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Rwanda
Kagame calls shots in Rusesabagina affair

In revealing that discussions are taking place concerning the Belgian-Rwandan Paul Rusesabagina, who has been in detention since 2020, the Rwandan president is seeking to control the narrative on a diplomatically sensitive subject.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 23.03.2023

Mozambique
Rwandan businesses pour into Cabo Delgado

Rwandan security and construction firms have been flooding into Cabo Delgado looking for business opportunities following Kigali's military intervention to secure the gas-rich Mozambican province.

Subscribers only Defence 23.03.2023

Spotlight | Angola, DRC
Kinshasa still soft-pedalling on contentious oil blocks run by Angola despite $78bn loss

Angola has benefited enormously from oil blocks located partly in a maritime zone to which Kinshasa could lay claim, according to a confidential report financed by the World Bank and submitted to President Félix Tshisekedi's office.

Subscribers only Energy 22.03.2023

President of Democratic Republic of the Congo, Felix Tshisekedi, with President of Angola, Joao Lourenco, the 5th of February 2019.

DRC
Sarkozy due in Kinshasa to kick-start dialogue with Kagame

The Congolese leader Félix Tshisekedi has invited France's ex-president to Kinshasa in the hope that Sarkozy's good relations with Paul Kagame can be exploited to initiate a mediation over the M23 crisis in eastern DRC.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 22.03.2023

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy.

Rwanda
FIFA boss Infantino very much at home in Africa

The Swiss-Italian lawyer will today be shooed into a third four-year presidential term at the annual congress of world football's governing body in Kigali.

Subscribers only Business, Diplomacy 16.03.2023

FIFA president Gianni Infantino, Rwandan president Paul Kagame and Confederation of African Football president Patrice Motsepe at the CAF President's Awards Ceremony in Kigali on 14 March 2023.

In Focus | DRC, Rwanda
As fight against M23 continues, Kigali and Kinshasa wage war of intelligence

Faced with Kinshasa's accusations of support for the M23 by Kigali, Rwandan intelligence has been documenting collusion between the Congolese army and the FDLR rebel militias for several months. In this battle of narratives, each side is sharing their classified information with Western capitals.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 13.03.2023

Intelligence reports are also used as weapons of war in the M23 crisis between Rwanda and the DRC.

Inner circles | Rwanda
Shadowy security chiefs advise Kagame on eastern DRC strategy

A small group of senior security officials are providing the Rwandan president with assessments of the threat just across the border in eastern DRC, where a major crisis sparked by the resurgence of the M23 rebels shows no sign of abating.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 03.03.2023

Angola, DRC
Luanda and Doha support M23 mediation efforts as Kinshasa loses faith

Qatar and Angola have been consolidating their bilateral ties as they look for ways of supporting various sub-regional initiatives to mediate between the M23 rebel group and the DRC government.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 03.03.2023

Benin, Rwanda
Kigali set to postpone Benin deployment

Despite being at an advanced stage, the plan to dispatch a Rwandan army contingent to Benin has been on standby since late last year, though a deployment has not been ruled out in the medium term.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 02.03.2023

Rwandan President Paul Kagame in Kigali, 23 June 2022.

Spotlight | DRC
M23 manoeuvres to destabilise Kinshasa

While clashes continue around the city of Goma, the M23 is implementing its strategy of expansion from a position of strength. The rebel movement is in control of parts of North Kivu province and and aims to consolidate its proto-state.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 01.03.2023

M23 fighters at Rumangabo camp in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on 6 January 2023.

Mozambique, Rwanda
Kigali puts more boots on the ground in Cabo Delgado

Rwanda has significantly increased the number of its troops deployed to fight the jihadist insurrection in northern Mozambique.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 27.02.2023

Rwandan army and police personnel wait to board a plane for Mozambique in Kigali on 10 July 2021.

DRC, Rwanda
Tshisekedi and Kagame clash over M23 at African Union

At the recent session of the AU Peace and Security Council, the DRC president adopted an aggressive stance as he urged his peers to unreservedly condemn Rwanda's interference in the east of his country and its support for the M23 rebel group, but his tone and language were not universally welcomed.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 23.02.2023

The DRC president Félix Tshisekedi leaving the AU Peace and Security Council session held in Addis Ababa on 17 February 2023.

Africa
AU summit special: Denis Sassou Nguesso, Paul Kagame, Moussa Faki, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi

Intrigues big and small: every Tuesday, Africa Intelligence takes a peek into the corridors of power in Africa and beyond. This week, we report back from the African Union summit in Addis Ababa.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 21.02.2023

Central Africa
Ali Bongo keen to mediate between Kinshasa and Kigali while head of ECCAS

Gabonese head of state Ali Bongo, who will shortly take over ECCAS's rotating presidency, is keen to be involved in resolving the DRC-Rwanda crisis.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 21.02.2023

DRC, Kenya, United States
Blinken and Ruto discuss M23

The situation in the eastern DRC was discussed at length during US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's call to Kenyan President William Ruto.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 13.02.2023

DRC, France
Macron dispatches his advance guard to Kinshasa

In advance of his scheduled March visit, Emmanuel Macron this week dispatched his top adviser on Africa, Franck Paris, to Kinshasa to prepare for this politically sensitive trip.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 10.02.2023

Spotlight | Africa, Israel
Netanyahu revs up for his return to Africa

Whether in Guinea-Bissau, the DRC or Sudan or at ECOWAS or the African Union, the Israeli prime minister is always looking for chances to highlight the difference between his pro-active diplomacy in Africa and the wait-and-see approach of his predecessor.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 09.02.2023

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

DRC
President Ndayishimiye faces flawed mechanisms of regional diplomacy

Burundi's leader Evariste Ndayishimiye, who is also president of the East African Community, is preparing to take over the leadership of the Regional Oversight Mechanism. This instrument of regional diplomacy focused on DR Congo is struggling to demonstrate its effectiveness.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 06.02.2023

Burundi's president Evariste Ndayishimiye (L) speaks with Kenya's president William Ruto (2nd L) during the opening of the EAC-led Nairobi Process, Nairobi, 28 November 2022.

