHASA2107 |
WORLD FOOD PROGRAM: NO FOOD FOR MUTEBUSI [...] (C) We read with interest reftel detailing possible food assistance to Colonel Jules Mutebusi and his men, who continue to try to portray themselves as refugees in Rwanda. However, given that neither Monuc nor the GOR has been able to verify that Mutebusi has committed himself and his men to [...] |
2004-11-18 06:58:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREF PREL CG RW |
| 04KINSHASA2115 |
CONGO/B - IS CONGO'S FUTURE ON THE RIGHT TRACK? IS [...] (C) Summary: Below follows an analysis of current political and economic atmospherics in the Republic of Congo, including points recently noted by the country,s President, Denis Sassou Nguesso, regarding his efforts to truly put Congo on a &democratic path8 and change once and for all Congo, [...] |
2004-11-18 14:44:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ASEC CF |
| 04KINSHASA2118 |
POSSIBLE MASSACRE AT KILWA [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to sources in Katanga province, the October 2004 "insurgency" at Kilwa on the Congo-Zambia border was more likely a tragic farce than a real attack, and government troops may have massacred dozens of civilians when they recaptured the town. Explanations for the incident [...] |
2004-11-18 15:35:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINS MOPS ECON EMIN CG |
| 04KINSHASA2122 |
DRC VISIT TO CHINA, N. KOREA - HYDROELECTRICITY [...] (C) Summary: Presidential advisor Andre Kapanga, the second-ranking official on the DRC delegation to China and North Korea, told PolCouns November 17 that meetings focused on investment opportunities in the DRC, particularly hydroelectrical generation and production of roof tiles. China off [...] |
2004-11-19 07:07:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR ECON ENRG EINV EMIN ETRD PGOV CG CH KN |
| 04KINSHASA2127 |
KATANGA POLITICAL UPDATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Kabila's PPRD party is the leading "national" contender in Katanga province, and benefits from local government control and preferential media access. PPRD efforts are nonetheless somewhat in disarray, and face local players such as former governor Kyungu, whose tribali [...] |
2004-11-19 14:54:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL CG |
| 04KINSHASA2136 |
PROMOTING THE EU RESOLUTION ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on November 22 to Tosi Mpanu, political advisor to FonMin Ramazani. Mpanu replied that the GDRC was supportive of UNSC efforts on this matter and said he would recommend DRC support for the UNGA resolution on Sudan. MEECE [...] |
2004-11-23 14:32:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM SU CG UNGA |
| 04KINSHASA2138 |
TRANSPARENCY OF BUDGET/MILITARY SPENDING [...] Summary. This message is in response to reftel and answers are keyed to those questions. The GDRC is a post- conflict transitional government composed of all parties to the Global and Inclusive Accord signed in Sun City in 2002. The focus of the government is to finish the transition with e [...] |
2004-11-23 15:19:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EAID CG |
| 04KINSHASA2143 |
RUBERWA ENGAGES IN QUIET DIPLOMACY ON BANYAMULENGE [...] (C) PolCouns spoke November 20 with Muller Ruhimbika, a Banyamulenge leader, and November 22 with Jean-Marie Emungu, VP Azarias Ruberwa's chief-of-staff, about Ruberwa's quick trip to eastern Congo November 18-20. Accompanied by General Masunzu (who commands Banyamulenge troops fiercely oppos [...] |
2004-11-24 11:27:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CG |
| 04KINSHASA2145 |
SPECIAL SELF-HELP FUND FY-04 FINAL REPORT [...] (U) STATUS OF SSH FY 2000 - 2002 Post is pleased to report there are no outstanding balances. All projects have been closed out. 2. (U) STATUS OF SSH FY 2003 Post funded ten projects with the $56,200.00 allocated to Embassy Kinshasa. Post insured that these small projects represented ma [...] |
2004-11-24 12:36:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM EAID CG |
| 04KINSHASA2146 |
CORRUPTION CHARGES COULD OUST SOME MINISTERS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Parliament is preparing to vote, November 25 or 26, on a report identifying six ministers and President Kabila's Chief of Staff as involved in corruption. If the investigating committee's report is accepted by the Parliamentary plenary session, the ministers will be dismissed, [...] |
2004-11-24 12:46:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON KCOR CG |
| 04KINSHASA2164 |
