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Tshisekedi eyes up spymaster candidates in the running to fill void left by ousted François Beya

DR Congo President Félix Tshisekedi.
DR Congo President Félix Tshisekedi. © Michael Tewelde/Xinhua News Agency/Newscom/maxPPP
At a time of growing tension with neighbouring Rwanda, Félix Tshisekedi is trying to reorganise his country's intelligence apparatus, which has been damaged by the imprisonment of François Beya Kasonga, his former special adviser on security. [...] (1371 words)
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Paul Kagame and Emmanuel Macron, here in December 2021 at the Elysée Palace. © Alexis Sciard/IP3 Press/MaxPPP
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DRC FRANCE RWANDA Diplomacy 17/06/2022

Macron's fine diplomatic balancing act between Kagame and Tshisekedi 

As tensions between Kinshasa and Kigali continue to grow in eastern DRC, a confidential meeting between the French and Rwandan presidents took place in Paris in early June. Emmanuel Macron plans to speak by phone next with Felix Tshisekedi and is backing Angolan mediation. [...]
Félix Tshisekedi and Uhuru Kenyatta exchanged by videoconference with the representatives of the armed groups on April 27, 2022. © @Presidence_RDC
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EAST AFRICA Politics 04/05/2022

Congolese peace talks at Nairobi's Safari Park Hotel inch forward 

President Kenyatta and the Congolese government hope that bringing talks on the stability of eastern DR Congo to Nairobi will give new impetus to the peace negotiations. But the absence of some of the warring parties limits their scope. [...]
Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi receiving his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame on June 25, 2021. © DRC Presidency/Twitter
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DRC Diplomacy 27/08/2021

Félix Tshisekedi's diplomacy: great international expectations but with neither troops nor resources 

In Berlin today at the invitation of Angela Merkel, the DRC president is using every available means to pull his country out of diplomatic isolation. Rather than relying on a diplomatic corps that was largely inherited from his predecessor Joseph Kabila, he has preferred to rely on a group of loyalists from within the presidency. [...]

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