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Kinshasa's thorny Kyiv-Moscow balancing act over armaments

The DRC is in negotiations with both Russia and Ukraine to equip its growing army as it steps up its fight against rebel groups in the East.
The DRC is in negotiations with both Russia and Ukraine to equip its growing army as it steps up its fight against rebel groups in the East. © Imago/Alamy banque d'images - Angelos Tzortzinis/AFP - Russian Government/Alamy Stock Photo - Media_works/Shutterstock - Sergey Ryzhov/Alamy banque d'images - Cafe Racer/Shutterstock - Design: Studio Pachamama

The DRC is in negotiations with both Russia and Ukraine to equip its growing army as it steps up its fight against rebel groups in the East. With tensions high over the Ukraine conflict, and Kyiv showing a keen interest in the Congolese army's Soviet arsenal, Kinshasa is having to tread carefully between the two warring nations under the West's watchful eye.

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Aliko Dangote's refinery in final countdown to production launch

Former Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari (C) cuts the ribbon to inaugurate the Dangote Petroleum Refinery flanked by (from R to L) Senate President Ahmad Lawan, President/CEO Dangote Industries, Aliko Dangote, Togolese President Faure Gnassingbe, All Progressives Congress (APC) chairman Abdullahi Adamu, Governor Dapo Abiodun, and Group executive director of Dangote Industries, Devakumar Edwin in Lagos, on 22 May 2023.
Former Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari (C) cuts the ribbon to inaugurate the Dangote Petroleum Refinery flanked by (from R to L) Senate President Ahmad Lawan, President/CEO Dangote Industries, Aliko Dangote, Togolese President Faure Gnassingbe, All Progressives Congress (APC) chairman Abdullahi Adamu, Governor Dapo Abiodun, and Group executive director of Dangote Industries, Devakumar Edwin in Lagos, on 22 May 2023. © Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP

The refinery built by tycoon Aliko Dangote, which is eagerly awaited by a new government faced with a spate of poor economic news, is not yet ready. Despite optimistic talk, production at the plant near Lagos will not get under way for at least several more weeks.

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