M23

DRC
Emmanuel Macron seeks crisis resolution role with Great Lakes conference

Paris has invited no fewer than seven African leaders to its humanitarian conference on the crisis in eastern DRC. Félix Tshisekedi and Paul Kagame are both expected in the French capital.

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Emmanuel Macron, Félix Tshisekedi, Catherine Samba-Panza

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NigeriaJean-Noël Barrot invites Nigerian billionaires to next Africa-France summit

DRCFélix Tshisekedi gets a phone call from Bifort

Central African RepublicEx-president Catherine Samba-Panza's team without visas for France?

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.

Zimbabwe
South African businessman Mlonzi busy selling Russian and Chinese arms in Harare

Businessman Mcebisi Mlonzi, head of arms brokerage TFM Defence, is about to enter into a contract with the Zimbabwean army that will include a large number of small arms from Russia and China.

DRC
Tshisekedi's presidency organises its first DRC-US economic forum

Kinshasa is seeking to attract American investors in the strategic sectors of mining, energy, infrastructure and agriculture.

DRC
Tshisekedi presidency readjusts its strategy towards M23 at Doha talks

Fearing that the ongoing negotiations in Doha could lead to an impasse, the Congolese authorities are seeking to shift the responsibility for any failure onto M23.

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Denis Sassou-Nguesso, Félix Tshisekedi, William Ruto

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CongoSassou family celebrates weddings, settles scores

DRCTshisekedi cancels on EU special representative for Great Lakes

KenyaRuto has little taste for son's flamboyant bus business

DRC
Closed-door negotiations in Washington over mining deal

While negotiations in Doha between the government and the M23 rebels are slowing, Donald Trump's administration is maintaining its course for the conclusion of its partnership with Kinshasa.