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DRC
MONUSCO agrees to help investigate the murder of former minister Chérubin Okende

MONUSCO chief Bintou Keita has responded favourably to a request from the DRC authorities for help investigating the murder of former minister Chérubin Okende Senga.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 24.07.2023

DRC
MONUSCO withdrawal plan remains unclear

The Democratic Republic of Congo has reaffirmed its wish to see the United Nations mission in the DRC (MONUSCO) begin its withdrawal on 1 January next year in accordance with a deal reached last year between Kinshasa and the UN.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 09.06.2023

Spotlight | DRC
From Kigali to Pretoria, Joseph Kabila's covert schemes

In recent weeks, Joseph Kabila has been sending messengers to different African presidencies to relay his forecasts of forthcoming chaos in the DRC. Western diplomats, particularly American ones, who have been concerned by his predictions, have been in contact with him.

Subscribers only Politics 06.06.2023

Former president of the DRC, Joseph Kabila, 10 December 2018.

DRC
Secret details of SADC's decision to send troops to eastern DR Congo

Africa Intelligence has had access to a confidential document of the Southern African Development Community that details the thinking behind the decision, taken during the summit of the organisation's Troika on 8 May, to send a regional force to eastern DRC.

Subscribers only Defence 15.05.2023

Central Africa
Kinshasa looks to review terms of engagement of EAC regional force

Following the expiry of the original agreement governing the deployment of the East African Community force in eastern DRC, the Congolese government, unhappy with its performance so far, is hoping to remove the ambiguities of its mandate.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 28.04.2023

Soldiers of the East African Community (EAC) regional force in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

DRC
MONUSCO boss Keita to report to Security Council

Bintou Keita, the head of the UN mission in the DRC, MONUSCO, will travel to New York on 29 March to report to the UN Security Council on the current state of play.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 16.03.2023

West Africa
New candidates mooted for leadership of UN's West Africa and Sahel office

An increasing number of potential candidates for the leadership of the UN's West Africa and Sahel regional office UNOWAS is being put forward.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 07.02.2023

West Africa
West Africa ponders choice of next UNOWAS head

The Dakar-based post UN post has been vacant since October and the names of several African diplomats are doing the rounds.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 02.02.2023

DRC
MONUSCO unable to deploy its only gunship

For several months now, the United Nations mission in the DRC, MONUSCO, has been unable to deploy its only operational attack helicopter.

Subscribers only Defence 30.01.2023

Spotlight | DRC
Foreign private military contractors flood into North Kivu

Africa Intelligence lifts the veil on the private security companies currently operating in the eastern DRC city of Goma. There are dozens of former Soviet soldiers present, as well as a French businessman and a Romanian veteran of the French Foreign Legion.

Subscribers only Defence 06.01.2023

Soldiers of the Congolese Republican Guard walk on the tarmac of the airport in Goma, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on 12th November 2022.

DRC
Tshisekedi's futile attempts to resume contact with Kabila

President Félix Tshisekedi has tried to call his predecessor Joseph Kabila several times to arrange a meeting. Unwilling to do so, the former leader continues to be consulted by his political family and international diplomats.

Subscribers only Politics 01.11.2022

Current President Félix Tshisekedi and his predecessor Joseph Kabila.

DRC
MONUSCO still hunting for helicopters and heavy artillery

The UN force in the DRC needs more and better firepower to counter M23 rebels. After having turned unsuccessfully to South Africa, MONUSCO is now trying its luck with Jordan and Egypt.

Subscribers only Defence 28.10.2022

Sahel, United Nations
UN: Ministers, military, diplomats... Issoufou's Sahel task force

Niger's former president Mahamadou Issoufou was tasked by the UN Secretary General with drawing up a report on the situation in the Sahel that he will present to the UN General Assembly on 22 September.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 20.09.2022

Former Niger President Mahamadou Issoufou.

Spotlight | DRC
MONUSCO seeks to boost military arsenal to contend with M23

Caught off guard by the M23 rebels' firepower, the UN force in the DRC is seeking to equip itself accordingly. It is asking contributing countries for heavy artillery and attack helicopters.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 28.07.2022

DRC, United Nations
MONUSCO boss Bintou Keita on European tour

Bintou Keita, the head of the UN mission in the DR Congo (MONUSCO) and special representative of the UN Secretary-General, has been in Paris since 18 July. She is due to meet Emmanuel Macron's Africa advisor, Franck Paris, and foreign ministry officials.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 20.07.2022

The UN Secretary General's Special Representative for the DRC, Bintou Keita.

Spotlight | DRC, Rwanda
Diplomatic cat and mouse from New York to Paris over Rwanda's alleged support for M23 rebels

Western capitals and the United Nations remain wary of dealing with the evidence that they say they have concerning Rwanda's support for the rebel M23 movement, much to the displeasure of Kinshasa.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 01.07.2022

Africa
Francophone Africa loses key United Nations posts

A number of senior UN posts, which have traditionally gone to diplomats from francophone Africa, are now being fought over by anglophone and lusophone African states. Meanwhile, the position for head of the Department of Peace Operations, Paris's preserve for the best part of two decades and currently headed by Frenchman Jean-Pierre Lacroix, is being chased by China.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 02.05.2022

Top: Senegal's Mankeur Ndiaye (left), replaced by Rwandan diplomat Valentine Rugwabiza (right) as head of the UN Mission in Sierra Leone. Bottom: Guinea's Bintou Keita (left), who was succeeded by Ghana's Martha Ama Akyaa Pobee as Assistant Secretary-General for Africa at the DOP (right).