East Africa
AU firms up agenda for Addis summit

Topics to be raised at the AU heads of state summit to be held in Addis Ababa from 18-19 February will range from political, financial and energy governance, UN security council reforms, to the AU's response to climate change.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 02.02.2023

Rwanda
EU continues to support Kagame's national branding

The Rwandan Ministry of Economy and Finance, run by Uzziel Ndagijimana, is looking for a partner to develop its 'national branding' strategy.

Subscribers only Finance, Diplomacy 30.01.2023

Namibia
Namibia oil utopia hangs on TotalEnergies' final investment decision

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

Paul Kagame

Rwanda
Kagame calls shots in Rusesabagina affair

Mozambique
Rwandan businesses pour into Cabo Delgado

Spotlight | Angola, DRC
Kinshasa still soft-pedalling on contentious oil blocks run by Angola despite $78bn loss

DRC
Sarkozy due in Kinshasa to kick-start dialogue with Kagame

Rwanda
FIFA boss Infantino very much at home in Africa

In Focus | DRC, Rwanda
As fight against M23 continues, Kigali and Kinshasa wage war of intelligence

Inner circles | Rwanda
Shadowy security chiefs advise Kagame on eastern DRC strategy

Angola, DRC
Luanda and Doha support M23 mediation efforts as Kinshasa loses faith

Benin, Rwanda
Kigali set to postpone Benin deployment

Spotlight | DRC
M23 manoeuvres to destabilise Kinshasa

Mozambique, Rwanda
Kigali puts more boots on the ground in Cabo Delgado

DRC, Rwanda
Tshisekedi and Kagame clash over M23 at African Union

Africa
AU summit special: Denis Sassou Nguesso, Paul Kagame, Moussa Faki, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi

Central Africa
Ali Bongo keen to mediate between Kinshasa and Kigali while head of ECCAS

DRC, Kenya, United States
Blinken and Ruto discuss M23

DRC, France
Macron dispatches his advance guard to Kinshasa

Spotlight | Africa, Israel
Netanyahu revs up for his return to Africa

DRC
President Ndayishimiye faces flawed mechanisms of regional diplomacy

East Africa
AU firms up agenda for Addis summit

Rwanda
EU continues to support Kagame's national branding

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Rwanda Kagame calls shots in Rusesabagina affair

Mozambique Rwandan businesses pour into Cabo Delgado

Spotlight | Angola, DRC Kinshasa still soft-pedalling on contentious oil blocks run by Angola despite $78bn loss

DRC Sarkozy due in Kinshasa to kick-start dialogue with Kagame

Rwanda FIFA boss Infantino very much at home in Africa

In Focus | DRC, Rwanda As fight against M23 continues, Kigali and Kinshasa wage war of intelligence

Inner circles | Rwanda Shadowy security chiefs advise Kagame on eastern DRC strategy

Angola, DRC Luanda and Doha support M23 mediation efforts as Kinshasa loses faith

Benin, Rwanda Kigali set to postpone Benin deployment

Spotlight | DRC M23 manoeuvres to destabilise Kinshasa

Mozambique, Rwanda Kigali puts more boots on the ground in Cabo Delgado

DRC, Rwanda Tshisekedi and Kagame clash over M23 at African Union

Africa AU summit special: Denis Sassou Nguesso, Paul Kagame, Moussa Faki, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi

Central Africa Ali Bongo keen to mediate between Kinshasa and Kigali while head of ECCAS

DRC, Kenya, United States Blinken and Ruto discuss M23

DRC, France Macron dispatches his advance guard to Kinshasa

Spotlight | Africa, Israel Netanyahu revs up for his return to Africa

DRC President Ndayishimiye faces flawed mechanisms of regional diplomacy

East Africa AU firms up agenda for Addis summit

Rwanda EU continues to support Kagame's national branding

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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

Rwanda
Kagame calls shots in Rusesabagina affair

Mozambique
Rwandan businesses pour into Cabo Delgado

Spotlight | Angola, DRC
Kinshasa still soft-pedalling on contentious oil blocks run by Angola despite $78bn loss

DRC
Sarkozy due in Kinshasa to kick-start dialogue with Kagame

Rwanda
FIFA boss Infantino very much at home in Africa

In Focus | DRC, Rwanda
As fight against M23 continues, Kigali and Kinshasa wage war of intelligence

Inner circles | Rwanda
Shadowy security chiefs advise Kagame on eastern DRC strategy

Angola, DRC
Luanda and Doha support M23 mediation efforts as Kinshasa loses faith

Benin, Rwanda
Kigali set to postpone Benin deployment

Spotlight | DRC
M23 manoeuvres to destabilise Kinshasa

Mozambique, Rwanda
Kigali puts more boots on the ground in Cabo Delgado

DRC, Rwanda
Tshisekedi and Kagame clash over M23 at African Union

Africa
AU summit special: Denis Sassou Nguesso, Paul Kagame, Moussa Faki, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi

Central Africa
Ali Bongo keen to mediate between Kinshasa and Kigali while head of ECCAS

DRC, Kenya, United States
Blinken and Ruto discuss M23

DRC, France
Macron dispatches his advance guard to Kinshasa

Spotlight | Africa, Israel
Netanyahu revs up for his return to Africa

DRC
President Ndayishimiye faces flawed mechanisms of regional diplomacy

East Africa
AU firms up agenda for Addis summit

Rwanda
EU continues to support Kagame's national branding