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Angola, DRC
Luanda and Doha support M23 mediation efforts as Kinshasa loses faith

Qatar and Angola have been consolidating their bilateral ties as they look for ways of supporting various sub-regional initiatives to mediate between the M23 rebel group and the DRC government. [...]

Published on 03.03.2023 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Tshisekedi administration's support for renewal of EAC force far from unanimous

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Ugandan soldiers from the East African Community Regional Force (EACRF) stand guard near one of their bases in Bunagana, on 19 April 2023.

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Great Lakes leaders unconvinced by Qatar involvement in M23 crisis discussions

During his tour of the Great Lakes countries, Qatari diplomat Mohammed bin Abdulaziz al-Khulaifi faced reticence from several regions' leaders, who are wary of Qatar's mediation in the eastern DR Congo conflict.

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Emir of Qatar, Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani (L) and President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Felix Tshisekedi (R) on the sidelines of the COP26 World Leaders Summit, in Glasgow the 1st of November 2021.

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Sarkozy due in Kinshasa to kick-start dialogue with Kagame

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Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy.

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Ethiopia foreign minister to attend UN least developed countries conference

Ethiopian Prime Minister Demeke Mekonnen will represent his country at the Fifth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries in Doha from 5 to 9 March. Several African leaders are expected to attend.

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Shadowy security chiefs advise Kagame on eastern DRC strategy

A small group of senior security officials are providing the Rwandan president with assessments of the threat just across the border in eastern DRC, where a major crisis sparked by the resurgence of the M23 rebels shows no sign of abating.

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Doha's new diplomatic effort to bring Kagame and Tshisekedi together in Qatar

Breaking news published on 20/01/22 at 18:25 - A meeting was set to take place in Doha on 23 January between the Congolese and Rwandan presidents, Félix Tshisekedi and Paul Kagame but was called off after the Congolese president pulled out.

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Rwandan President Paul Kagame and DRC's President Félix Tshisekedi.

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Kagame and Tshisekedi play diplomatic cat and mouse

The Rwandan president Paul Kagame has opened up to a number of his counterparts about his country's ties with the M23. But Western capitals, not least France, remain circumspect, and Kigali currently has the upper hand diplomatically over an increasingly isolated Tshisekedi.

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On the left the president of the DRC Félix Tshisekedi, on the right the president of Rwanda Paul Kagame

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Diplomatic cat and mouse from New York to Paris over Rwanda's alleged support for M23 rebels

Western capitals and the United Nations remain wary of dealing with the evidence that they say they have concerning Rwanda's support for the rebel M23 movement, much to the displeasure of Kinshasa.

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Ruto's great expectations frustrated by Kinshasa

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From Dubai to Cape Town, upstart trader Coral Energy rolls out African offensive

Angola, DRC
Luanda and Doha support M23 mediation efforts as Kinshasa loses faith

DRC
Tshisekedi administration's support for renewal of EAC force far from unanimous

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Great Lakes leaders unconvinced by Qatar involvement in M23 crisis discussions

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Sarkozy due in Kinshasa to kick-start dialogue with Kagame

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Ethiopia foreign minister to attend UN least developed countries conference

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Shadowy security chiefs advise Kagame on eastern DRC strategy

DRC
Doha's new diplomatic effort to bring Kagame and Tshisekedi together in Qatar

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