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Emmanuel Macron expected in Kinshasa in the autumn

Over a working lunch at the Elysée Palace on April 26, Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi discussed the possibility of a visit by Emmanuel Macron to the DRC. [...] (192 words)

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Mossad director Yossi Cohen's very personal diplomacy

President Félix Tshisekedi's overreaction to Belarusian businessman Alexander Zingman's visit to the country last month stems from an earlier, largely unreported, episode: three trips to Kinshasa made by Yossi Cohen, head of the Israeli foreign intelligence service Mossad. [...]

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