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Who is engineering the rapprochement between Felix Tshisekedi and Paul Kagame?

In a break with the policy of his predecessor Joseph Kabila, Félix Tshisekedi is making unprecedented overtures to his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame with the diplomatic help of a select group of loyal allies. [...]

Published on 01/04/2020 at 04:30 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Albert Yuma Mulimbi, President of the Federation of Businesses of Congo (FEC).

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Former PM Matata Ponyo's consultancy gets all-clear for $2m government contract

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Goma summit: determined Tshisekedi makes plan B to avoid fiasco

After several false starts, Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi has summoned the region's leaders to a virtual summit on 7 October.

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Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi at the African Union summit in Ethiopia in February 2020.

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Tshisekedi's right-hand-man Jean-Marc Kabund felled by a text message

Behind the first deputy speaker of parliament Jean-Marc Kabund's sacking on 25 May lies Kabila's anger at the interim UDPS chairman.

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Jean-Marc Kabund, interim chairman of President Félix Tshisekiedi's party, the Union pour la démocratie et le progrès social.

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Tshisekedi's true motives for jailing Kamerhe

The detention of Vital Kamerhe on 8 April seems to have been prompted by the Congolese president Félix Tshisekedi's fears that his chief of staff was manoeuvring to bid for the presidency in 2023.

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Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi (center) and his former fallen chief of staff Vital Kamerhe (right).

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Kabila allies lose their diplomatic passports

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Sococ founders to build roads in Kasaï

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Felix Tshisekedi treads fine line to keep Kabila clan at bay

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With a minority in the National Assembly, new president Felix Tshisekedi will not have an easy task

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Who is engineering the rapprochement between Felix Tshisekedi and Paul Kagame?

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Claude Ibalanky's dealings with M23 embarrass Tshisekedi administration

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Tshisekedi's advisors wade into Albert Yuma affair

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Former PM Matata Ponyo's consultancy gets all-clear for $2m government contract

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Senators ask questions about Kinshasa N'djili airport upgrades

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Goma summit: determined Tshisekedi makes plan B to avoid fiasco

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Tshisekedi's right-hand-man Jean-Marc Kabund felled by a text message

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Tshisekedi's true motives for jailing Kamerhe

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Kabila allies lose their diplomatic passports

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