RWANDA/AFRICA : How Kigali is exporting its military expertise across Africa - 10/12/2021

RWANDA Defence Business 30/05/2022

US contractor Axxeum to pamper Pentagon's Cessna gifts to Rwandan Air Force

US defence contractor Axxeum is preparing to send its teams of technicians to the Kigali military air base to maintain the two new Cessna C-208 EX Grand Caravan aircraft that are due to be delivered by Washington in July [. [...]

AFRICA 26/05/2022

Kagame and Buhari keep a grip on AU intelligence

Intelligence gathering in African countries is the poor relation of the African Union. It has been managed for some years by two omnipresent member countries, Rwanda and Nigeria. [...]

WEST AFRICA FRANCE Defence Diplomacy 09/02/2022

France mulls how to get its second-hand military vehicles to West African allies

Paris is trying to work out how to deliver hundreds of its old armoured personnel carriers to the armies of Ivory Coast, Ghana, Senegal and others. The EU may help finance the plan, but this is still far from certain. [...]

AFRICA 24/01/2022

From offshore fields to cotton fields, behind the scenes of ENI's biofuel plan

Engaged in a major conversion of its refineries to biofuels, Italian hydrocarbon giant ENI wants to provide this global industry with fuel supplies from non-oil-producing African countries such as Benin and Rwanda, as well as from the key oil-producing countries such as Congo, Angola and Mozambique. [...]

FRANCE RWANDA Business 17/01/2022

Kigali speeds up digitalisation of legal system

Kigali is preparing to digitise its entire legal system as part of a vast programme to modernise the Rwandan administration. [...]

MOZAMBIQUE Defence Diplomacy 17/01/2022

Chume rallies foreign support from UN, SADC and Rwanda in Cabo Delgado

Since December, Filipe Nyusi's defence minister has been working hard to make sure that international military assistance continues for Maputo in the wake of the crisis in Cabo Delgado. [...]

Mozambique Minister of Defence Cristóvão Chume. © Embaixada de Portugal em Maputo/Facebook

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC Diplomacy 12/01/2022

Angolan and Rwandan heads of diplomacy to pay official visit to Bangui

Originally scheduled for 23 December, the visit to Bangui of Angolan and Rwandan foreign ministers Tete António and Vincent Biruta will take place this Friday 14 January. [...]

Jean-Bosco Kazura. © MINUSMA/Flickr

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RWANDA Diplomacy 11/11/2021

General Kazura spearheads Kigali's continental security diplomacy

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. [...]

RUSSIA FRANCE MALI Diplomacy 03/11/2021

Macron and Putin play game of bluff over Wagner in Mali

As negotiations between the Malian junta and Wagner step up a notch, Paris is making last-ditch efforts to prevent the arrival of Russian paramilitaries in Bamako. Emmanuel Macron gave Vladimir Putin a stern warning during a phone call last month. [...]

Emmanuel Macron receives Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, at the Palace of Versailles. © Julien Mattia/Le Pictorium/MaxPPP

RWANDA Defence Business 07/10/2021

Rwandan army eyes Turkish drones for Mozambique

Photos of the Rwandan army and its deployment to Mozambique have been on the front page for weeks and Rwanda's armed forces awant new weapons. [...]

Rwandan President Paul Kagame (left) and his Mozambican counterpart Filipe Nyusi (centre), during a review of troops from both countries in Pembe, 24 September 2021. © Baz Ratner/Reuters

RWANDA TURKEY Defence Business 27/09/2021

Turkish defence industry out to seduce Kigali

Defence companies Aselsan, Havelsan, Otokar and STM woo Rwandan military officials as part of Turkey's plan to become more influential in the Land of a Thousand Hills. [...]

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US contractor Axxeum to pamper Pentagon's Cessna gifts to Rwandan Air Force

Kagame and Buhari keep a grip on AU intelligence

France mulls how to get its second-hand military vehicles to West African allies

From offshore fields to cotton fields, behind the scenes of ENI's biofuel plan

Kigali speeds up digitalisation of legal system

Chume rallies foreign support from UN, SADC and Rwanda in Cabo Delgado

Angolan and Rwandan heads of diplomacy to pay official visit to Bangui

General Kazura spearheads Kigali's continental security diplomacy

Macron and Putin play game of bluff over Wagner in Mali

Rwandan army eyes Turkish drones for Mozambique

Turkish defence industry out to seduce Kigali

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US contractor Axxeum to pamper Pentagon's Cessna gifts to Rwandan Air Force

Kagame and Buhari keep a grip on AU intelligence

France mulls how to get its second-hand military vehicles to West African allies

From offshore fields to cotton fields, behind the scenes of ENI's biofuel plan

Kigali speeds up digitalisation of legal system

Chume rallies foreign support from UN, SADC and Rwanda in Cabo Delgado

Angolan and Rwandan heads of diplomacy to pay official visit to Bangui

General Kazura spearheads Kigali's continental security diplomacy

Macron and Putin play game of bluff over Wagner in Mali

Rwandan army eyes Turkish drones for Mozambique

Turkish defence industry out to seduce Kigali

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