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General Kazura spearheads Kigali's continental security diplomacy

Jean-Bosco Kazura.
Jean-Bosco Kazura. © MINUSMA/Flickr
From Bangui to Maputo, Paul Kagame has turned Rwanda's armed forces into a powerful tool of his African diplomacy, wielded adeptly by his army commander Jean-Bosco Kazura and his police chief Dan Munyuza. [...] (667 words)
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Rwandan Chief of Staff Jean-Bosco Kazura is currently holding a series of meetings with African chiefs of staff (photo from 2013). © UN Mission in Mali/Flickr
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Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi receiving his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame on June 25, 2021. © DRC Presidency/Twitter
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Rwanda's president Paul Kagame with his Ugandan counterpart Yoweri Museveni. © Xinhua News Agency/via Latin America News Agency/Reuters
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DRC gold at heart of Museveni and Kagame's new showdown 

Rwanda and Uganda are engaged in a tug of war over who will host the main transit route for gold mined in the DRC before it is shipped out of Africa. Both countries want the lucrative business for themselves and are hoping to force Kinshasa to choose between them, with Kigali in the lead. [...]

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