The names of several members of President Félix Tshisekedi's family keep quietly cropping up in connection with artisanal mining in Lualaba. Some of the sites invaded by artisanal miners last year are owned by Kazakhstan's Eurasian Resources Group.
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Defence minister Joseph Beti Assomo has been weakened by delays in recent weeks by investigators looking into the journalist's murder a year ago. He has since been trying to regain control of the case.
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Politics The longstanding dispute between Kinshasa and its former supplier Commisimpex over a record $1.8bn arbitration awarded in 2013 continues to play out in the French courts.
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On 29 January, the Nigerien transition president met discreetly with Ahoua Don Mello, the West and Central Africa representative of the alliance formed by Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.
Breaking news published on 04/02/24 at 15:00 GMT: Macky Sall's decision to postpone Senegal's presidential election was the result of a rivalry opposing his inner circle and his prime minister, Amadou Ba. Several ruling party bigwigs have in recent months sought to undermine Ba, whom Sall had anointed as his candidate last September.
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A pair of French entrepreneurs have their eye on a plot of land in Djibouti's upmarket and fast-developing Heron district and can draw on their long-established ties in the country to win over the local authorities.
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Business The Kenyan president's three-day visit to the Japanese capital comes as Nairobi is trying to deepen ties with neighbouring China.
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The Mozambican president recently made a discreet trip to Kigali to meet his Rwandan counterpart. Their positive working relationship is centred around security and gas issues in Cabo Delgado.
The American Chamber of Commerce brought a delegation from the GNU's health ministry to visit several US cities to create partnerships.
The skilled lobbyist, Radouan Bachiri, has just taken on a mission in Brussels to influence EU decision-making about Morocco.
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