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Sassou organises anti-coup seminar in Oyo

There were initially supposed to be five heads of state invited to Oyo, the birthplace of Congolese President Denis Sassou Nguesso, on the evening of 11 February. [...]

Published on 11.02.2022 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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African Union
Denis Sassou Nguesso
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Faure Gnassingbe
Felix Tshisekedi
François Beya
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Umaro Sissoco Embalo
Yoweri Museveni

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Congolese president Denis Sassou Nguesso and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at the Libya summit in Berlin (January 2020).

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Sassou plays massive chess game with army generals

This winter, the president of Congo named close to 14 new generals. The national security apparatus is, of course, one of the most strategic playing boards for becoming Denis Sassou Nguesso's successor.

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Congolese president Denis Sassou Nguesso.

Africa, Uganda
Sassou and Museveni set up African Global Security foundation to boost intelligence cooperation

The usually travel-shy Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni went to Congo on 11 February to meet Denis Sassou Nguesso. The trip, which also took him to Dakar, was prepared by Jean-Yves Ollivier, a champion of backchannel diplomacy, and was aimed at setting up the African Global Security foundation.

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Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni being welcomed in Congo by his counterpart Denis Sassou Nguesso on 11 February 2022.

DRC
Arrest of Tshisekedi's security adviser spreads ripples from Kigali to Washington

Regional capitals are closely following the case of presidential security adviser Francois Beya, who has strong connections in Brazzaville, Bangui and Luanda and is also well-known in Western security circles, especially in the US, France and Israel.

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François Beya Kasongo, special adviser to Félix Tshisekedi on matters of security.

Spotlight | Africa
Russia opts for Saint Petersburg as summit venue in face of African squabbling

The rivalries among African nations have prompted Moscow to give up on the idea of holding the Africa-Russia gathering on the African continent and go with Saint Petersburg instead in November 2022.

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Russia's president Vladimir Putin stands next to Egypt's president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and South African president Cyril Ramaphosa during the Africa-Russia summit 2019 in Sochi.

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Incoming AU chair Macky Sall burnishes his international image

Two months before he takes over the chairmanship of the African Union, Senegalese president Macky Sall has stepped up his diplomatic activities on the world stage. Highlights include the recent G20 summit and the upcoming peace forums in Paris and Dakar.

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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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Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi receiving his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame on June 25, 2021.

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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
Sassou organises anti-coup seminar in Oyo

Spotlight | African Union, Libya
Sassou and African Union try to regain foothold in Libyan affairs

Congo
Sassou plays massive chess game with army generals

Africa, Uganda
Sassou and Museveni set up African Global Security foundation to boost intelligence cooperation

DRC
Arrest of Tshisekedi's security adviser spreads ripples from Kigali to Washington

Spotlight | Africa
Russia opts for Saint Petersburg as summit venue in face of African squabbling

Senegal
Incoming AU chair Macky Sall burnishes his international image

Inner circles | DRC
Félix Tshisekedi's diplomacy: great international expectations but with neither troops nor resources