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Africa, France
Tshisekedi and Macron prepare a summit on African entrepreneurship in Kinshasa

Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi is working on the organization in December of a summit dedicated to entrepreneurship in Africa.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 07.09.2021

Spotlight | Africa, Egypt
Sisi puts water at the heart of his African diplomacy

Egypt is preparing a major conference on water issues in Cairo in October with several African heads of state. Its aim is to find new markets for Egyptian companies but also allies to help it block next year's planned third filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam.

Free access Energy, Diplomacy 03.09.2021

DRC
Kinshasa's failure to bag SADC job marks fresh diplomatic defeat

Kinshasa's failed bid to win the post of executive secretary of the Southern African Development Community is not going down well in Congolese circles of power. Critics say President Tshisekedi had no strategic plan to bag the top job.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 03.09.2021

Morocco
Mohammed VI snubs Merkel's latest Compact with Africa

Despite signs of a détente at the end of July, relations between Morocco and Germany remain frosty.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 03.09.2021

Angela Merkel with several African heads of state at the third edition of the Compact with Africa meeting in Berlin on 27 August.

Tunisia
Saïed's security chief tools up ahead of Francophone summit in Djerba

Khaled Yahyaoui is procuring security equipment for November's meeting of the organisation of French-speaking nations, which several heads of state are due to attend.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 02.09.2021

DRC
Presidential party bigwigs try to thwart Tshisekedi's anti-graft body

The head of the General Inspectorate of Finances is privately seething about the behaviour of some UDPS bigwigs.

Subscribers only Politics 01.09.2021

DRC, Egypt
Egypt's discreet military cooperation in the DRC

Félix Tshisekedi and Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's fast-tracked rapprochement begun last year goes beyond infrastructure and power and the two heads of state prepare to work on military cooperation.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 31.08.2021

Felix Tshisekedi and Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.

In Focus | Great lakes, Rwanda
Belgian gold refiner Alain Goetz battles for his interests in the Great Lakes region

Belgian businessman Alain Goetz quit the management of his Ugandan gold refinery a few months ago after being found guilty of money laundering in Belgium. He is also facing accusations of tax evasion in Rwanda, where he is a shareholder in another refinery.

Subscribers only Mining 30.08.2021

Inner circles | DRC
Félix Tshisekedi's diplomacy: great international expectations but with neither troops nor resources

In Berlin today at the invitation of Angela Merkel, the DRC president is using every available means to pull his country out of diplomatic isolation. Rather than relying on a diplomatic corps that was largely inherited from his predecessor Joseph Kabila, he has preferred to rely on a group of loyalists from within the presidency.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 27.08.2021

Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi receiving his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame on June 25, 2021.

DRC, Ethiopia
Abiy sends watchdog to monitor DRC's chairmanship of the African Union

The new Ethiopian ambassador to DRC Woinshet Tadesse is well acquainted with the workings of the pan-African institution, having previously served as Addis' permanent representative to the African Union (AU).

Subscribers only Diplomacy 27.08.2021

Spotlight | DRC
The battle over phantom battalions and retired generals

For several weeks, Félix Tshisekedi, his advisers and the country's senior military leadership have been at odds over the actual amount of soldiers in DRC's national army (FARDC), which is regularly inflated by the addition of soldiers who have actually died or are about to retire.

Subscribers only Politics 26.08.2021

DRC's national army (FARDC) troops in Beni, North Kivu province, DRC, in May 2019.

DRC, Israel, United States
As he eyes the presidency, Katumbi turns to US and Israel

The former Katanga governor and mining magnate is being less and less evasive about his possible presidential aspirations for 2023 and is looking for allies in the DRC's main partner nations, who for the moment all support Félix Tshisekedi's administration.

Subscribers only Politics 26.08.2021

Katanga's former governor Moïse Katumbi.

DRC
Tshisekedi scolds judiciary over the mishandling of the Matata Ponyo affair

Two senior members of the Congolese judiciary have come under direct attack from President Tshisekedi over their roles in the investigation into suspected embezzlement by former prime minister Augustin Matata Ponyo.

Subscribers only Business 25.08.2021

Matata Ponyo, former prime minister of DRC.

DRC
Tshisekedi's military adviser under pressure from top brass

One year after his appointment, the Congolese president's military adviser Franck Ntumba is widely contested by the general staff and may even step down to run for governor of one of the DRC's provinces.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics 24.08.2021

Spotlight | DRC, Rwanda, Uganda
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.

Subscribers only Mining 23.08.2021

Rwanda's president Paul Kagame with his Ugandan counterpart Yoweri Museveni.

