Spotlight | DRC
M23 offensive creates delicate security dilemma in Ituri province

DRC
Generals pay secret visit to Israel

Kinshasa wants to speed up the revamping of its armed forces. A delegation from the general staff travelled to Tel Aviv at the end of October to meet representatives of Elbit Systems.

DRC
Cuts force MONUSCO to withdraw some of its peacekeepers

Already much-weakened, the UN stabilisation mission has been directly affected by budgetary cuts introduced by Washington, forcing it to make painful tradeoffs.

DRC
M23 military leader sanctions officers responsible for looting and embezzlement

General Sultani Makenga has been punishing his senior men involved in offences committed in areas under the movement's control. High-ranking officers and even his own brother have already been thrown into prison for short sentences.

Great lakes
Belgian foreign minister tours Great Lakes region

Maxime Prévot will be visiting Uganda, Burundi and the DRC, but not Rwanda.

DRC
The discreet activism of Nande leaders in Kampala

The M23's territorial expansion in North Kivu is causing a stir among the Nande community, who are looking to Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni's government for support.

Palace Intrigues
Félix Tshisekedi, Alassane Ouattara, Emmanuel Macron, Ibrahim Traoré, Yoweri Museveni

Intrigues big and small... Every Thursday, Africa Intelligence takes a peek into the corridors of power in Africa and beyond.

DRCMaman Marthe in the thick of UDPS crisis

Ivory CoastMacron and Ouattara speak during Eid

Burkina FasoIbrahim Traoré snubs Doha envoy

UgandaTweets by Museveni's son cause uproar within presidential family

DRC
Dan Gertler's lawyer arrested by the National Cyber Defence Council

The National Cyber Defence Council, attached to Félix Tshisekedi's presidency and led by Jean-Claude Bukasa, has arrested lawyer Médard Palankoy Lakwas, longterm adviser of Israeli billionaire Dan Gertler.

DRC
Joseph Kabila's curious excursion to Kampala

At Yoweri Museveni's invitation, Kabila made a discreet stopover in Kampala in mid-March. The trip coincided with a visit there by Corneille Nangaa, head of the Congo River Alliance. For several weeks, Kinshasa has been concerned about the links between these two men.

DRC
Vital Kamerhe embarks on low-key tour from Johannesburg to Tel-Aviv

Challenged by President Félix Tshisekedi's entourage, who suspect him of harbouring a hidden agenda, the President of the Congolese National Assembly has embarked on a diplomatic tour to try to influence the course of the war against the M23 rebels.

Palace Intrigues
Paul Biya, Lucy Tamlyn, Laurent Esso, Jean-Louis Billon

Intrigues big and small... Every Thursday, Africa Intelligence takes a peek into the corridors of power in Africa and beyond.

DRCUS ambassador Lucy Tamlyn's luxury refuge

CameroonLaurent Esso's absence quells reshuffle rumours

Ivory CoastBillon clan to stage classy Miami wedding

DRC
War in the East makes DR Congo banks fret about local branches

Prime Minister Judith Suminwa Tuluka has received representatives of the Congolese banking sector, who are worried their branches in conflict-hit eastern DRC might be looted and want them reopened as soon as possible.

DRC, Uganda
Kinshasa looks to end military cooperation with Kampala in east

Wary of its neighbour, whom it suspects of secretly supporting the M23 insurgency, the Tshisekedi administration is keen to see the back of the Ugandan troops deployed in eastern DRC to combat the ADF armed group.