An over-the-counter arrangement to supply medical equipment has set alarm bells ringing within the healthcare community. Some have suspicions that the deal, clinched only a few months before the February 2024 presidential election, is overpriced.
Just as a peace deal between the Ethiopian government and the Oromo Liberation Army seemed to be within reach last month, talks broke down over several key issues. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has been sending more troops to the west and south of the country.
France's Minister of State for Development, the Francophonie and International Partnerships Chrysoula Zacharopoulou will be touring Southern Africa in mid-December.
Soro was quietly shown the door by mining operators after his government lobbying proved ineffectual.
The president's office has been working in recent years to build an army loyal to the government, capable both of opposing the M23 rebels and of snuffing out any threat of sedition.
The Italian screenwriters Maddalena Ravagli and Leonardo Fasoli (Django, Gomorra, ZeroZeroZero) are currently putting the finishing touches to an international television series whose main plot centres around the Democratic Republic of Congo.
On her first official visit to the country in late November, Belgium's ambassador to the DRC, Roxane de Bilderling, travelled to Lubumbashi and met with former president Joseph Kabila.
The US is looking to launch a new scheme to disarm armed groups via the American firm Chemonics International.
One of Tunisia's most powerful unions is on fraught terms with the president's office, but it can look to various figures to help it renew dialogue with the Carthage Palace.