ZIMBABWE DEMARCHE TO SADC CAPITALS [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Ambassador Fabien Emery Zulu, Cabinet Director to FonMin Ramazani November 24. Zulu said the DRC would do what it could to encourage Zimbabwe to avoid making the same mistakes the Congo had made in the past. He also noted that a stable Zimbabwe was in the [...] |
2004-11-26 15:01:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM CG |
| 04KINSHASA2165 |
MORE ON THE MURKY MATTER OF WHO FIRED THE SHOTS [...] (C) PolCouns spoke November 25 with Monuc Goma Head of Office, and with a Monuc political officer in Kinshasa, to get an update on Monuc's investigation of the rocket attack into Rwanda, allegedly by the FDLR. Both Monuc sources said that their initial investigation indicated that rather than [...] |
2004-11-26 15:13:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO CG |
| 04KINSHASA2166 |
CONGOLESE MILITARY PREPARING CONTINGENCY PLANS TO [...] (C) PolCouns met November 24, and spoke telephonically November 25, with Air Force Commander John Numbi. Numbi said November 24 that in a meeting at the Presidency it had been decided that the army would immediately redeploy three battalions of Congolese troops (about 1,500 men) to the DRC-R [...] |
2004-11-26 15:13:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO CG |
| 04KINSHASA2167 |
CONSULTATIVE GROUP PLEDGES $5.7 BILLION FOR DRC [...] Summary. The Paris Club Consultative Group met in Kinshasa November 11-12 to review the DRC's economic transition and recovery program (Minimum Partnership Program for Transition and Recovery - MPPTR), and to pledge support for the country's development needs over the next 3-4 years. Of a t [...] |
2004-11-26 15:15:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN ECON CG |
| 04KINSHASA2168 |
KABILA SUSPENDS SIX MINISTERS IN CORRUPTION SCANDAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the wake of a parliamentary report on corruption, President Kabila on November 25 suspended six ministers while the Minister of Porftolio minister suspended the managers of ten state-owned enterprises. In our view, this action is an attempt to seize the moral high ground befo [...] |
2004-11-26 15:48:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR ECON CG |
| 04KINSHASA2170 |
CONGOLESE READOUT ON KABILA-KAGAME MEETING [...] (C) Senior Presidential Advisor Augustin Katumba called PolCouns November 27 to provide a readout of the meeting between Presidents Kabila and Kagame, facilitated by President Obasanjo. Largely agreeing in substance with Rwandan readout (reftel), Katumba mentioned Kagame's proposal to either [...] |
2004-11-29 07:52:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG |
| 04KINSHASA2178 |
KABILA DISCUSSES EASTERN SITUATION WITH FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: President Kabila held a November 29 discussion with Ambassadors from the UNSC Perm 5 countries, Belgium, South Africa, Angola, and Nigeria, and UN SRSG Swing. While speaking in measured tones, Kabila made clear his frustration with Rwandan President Kagame, and in essence Kabila [...] |
2004-11-29 15:32:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO RW CG |
| 04KINSHASA2182 |
A/S HOLMES VISIT TO DRC [...] (U) Summary: During A/S Holmes visit to the DRC Oct 23-28, SRSG Swing and staff explained the situation in the DRC and MONUC's accomplishments and challenges. At a luncheon hosted by the Ambassador, A/S Holmes learned about preparations for DRC elections and disarmament in discussions with DRC [...] |
2004-11-30 13:33:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
| 04KINSHASA2183 |
KABILA NOV 29: OTHER TRANSITION SUJBECTS [...] (C) President Kabila met November 29 with the Ambassadors from UNSC Perm 5 countries, Belgium, South Africa, Angola, and Nigeria, plus UN SRSG Bill Swing primarily to discuss the situation in eastern DRC, as reported ref A. After the discussion, Kabila also noted current debates regarding de [...] |
2004-11-30 13:35:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PINR PREL KCOR CG |
| 04KINSHASA2352 |
DEC. 30 DRC UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Although the area north of Kanyabayonga has quieted and humanitarian relief efforts are underway, troubling fighting and troop movements continue in parts of North Kivu that used to be under RCD/G control. End Summary. Tension High in Goma ---------------------- 2. (C) On [...] |
2004-12-30 14:21:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO CG |
| 05KINSHASA100 |
