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Spotlight | Great lakes
Belligerence of Kampala and Kigali backfires

The tensions between Yoweri Museveni and his Rwandan opposite number Paul Kagame are assuming worrying dimensions and threatening to destabilise the whole of the Great Lakes region. Investigations by the Indian Ocean Newsletter have revealed the extent to which paranoia [...]

Published on 01/11/2019 at 04:30 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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Africom
Allied Democratic Forces
Celestin Mbala
Elias Rodrigues Martins Filho
Eric Murokore
Felix Tshisekedi
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Kizza Besigye
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DRC, East Africa
East African Community sets out battle plan for regional force in eastern DRC

While the head of Congolese diplomacy travelled to Arusha to finalise membership of the East African Community, the regional organisation's military leaders are preparing to send troops. The Congolese army chief of staff signed a confidential document with his counterparts detailing it.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 12.07.2022

Spotlight | DRC
Chaotic Congolese army and underpowered MONUSCO struggle against M23

At a confidential meeting held in Goma, security chiefs in North Kivu have highlighted the uncoordinated nature of the military response to the M23. President Tshisekedi has ordered a reshuffle.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics, Diplomacy 08.07.2022

The current military governor of North Kivu, General Constant Ndima Kongba.

Spotlight | East Africa
Congolese peace talks at Nairobi's Safari Park Hotel inch forward

President Kenyatta and the Congolese government hope that bringing talks on the stability of eastern DR Congo to Nairobi will give new impetus to the peace negotiations. But the absence of some of the warring parties limits their scope.

Subscribers only Politics 04.05.2022

Félix Tshisekedi and Uhuru Kenyatta exchanged by videoconference with the representatives of the armed groups on April 27, 2022.

DRC, Tanzania, Uganda
Even without Magufuli, Museveni maintains military alliance with Tanzania in Kivu

One year on from the death of the Tanzanian head of state, Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni is pushing forward with security cooperation in the DRC's Kivu region alongside John Magufuli's successor, Samia Suluhu.

Free access Defence, Politics 18.03.2022

Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan, and Ugandan Head of State Yoweri Museveni.

Africa, Uganda
Sassou and Museveni set up African Global Security foundation to boost intelligence cooperation

The usually travel-shy Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni went to Congo on 11 February to meet Denis Sassou Nguesso. The trip, which also took him to Dakar, was prepared by Jean-Yves Ollivier, a champion of backchannel diplomacy, and was aimed at setting up the African Global Security foundation.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 16.02.2022

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni being welcomed in Congo by his counterpart Denis Sassou Nguesso on 11 February 2022.

DRC
France tries to get the EU to take up position in the battle against the ADF

France is trying to come up with an EU-wide policy on the battle being fought by Uganda and the DRC against rebel Islamist group the Allied Democratic Forces.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 07.02.2022

Uganda
Museveni sends a signal to investors and Kagame as he returns Kasanda gold mine to Kisita Mining

Uganda is expelling artisanal miners from the Kisita gold mine, which it plans to hand back to Horizon Energy, the Emirati company which was operating it until last year. The measure will reassure investors but also help to preserve good relations with neighbouring Rwanda.

Subscribers only Mining 08.09.2021

Spotlight | DRC, Rwanda, Uganda
DRC gold at heart of Museveni and Kagame's new showdown

Rwanda and Uganda are engaged in a tug of war over who will host the main transit route for gold mined in the DRC before it is shipped out of Africa. Both countries want the lucrative business for themselves and are hoping to force Kinshasa to choose between them, with Kigali in the lead.

Subscribers only Mining 23.08.2021

Rwanda's president Paul Kagame with his Ugandan counterpart Yoweri Museveni.

DRC
China's Newtech Armor wins equipment contract with DRC army

Earlier this month, the Congolese army bought 5,000 bulletproof vests from Chinese supplier Newtech Armor.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 31.05.2021

DRC, Uganda
Tshisekedi and Museveni struggle to agree on fight against armed groups

Kampala is reluctant to hand Kinshasa the reins of the Regional Oversignt Mechanism set up to help them fight the many armed groups active in eastern DRC.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 21.04.2021

DRC
US's Relyant offers demining services to United Nations

Already active on several fronts in Africa, Relyant Global has taken a shot at a contract to help UNMAS and MONUSCO secure roads in the DRC.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 19.01.2021

DRC
US firms beef up DRC military engineering capacity

The deployment of US defence contractors to support Congolese military engineers will boost security cooperation between Washington and Kinshasa as the Chinese engineering contingent deployed within MONUSCO leaves the country.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics 28.09.2020

DRC
Struggling SOCOC claims its dues from Félix Tshisekedi

The conviction of its director general on embezzlement charges in late June has taken a serious toll on construction firm SOCOC's finances, though the company believes the state owes it several million dollars.

Subscribers only Business 03.09.2020

Inner circles | Zambia
Chris Rugari, ZCCM-IH's partner in Mumbwa gold venture, has friends in high places

The decision of state-owned Zambian mining company ZCCM-IH to go into alliance with little-known Array Metals on the Mumbwa gold project might seem initially surprising but Array's vice president, Ugandan businessman Chris Rugari, has access to the corridors of power in Zambia and in his native Uganda.

Subscribers only Mining 04.06.2020

Great lakes
Kenya to defuse tensions between Rwanda and Uganda?

The United Nations agencies in the Great Lakes region met on 5 March in Nairobi, at the behest of the [...]

Subscribers only Politics 27.03.2020

Uganda
Museveni loses ground in his battle with Kagame

The meeting held in Luanda on 2 February in an attempt to build bridges between Yoweri Museveni and Paul Kagame [...]

