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Brazil, DRC
Rio homicide of Congolese refugee strains business diplomacy in Kinshasa

A demonstrator speaks during a protest against the death of Congolese refugee Moise Kabagambe, in Sao Paulo, Brazil February 5, 2022. © Carla Carniel/Reuters

The fifth such killing in Brazil since 2019 prompted DRC's ambassador to insist Brasilia deliver justice on pain of retaliation against its business interests in Congo. [...]

Published on 08/02/2022 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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André Luiz Azevedo dos Santos
Brazil-Kinshasa Africa Chamber of Commerce
Christophe Lutundula
Dilma Rousseff
Eduardo Paes
Jair Bolsonaro
Joseph Kabila
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
Moïse Mugenyi Kabamgabe
Mutombo Bakafwa Nsenda
Partido dos Trabalhadores
Roberto Parente
Waldeck Carneiro

Africa, Brazil
Brazil aims to boost aid to Lusophone Africa

The Brazilian Cooperation Agency has mostly been active in Latin America and the Caribbean. Now it's working to beef up its technical support for Portuguese-speaking African countries at a time when former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is making a promising bid to get back into office.

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In his bid against Bolsonaro, Lula turns to Africa

Brazil's former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is reaching out to the continent's leaders with the help of a veteran diplomat. His tenure in the early 2000s marked a golden age for relations between Africa and Brazil.

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The former Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

Spotlight | Brazil, DRC
Brasilia looks to enter the race for big business in Kinshasa

The new Brazilian ambassador to DRC, Roberto Parente, will be heading a diplomatic mission to promote an array of Brazilian exports in the country, from farming produce to planes, transportation and arms.

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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.

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

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Eduardo Paes
Jair Bolsonaro
Joseph Kabila
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
Moïse Mugenyi Kabamgabe
Mutombo Bakafwa Nsenda
Partido dos Trabalhadores
Roberto Parente
Waldeck Carneiro

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Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Brazil, DRC
Rio homicide of Congolese refugee strains business diplomacy in Kinshasa

Africa, Brazil
Brazil aims to boost aid to Lusophone Africa

Spotlight | Africa, Brazil
In his bid against Bolsonaro, Lula turns to Africa

Spotlight | Brazil, DRC
Brasilia looks to enter the race for big business in Kinshasa

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