GOVERNMENT SHUTS DOWN BEMBA-OWNED RADIO AND [...] (U) SUMMARY: Authorities in Kinshasa shut down two television stations and a radio station owned by Vice President Bemba. These stations aired comments made by an ousted former minister, which were critical of President Kabila. This action comes during a period of heightened tension between [...] |
2005-01-21 09:07:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KPAO CG |
| 05KINSHASA1010 |
DPKO AFRICA CHIEF TITOV VISIT TO THE DRC [...] (C) Summary: UN DPKO Africa Division Chief Dmitry Titov briefed several diplomats June 11 on his visit to the DRC, the first in two years. Titov spoke of particular concerns regarding Ituri District, and negative influence from neighboring states. In addition, Titov reported &palpable8 tensi [...] |
2005-06-20 14:03:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO CG UN |
| 05KINSHASA1013 |
REDUCED ITURI MILITIAS SHOWING RENEWED LIFE [...] (U) During his recent visit to the DRC (septel), UN DPKO Africa Chief Dmitry Titov spoke at some length regarding continuing security concerns in Ituri District. These comments echo those of MONUC, GDRC, and international community representatives of renewed dangers in the key northeastern D [...] |
2005-06-20 15:18:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO PGOV CG |
| 05KINSHASA1031 |
CONGO/B: Reclamma for Loss of Crucial USDA Food [...] Post understands that recipient countries for USDA's 2005 Food for Education program have been selected and, that Republic of Congo (ROC) is not slated to receive funding or have its program renewed (Ref A). The Embassy would again like to submit as a reclamma the importance of this program [...] |
2005-06-23 05:48:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID CF |
| 05KINSHASA1033 |
CONGO/B: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHES AND TIP [...] The following demarches were delivered on June 16, 2005, by the Ambassador and Econ/Cons Officer to Ambassador Gregoire Kaya, Interim Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). 2. Release of the 2005 TIP Report (REF A) - Ambassador conveyed to Kaya that the 2005 TIP Report [...] |
2005-06-23 10:05:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OPRC KCRM KWMN PHUM KTFN EFIN ETTC PTER CVIS KVPR KPAO EAGR ETRD TBIO PARM MNUC KNNP KUNR PGOV AORC CF UNESCO KSCI UNSC |
| 05KINSHASA1039 |
DRC ATTEMPTS TO KEEP PORTS AFLOAT [...] (U) Summary: The GDRC is increasing its efforts to bring its maritime ports into compliance with international security standards in response to U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) sanctions that became effective May 23. The USCG now requires inspection of all ships that enter U.S. ports within five port [...] |
2005-06-24 11:07:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT ECON PREL PTER PINS CG |
| 05KINSHASA1042 |
KINSHASA TENSE AS JUNE 30 APPROACHES [...] (SBU) Summary: Though tensions are rising in Kinshasa and elsewhere in the country in anticipation of June 30, the security situation remains generally calm. Some opposition leaders, most particularly UDPS leader Etienne Tshisekedi, continue to call for the end of the transitional government [...] |
2005-06-24 16:14:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC CG |
| 05KINSHASA1043 |
CATHOLIC BISHOPS SEND MIXED MESSAGE ON TRANSITION [...] (U) The Catholic Bishops' Conference (CENCO) issued a statement June 22 in which it criticized "the automatic extension" of the transition, as well as calls to bring the transition down June 30th by "violence and chaos." The Bishops want the government to explain why elections were not organiz [...] |
2005-06-24 16:17:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO KDEM CG |
| 05KINSHASA1053 |
JUNE 30--KINSHASA CALM BUT JUMPY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Kinshasa is calm but jumpy in the run-up to June 30. As expected, the Congolese military and police have increased visible patrols throughout Kinshasa over the past few days, and salary payments for police and military in Kinshasa have started. There were no reported demonstrations [...] |
2005-06-28 12:19:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CASC ASEC CG |
| 05KINSHASA1055 |
UGANDA PRESIDENT MUSEVENI THREATENS PROBLEMS [...] (C) Ugandan President Museveni sent a letter June 22 to DRC President Kabila in which he condemns both the transitional government and MONUC for not taking more proactive measures against remaining ADF elements in Province Oriental (bordering Uganda). The letter follows a similar missive sen [...] |
2005-06-28 13:54:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV |