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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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Soldiers of the Congolese Republican Guard at Goma airport in the DRC on 12 November 2022.

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Corneille Nangaa during a press conference at the HQ of the independent electoral commission CENI in Kinshasa on 20 December 2018.

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An investigation has shed some light on the millions of dollars paid by the state to private military companies and arms brokers.

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Soldiers near Beni in north-eastern DRC in December 2021.

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SADC regional force chief Monwabisi Dyakopu walks tightrope against M23

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Beijing, privileged military partner of Kinshasa

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

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

The president's office has been working in recent years to build an army loyal to the government, capable both of opposing the M23 rebels and of snuffing out any threat of sedition.

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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
P-DDRCS
Zaire

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From Tripoli to Benghazi, Turkish trader BGN's oil odyssey

Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

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