Inner circles | Ghana
Akufo-Addo selects crack diplomatic team for UN Security Council

With Ghana having taken up its non-permanent seat on UN Security Council on 1 January, its president Nana Akufo-Addo has surrounded himself with specialists in multilateral issues in order to make a success of his two-year term.

Free access Diplomacy 11.02.2022

DRC
Bintou Keita to stay on as MONUSCO head

The tenure of Bintou Keita as head of MONUSCO, the UN mission in the DRC, is set to be extended for a year.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 31.01.2022

The head of the United Nations Mission in the DRC (Monusco), Bintou Keita.

Spotlight | DRC
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.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 25.01.2022

Nigeria
The latest secrets of a $10bn legal scandal between Abuja and London

Cameroon, Central African Republic
Between business and politics, the secrets of Antoine Ndzengue's rise

Bintou Keita

DRC
MONUSCO agrees to help investigate the murder of former minister Chérubin Okende

DRC
MONUSCO withdrawal plan remains unclear

Spotlight | DRC
From Kigali to Pretoria, Joseph Kabila's covert schemes

DRC
Secret details of SADC's decision to send troops to eastern DR Congo

Central Africa
Kinshasa looks to review terms of engagement of EAC regional force

DRC
MONUSCO boss Keita to report to Security Council

West Africa
New candidates mooted for leadership of UN's West Africa and Sahel office

West Africa
West Africa ponders choice of next UNOWAS head

DRC
MONUSCO unable to deploy its only gunship

Spotlight | DRC
Foreign private military contractors flood into North Kivu

DRC
Tshisekedi's futile attempts to resume contact with Kabila

DRC
MONUSCO still hunting for helicopters and heavy artillery

Sahel, United Nations
UN: Ministers, military, diplomats... Issoufou's Sahel task force

Spotlight | DRC
MONUSCO seeks to boost military arsenal to contend with M23

DRC, United Nations
MONUSCO boss Bintou Keita on European tour

Spotlight | DRC, Rwanda
Diplomatic cat and mouse from New York to Paris over Rwanda's alleged support for M23 rebels

Africa
Francophone Africa loses key United Nations posts

Inner circles | Ghana
Akufo-Addo selects crack diplomatic team for UN Security Council

DRC
Bintou Keita to stay on as MONUSCO head

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

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DRC MONUSCO agrees to help investigate the murder of former minister Chérubin Okende

DRC MONUSCO withdrawal plan remains unclear

Spotlight | DRC From Kigali to Pretoria, Joseph Kabila's covert schemes

DRC Secret details of SADC's decision to send troops to eastern DR Congo

Central Africa Kinshasa looks to review terms of engagement of EAC regional force

DRC MONUSCO boss Keita to report to Security Council

West Africa New candidates mooted for leadership of UN's West Africa and Sahel office

West Africa West Africa ponders choice of next UNOWAS head

DRC MONUSCO unable to deploy its only gunship

Spotlight | DRC Foreign private military contractors flood into North Kivu

DRC Tshisekedi's futile attempts to resume contact with Kabila

DRC MONUSCO still hunting for helicopters and heavy artillery

Sahel, United Nations UN: Ministers, military, diplomats... Issoufou's Sahel task force

Spotlight | DRC MONUSCO seeks to boost military arsenal to contend with M23

DRC, United Nations MONUSCO boss Bintou Keita on European tour

Spotlight | DRC, Rwanda Diplomatic cat and mouse from New York to Paris over Rwanda's alleged support for M23 rebels

Africa Francophone Africa loses key United Nations posts

Inner circles | Ghana Akufo-Addo selects crack diplomatic team for UN Security Council

DRC Bintou Keita to stay on as MONUSCO head

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

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Nigeria
The latest secrets of a $10bn legal scandal between Abuja and London

Cameroon, Central African Republic
Between business and politics, the secrets of Antoine Ndzengue's rise

DRC
MONUSCO agrees to help investigate the murder of former minister Chérubin Okende

DRC
MONUSCO withdrawal plan remains unclear

Spotlight | DRC
From Kigali to Pretoria, Joseph Kabila's covert schemes

DRC
Secret details of SADC's decision to send troops to eastern DR Congo

Central Africa
Kinshasa looks to review terms of engagement of EAC regional force

DRC
MONUSCO boss Keita to report to Security Council

West Africa
New candidates mooted for leadership of UN's West Africa and Sahel office

West Africa
West Africa ponders choice of next UNOWAS head

DRC
MONUSCO unable to deploy its only gunship

Spotlight | DRC
Foreign private military contractors flood into North Kivu

DRC
Tshisekedi's futile attempts to resume contact with Kabila

DRC
MONUSCO still hunting for helicopters and heavy artillery

Sahel, United Nations
UN: Ministers, military, diplomats... Issoufou's Sahel task force

Spotlight | DRC
MONUSCO seeks to boost military arsenal to contend with M23

DRC, United Nations
MONUSCO boss Bintou Keita on European tour

Spotlight | DRC, Rwanda
Diplomatic cat and mouse from New York to Paris over Rwanda's alleged support for M23 rebels

Africa
Francophone Africa loses key United Nations posts

Inner circles | Ghana
Akufo-Addo selects crack diplomatic team for UN Security Council

DRC
Bintou Keita to stay on as MONUSCO head

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