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Incoming African Union chair Tshisekedi sets up his management team

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“African Union: the battle of the giants”

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African Union: the battle of the giants

The pan-African intergovernmental organisation headquartered in Addis Ababa has increasingly become a political arena where the continent's heavyweights South Africa, Algeria, Egypt, Morocco and Nigeria jostle for power. In order to impose their views and place representatives in key positions in the African Union and other international organisations, these nations compete for influence and build coalitions. On the sidelines of these strategic manoeuvres, a few smaller countries such as Rwanda are carving out a niche for themselves. [...]

Despite being embroiled in a violent political battle with Joseph Kabila supporters in Kinshasa, President Tshisekedi is having to organise the team which will have charge of managing his term as African Union chair in 2021. [...] (563 words)

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DRC
Adolphe Muzito
African Union
Alphonse Ntumba Luaba
Covid-19
Félix Tshisekedi
International Conference of the Great Lakes Region
Jean-Claude Kabongo
Jean-Léon Ngandu Ilunga
Joseph Kabila
Laurent-Désiré Kabila
Marcellin Bilomba
Matata Ponyo
Michèle Hélène Fatou Ndiaye
Nicolas Kazadi
Roger Kamba
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The parallel government of Tshisekedi's special advisors

President Tshisekedi has a team of nine special advisors he likes to call on. Playing on rivalries among the members of Joseph Kabila's Front Commun pour le Congo, some have taken charge of state matters even if that means encroaching on the portfolios of the ministers concerned. [...]

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US to get new embassy in Kinshasa after 12-year wait

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DRC Politics 09/12/2020

Tshisekedi's plan to forge new majority could trip over the law

In his speech on 6 December to enact the coalition between his party, Cap Pour le Changement (CACH), and Joseph Kabila's Front Commun pour le Congo (FCC), Congolese president Félix Tshisekedi seems to have omitted a constitutional provision. [...]

DRC Business 09/12/2020

Former PM Matata Ponyo's consultancy gets all-clear for $2m government contract

Founded by Joseph Kabila's former prime minister, Congo Challenge has won a contract to help the government with its post-Covid economic policy. [...]

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DRC Politics 10/11/2020

Tshisekedi seeks Sassou's clout to sideline one-time ally Kabila

In his battle against predecessor Joseph Kabila, President Félix Tshisekedi has turned to neighbouring head of state Denis Sassou Nguesso for help in building a new political coalition. [...]

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Joseph Kabila
Laurent-Désiré Kabila
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