Your account has been succesfully created.

Subscribe now

DRC GABON

Tshisekedi tries to muscle his way onto UN Security Council

DRC President Félix Tshisekedi. © Ting Shen/Xinhua News Agency/Newscom/MaxPPP

There is a heated battle afoot for the non-permanent seat reserved for African countries on the UN Security Council for the years 2022-2023. Gabon is an official candidate, but the DRC is pulling out all the stops to take the role. [...] (465 words)

Issue dated 22/02/2021 Reading time 2 minutes

This article may be accessed by subscribers and e-wallet holders (USD 12.50)

2 options offered to continue reading

e-wallet

from EUR/USD 50

Only buy articles you are interested in

ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION

Unlimited access to the website

See our rates

Choose the option that suits you best: Compare all of our offers!

Do you want a free trial before subscribing?

Create your free account

Do you want a free trial before subscribing?

create a free account

This article may be accessed by subscribers and e-wallet holders (USD 12.50)

2 options offered to continue reading

e-wallet

from EUR/USD 50

Only buy articles you are interested in

ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION

Unlimited access to the website

See our rates

Choose the option that suits you best: Compare all of our offers!

Do you want a free trial before subscribing?

Create your free account

Do you want a free trial before subscribing?

create a free account

Diplomacy

Set up email notifications for these topics

DRC
GABON
African Union
Ali Bongo
Alok Sharma
Brice Laccruche Alihanga
COP 26
Department of Political Affairs
Félix Tshisekedi
Lee White
Marie Tumba Nzeza
Pacôme Moubelet Boubeya

Ali Bongo to host AU debate on UN Security Council reform

The president of Gabon Ali Bongo is to host a meeting on the reform of the UN Security Council from 30 to 31 March in Libreville.

The Permanent Representative of Gabon to the United Nations, Michel Xavier Biang. © Matthew Russell Lee/Alamy Live News

Inner circles

GABON Diplomacy 07/01/2022

Gabon boosts its New York diplomatic corps as it joins UN Security Council

Libreville has beefed up its diplomatic presence in New York for the coming two years. Led by Michel Xavier Biang, Gabon's UN mission has seen the arrival of diplomats trained by former prime minister Emmanuel Issoze Ngondet.

DRC Diplomacy 03/09/2021

Kinshasa's failure to bag SADC job marks fresh diplomatic defeat

Kinshasa's failed bid to win the post of executive secretary of the Southern African Development Community is not going down well in Congolese circles of power. Critics say President Tshisekedi had no strategic plan to bag the top job.

DRC Diplomacy 19/07/2021

The organisation of French-speaking nations slams games preparations

The Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie is alarmed by DRC's delay in preparing for the body's athletic and cultural extravaganza due to take place in Kinshasa in August 2022. In a recent report, it points to unjustified spending and a lack of transparency in the management of the games' funds.

MAURITANIA Politics 05/04/2021

Accused Aziz prepares international legal counter-offensive

Former president Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, who was placed under judicial supervision in mid-March, plans to take his case to the African Union, the Arab League and the International League for Human Rights.

Former Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz.

CHINA DRC Diplomacy 05/03/2021

Beijing beckons to Tshisekedi

Xi Jinping's regime has invited the Congolese head of state to visit Beijing later this spring to discuss economic cooperation between the two countries. The invitation comes as Washington, which has made a dramatic return to the DRC since the election of Felix Tshisekedi, is closely scrutinizing Chinese activity in the country.

GABON GHANA Diplomacy 04/03/2021

Libreville and Accra win right to vie for UN Security Council seat

Although the Congolese president and current African Union chairperson, Félix

GABON Diplomacy 24/02/2021

Ali Bongo sends his former tutor to the Vatican

The head of state is a practising Muslim but has always been at pains to show he cares about the other religions in his country. The latest display of this diplomatic-spiritual prudence was the appointment of a Frenchman, who was one of his tutors in the 1970s, to represent Gabon at the Holy See.

Inner circles

DRC Politics 05/02/2021

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.

DRC Diplomacy 15/12/2020

Guinea's Bintou Keita favourite to take over MONUSCO

Breaking news published 15/12/20 at 12:35 - The Guinean diplomat and old UN hand Bintou Keita is likely to succeed Algeria's Leila Zerrougui at the head of the UN's largest peacekeeping mission, whose mandate is up for renewal this week.

