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DRC, Uganda
Museveni schmoozes Tshisekedi to avoid paying $325m war damages

The International Court of Justice ruling that Uganda must pay hefty war damages to the DRC comes as relations between the two countries are on the mend. Kampala is on a charm offensive towards its neighbour in the hope of an amicable settlement. [...]

Published on 24.02.2022 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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Denis Sassou Nguesso
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Felix Tshisekedi
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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.

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France tries to get the EU to take up position in the battle against the ADF

France is trying to come up with an EU-wide policy on the battle being fought by Uganda and the DRC against rebel Islamist group the Allied Democratic Forces.

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Elgon Minerals may need to tap DRC gold for new Uganda refinery

The Chinese-owned firm has set up a subsidiary in the DRC while it builds a gold refinery in Uganda. Other Ugandan refineries, which mostly get their gold from the neighbouring country, have often been accused of playing into the hands of smugglers.

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Warming of Kagame-Museveni relations raises hopes for route to Bujumbura

The reopening of the Ugandan-Rwandan border could lead to a trade corridor to Burundi. Neighbours and rivals in the Great Lakes are determined to put aside their differences to revive badly affected economies.

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Rwandan President Paul Kagame and his Ugandan and Burundian counterparts Yoweri Museveni and Evariste Ndayishimiye.

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Tshisekedi to finally take helm of regional security body set up to fight rebel groups

DRC President Félix Tshisekedi was caught off guard by Uganda's moves - including on Congolese territory - against rebel forces proliferating in the Great Lakes region. He will seek to regain the initiative when next month he takes over the presidency of a regional security cooperation alliance.

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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

DRC, Uganda
Museveni schmoozes Tshisekedi to avoid paying $325m war damages

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

DRC
France tries to get the EU to take up position in the battle against the ADF

DRC, Uganda
Elgon Minerals may need to tap DRC gold for new Uganda refinery

Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda
Warming of Kagame-Museveni relations raises hopes for route to Bujumbura

Spotlight | DRC
Tshisekedi to finally take helm of regional security body set up to fight rebel groups