Namibia
Namibia oil utopia hangs on TotalEnergies' final investment decision

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

Felix Tshisekedi

Africa, France
Tshisekedi and Macron prepare a summit on African entrepreneurship in Kinshasa

Spotlight | Africa, Egypt
Sisi puts water at the heart of his African diplomacy

DRC
Kinshasa's failure to bag SADC job marks fresh diplomatic defeat

Morocco
Mohammed VI snubs Merkel's latest Compact with Africa

Tunisia
Saïed's security chief tools up ahead of Francophone summit in Djerba

DRC
Presidential party bigwigs try to thwart Tshisekedi's anti-graft body

DRC, Egypt
Egypt's discreet military cooperation in the DRC

In Focus | Great lakes, Rwanda
Belgian gold refiner Alain Goetz battles for his interests in the Great Lakes region

Inner circles | DRC
Félix Tshisekedi's diplomacy: great international expectations but with neither troops nor resources

DRC, Ethiopia
Abiy sends watchdog to monitor DRC's chairmanship of the African Union

Spotlight | DRC
The battle over phantom battalions and retired generals

DRC, Israel, United States
As he eyes the presidency, Katumbi turns to US and Israel

DRC
Tshisekedi scolds judiciary over the mishandling of the Matata Ponyo affair

DRC
Tshisekedi's military adviser under pressure from top brass

Spotlight | DRC, Rwanda, Uganda
DRC gold at heart of Museveni and Kagame's new showdown

Botswana, SADC
Masisi's intense lobbying wins SADC seat for Elias Magosi

DRC
Félix Tshisekedi to travel shortly to Berlin, Rome and Ankara to look for investors

DRC
Equity Bank and Sofibanque to fund Egyptian firm Hassan Allam's projects

Central Africa, Morocco
Mohammed VI's Tractafric Motors to transfer all interests to Sassou ally

DRC
China's Three Gorges definitively ousted from Grand Inga

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Spotlight | DRC The battle over phantom battalions and retired generals

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DRC Tshisekedi scolds judiciary over the mishandling of the Matata Ponyo affair

DRC Tshisekedi's military adviser under pressure from top brass

Spotlight | DRC, Rwanda, Uganda DRC gold at heart of Museveni and Kagame's new showdown

Botswana, SADC Masisi's intense lobbying wins SADC seat for Elias Magosi

DRC Félix Tshisekedi to travel shortly to Berlin, Rome and Ankara to look for investors

DRC Equity Bank and Sofibanque to fund Egyptian firm Hassan Allam's projects

Central Africa, Morocco Mohammed VI's Tractafric Motors to transfer all interests to Sassou ally

DRC China's Three Gorges definitively ousted from Grand Inga

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Namibia
Namibia oil utopia hangs on TotalEnergies' final investment decision

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

Africa, France
Tshisekedi and Macron prepare a summit on African entrepreneurship in Kinshasa

Spotlight | Africa, Egypt
Sisi puts water at the heart of his African diplomacy

DRC
Kinshasa's failure to bag SADC job marks fresh diplomatic defeat

Morocco
Mohammed VI snubs Merkel's latest Compact with Africa

Tunisia
Saïed's security chief tools up ahead of Francophone summit in Djerba

DRC
Presidential party bigwigs try to thwart Tshisekedi's anti-graft body

DRC, Egypt
Egypt's discreet military cooperation in the DRC

In Focus | Great lakes, Rwanda
Belgian gold refiner Alain Goetz battles for his interests in the Great Lakes region

Inner circles | DRC
Félix Tshisekedi's diplomacy: great international expectations but with neither troops nor resources

DRC, Ethiopia
Abiy sends watchdog to monitor DRC's chairmanship of the African Union

Spotlight | DRC
The battle over phantom battalions and retired generals

DRC, Israel, United States
As he eyes the presidency, Katumbi turns to US and Israel

DRC
Tshisekedi scolds judiciary over the mishandling of the Matata Ponyo affair

DRC
Tshisekedi's military adviser under pressure from top brass

Spotlight | DRC, Rwanda, Uganda
DRC gold at heart of Museveni and Kagame's new showdown

Botswana, SADC
Masisi's intense lobbying wins SADC seat for Elias Magosi

DRC
Félix Tshisekedi to travel shortly to Berlin, Rome and Ankara to look for investors

DRC
Equity Bank and Sofibanque to fund Egyptian firm Hassan Allam's projects

Central Africa, Morocco
Mohammed VI's Tractafric Motors to transfer all interests to Sassou ally

DRC
China's Three Gorges definitively ousted from Grand Inga