Head of the UN mission in DRC (MONUSCO) Leila Zerrougui.

Spotlight

DRC Diplomacy 03/11/2020

Tshisekedi fears Trump defeat will play into Kabila's hands

Having cosied up to the Trump administration in the hope of freeing himself from the grip of Joseph Kabila, Tshisekedi is concerned at polls suggesting the US president is headed for defeat. The prospect of a Biden victory has by contrast put a spring in the step of the ex-Congolese president.

AFRICA Diplomacy 08/07/2020

AU: Abuja, Kigali, Kampala vie to fill African seat on ICJ bench

Through the African Union, the continent is trying to find a mutually agreeable judge to take up a reserved seat at the International Court of Justice in The Hague.

GABON Politics 13/03/2019

Marie-Madeleine Mborantsuo anticipates non-return of Ali Bongo

The unprecedented situation in Libreville arising from the president's ill health has tempted the regime to ‘adapt' the constitution without consultation.

Set up email notifications for these topics

DRC
GABON
African Union
Ali Bongo
Alok Sharma
Brice Laccruche Alihanga
COP 26
Department of Political Affairs
Félix Tshisekedi
Lee White
Marie Tumba Nzeza
Pacôme Moubelet Boubeya

Once registered, you will be notified by a short message on your computer or mobile phone as soon as a new edition of our publication or an alert is published. Stay informed anytime, anywhere!

Facing courts and shareholders, Monaco Resources Group living on borrowed time - and money

Algerian secret services in survival mode in North Mali

Tshisekedi tries to muscle his way onto UN Security Council

This article may be accessed by subscribers and e-wallet holders (USD 12.50)

2 options offered to continue reading

Create your free account

create a free account

Set up email notifications for these topics

Ali Bongo to host AU debate on UN Security Council reform

Gabon boosts its New York diplomatic corps as it joins UN Security Council

Kinshasa's failure to bag SADC job marks fresh diplomatic defeat

The organisation of French-speaking nations slams games preparations

Accused Aziz prepares international legal counter-offensive

Beijing beckons to Tshisekedi

Libreville and Accra win right to vie for UN Security Council seat

Ali Bongo sends his former tutor to the Vatican

The parallel government of Tshisekedi's special advisors

Guinea's Bintou Keita favourite to take over MONUSCO

Tshisekedi fears Trump defeat will play into Kabila's hands

AU: Abuja, Kigali, Kampala vie to fill African seat on ICJ bench

Marie-Madeleine Mborantsuo anticipates non-return of Ali Bongo

Set up email notifications for these topics

First visit

Contacts

Tools

Follow us

A website produced by

Indigo Publications also publishes:

Facing courts and shareholders, Monaco Resources Group living on borrowed time - and money

Algerian secret services in survival mode in North Mali

William Ruto's new order

Africa in the Russia-Ukraine war

The Sahel threatened by a jihadist tornado

Tshisekedi tries to muscle his way onto UN Security Council

This article may be accessed by subscribers and e-wallet holders (USD 12.50)

2 options offered to continue reading

Create your free account

create a free account

Set up email notifications for these topics

Ali Bongo to host AU debate on UN Security Council reform

Gabon boosts its New York diplomatic corps as it joins UN Security Council

Kinshasa's failure to bag SADC job marks fresh diplomatic defeat

The organisation of French-speaking nations slams games preparations

Accused Aziz prepares international legal counter-offensive

Beijing beckons to Tshisekedi

Libreville and Accra win right to vie for UN Security Council seat

Ali Bongo sends his former tutor to the Vatican

The parallel government of Tshisekedi's special advisors

Guinea's Bintou Keita favourite to take over MONUSCO

Tshisekedi fears Trump defeat will play into Kabila's hands

AU: Abuja, Kigali, Kampala vie to fill African seat on ICJ bench

Marie-Madeleine Mborantsuo anticipates non-return of Ali Bongo

Set up email notifications for these topics

First visit

Contacts

Tools

Follow us

A website produced by

Indigo Publications also publishes: