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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. [...] (435 words)

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Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy.

ETHIOPIA Diplomacy 03/03/2023

Ethiopia foreign minister to attend UN least developed countries conference

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Rwandan president Paul Kagame. © Fabian Bimmer/Reuters

Inner circles

RWANDA Defence Diplomacy 03/03/2023

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.

DRC Diplomacy 20/01/2023

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

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

Spotlight

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Kagame and Tshisekedi play diplomatic cat and mouse

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

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