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Denis Sassou Nguesso gets in on forest summit act

High-level forest summits are coming up thick and fast. Denis Sassou Nguesso plans to stage an international equatorial forest summit in mid-June [...]

Published on 27.02.2023 at 05:00 GMT

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Ali Bongo
Arlette Soudan-Nonault
Denis Sassou Nguesso
Joko Widodo
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva

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Bongo and Sassou ready to bury hatchet

The two presidents, who have been on frosty terms for years, hope to use the One Forest Summit in Libreville to set aside their grievances. One of the bones of contention has been the attitude of Sassou's grandson, whom Gabon believes is financing the political opposition from Brazzaville.

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Gabonese president Ali Bongo (left) and his Congolese counterpart Denis Sassou Nguesso in 2014.

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ECCAS searches footing on Chadian transition

The Economic Community of Central African States has so far followed the Chadian transition from the side lines, but that is set to change this year and is likely to flare up old tensions between Congo and Gabon.

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Elysee gets going on One Forest Summit in Libreville

Emmanuel Macron's adviser Josué Serres recently travelled to Libreville to meet Gabon's environment minister Lee White to discuss the organisation of the One Planet Summit on preserving Central Africa's forests, planned for March or April in Gabon.

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COP26: Between Grand Inga and DRC forestry capital, Félix Tshisekedi attempts grand slam in Glasgow

The DRC presidency has come out in force at the climate summit in Glasgow and is looking to give substance to its carbon reduction projects. Its main asset, the construction of the Grand Inga, will be the subject of a behind-the-scenes meeting with the African Union.

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Democratic Republic of the Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi arrives for the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow.

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Arlette Soudan-Nonault
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Guinea
Behind the scenes of Mamadi Doumbouya's offensive on Russian miner Nordgold

DRC
Dan Gertler's billions of dollars in royalties at heart of huge legal battle

Congo
Denis Sassou Nguesso gets in on forest summit act

Spotlight | Congo, Gabon
Bongo and Sassou ready to bury hatchet

Spotlight | Chad
ECCAS searches footing on Chadian transition

France, Gabon
Elysee gets going on One Forest Summit in Libreville

DRC
COP26: Between Grand Inga and DRC forestry capital, Félix Tshisekedi attempts grand slam in Glasgow