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President Tshisekedi expected in Ituri Province

Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi plans to visit Bunia, the capital of Ituri province, on 15 May, security conditions permitting. [...]

Published on 13/05/2024 at 05:40 GMT

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DRC
Alliance Fleuve Congo
Coopérative pour le développement du Congo
Felix Tshisekedi
Force de resistance patriotique de l'Ituri
Front patriotique et intégrationniste du Congo
Front Populaire d'Autodéfense en Ituri
Jean-Pierre Bemba
M23
Mouvement d'autodéfense populaire de l'Ituri
P-DDRCS
Zaire

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Felix Tshisekedi and Xi Jinping in Beijing on May 26, 2023.

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President of the Democratic Republic of Congo Félix Tshisekedi in Kinshasa, on 20 February 2022.

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Front Populaire d'Autodéfense en Ituri
Jean-Pierre Bemba
M23
Mouvement d'autodéfense populaire de l'Ituri
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Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

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

DRC
President Tshisekedi expected in Ituri Province

Spotlight | DRC, Rwanda
Kinshasa's thorny path to boost drone arsenal in battle against M23 rebels

DRC
DRC military boosted by Turkish armoured vehicles

Spotlight | DRC
Kinshasa seeks to eliminate M23 political wing under Corneille Nangaa

Spotlight | DRC
Secret financial intelligence audit into battle against M23

Inner circles | DRC
SADC regional force chief Monwabisi Dyakopu walks tightrope against M23

Spotlight | DRC
Beijing, privileged military partner of Kinshasa

Inner circles | DRC
Tshisekedi fashions army command to wage war in east