Indeholder oplysninger om de generelle politiske og menneskeretlige forhold i 1998, herunder om situationen for etniske hutuer. Følgende partier og organisationer omtales: Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation af Congo-Zaire (ADFL), Mai-Mai militsen, The Congolese Rally for Democracy (RCD), The Alliance of Democratic Forces (ADF), Front for the Survival of Democracy (FSD), Democratic Union for Social Progress (UDPS), Innovative Forces for Unity and Solidarity (FONUS), Study and Action Group for Development (GEAD), Promotion of Womens´s Initiatives ((PAIF), Mouvement Populaire de la Revolution (MPR), Unified Lumumbist Party (PALU), Menneskerettighedsorganisationerne AZADHO og CENADH.