Subscribers only Politics 14.02.2020

Uganda
Wilson Mbadi negotiates tanks with Russia

In December, the deputy chief of the defence forces, Lieutenant General Wilson Mbadi, travelled to Russia to negotiate the procurement [...]

Subscribers only Defence 31.01.2020

Uganda
Quarrel with Rwanda has heavy financial impact

Kampala is losing its trade partners on account of the tensions with Kigali.

Subscribers only Politics 17.01.2020

DRC
François Beya Kasonga reticent over rapprochement with Kigali

The rapprochement between Félix Tshisekedi and Paul Kagame in recent weeks continues to be a bone of contention within the [...]

Subscribers only Politics 18.12.2019

DRC, Uganda
The lowdown on the anti-ADF drive

In the week after the meeting between Yoweri Museveni and his Congolese counterpart Felix Tshisekedi on 9 November, the Forces [...]

Subscribers only Politics 29.11.2019

Africa
Guess what of November 20, 2019

Troop review. | From Moscow with love | Private concern | Empty embassy | peacekeeper

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Spotlight | DRC
Félix Tshisekedi pivots westwards on intelligence and defence

In contrast to his predecessor Joseph Kabila, who cut military and intelligence ties with the West, Félix Tshisekedi has reopened channels of cooperation on security with Paris, Brussels and Washington to soften the impact of the imminent withdrawal of the [.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics 20.11.2019

DRC President Félix Tshisekedi at Paris Peace Forum, November 12, 2019.

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DRC, East Africa East African Community sets out battle plan for regional force in eastern DRC

Spotlight | DRC Chaotic Congolese army and underpowered MONUSCO struggle against M23

Spotlight | East Africa Congolese peace talks at Nairobi's Safari Park Hotel inch forward

DRC, Tanzania, Uganda Even without Magufuli, Museveni maintains military alliance with Tanzania in Kivu

Africa, Uganda Sassou and Museveni set up African Global Security foundation to boost intelligence cooperation

DRC France tries to get the EU to take up position in the battle against the ADF

Uganda Museveni sends a signal to investors and Kagame as he returns Kasanda gold mine to Kisita Mining

Spotlight | DRC, Rwanda, Uganda DRC gold at heart of Museveni and Kagame's new showdown

DRC China's Newtech Armor wins equipment contract with DRC army

DRC, Uganda Tshisekedi and Museveni struggle to agree on fight against armed groups

DRC US's Relyant offers demining services to United Nations

DRC US firms beef up DRC military engineering capacity

DRC Struggling SOCOC claims its dues from Félix Tshisekedi

Inner circles | Zambia Chris Rugari, ZCCM-IH's partner in Mumbwa gold venture, has friends in high places

Great lakes Kenya to defuse tensions between Rwanda and Uganda?

Uganda Museveni loses ground in his battle with Kagame

Uganda Wilson Mbadi negotiates tanks with Russia

Uganda Quarrel with Rwanda has heavy financial impact

DRC François Beya Kasonga reticent over rapprochement with Kigali

DRC, Uganda The lowdown on the anti-ADF drive

Africa Guess what of November 20, 2019

Spotlight | DRC Félix Tshisekedi pivots westwards on intelligence and defence

DRC MONUSCO set to downsize again

Uganda Dar charm offensive or anti-Rwanda manoeuvre?

Uganda Uneasy truce with the Rwandan enemy…

Spotlight | Great lakes Islamists become pawns in Yoweri Museveni and Paul Kagame standoff

Spotlight | Rwanda, Uganda Kagame and Museveni gripped by mutual paranoia

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Spotlight | Great lakes
Belligerence of Kampala and Kigali backfires

DRC, East Africa
East African Community sets out battle plan for regional force in eastern DRC

Spotlight | DRC
Chaotic Congolese army and underpowered MONUSCO struggle against M23

Spotlight | East Africa
Congolese peace talks at Nairobi's Safari Park Hotel inch forward

DRC, Tanzania, Uganda
Even without Magufuli, Museveni maintains military alliance with Tanzania in Kivu

Africa, Uganda
Sassou and Museveni set up African Global Security foundation to boost intelligence cooperation

DRC
France tries to get the EU to take up position in the battle against the ADF

Uganda
Museveni sends a signal to investors and Kagame as he returns Kasanda gold mine to Kisita Mining

Spotlight | DRC, Rwanda, Uganda
DRC gold at heart of Museveni and Kagame's new showdown

DRC
China's Newtech Armor wins equipment contract with DRC army

DRC, Uganda
Tshisekedi and Museveni struggle to agree on fight against armed groups

DRC
US's Relyant offers demining services to United Nations

DRC
US firms beef up DRC military engineering capacity

DRC
Struggling SOCOC claims its dues from Félix Tshisekedi

Inner circles | Zambia
Chris Rugari, ZCCM-IH's partner in Mumbwa gold venture, has friends in high places

Great lakes
Kenya to defuse tensions between Rwanda and Uganda?

Uganda
Museveni loses ground in his battle with Kagame

Uganda
Wilson Mbadi negotiates tanks with Russia

Uganda
Quarrel with Rwanda has heavy financial impact

DRC
François Beya Kasonga reticent over rapprochement with Kigali

DRC, Uganda
The lowdown on the anti-ADF drive

Africa
Guess what of November 20, 2019

Spotlight | DRC
Félix Tshisekedi pivots westwards on intelligence and defence

DRC
MONUSCO set to downsize again

Uganda
Dar charm offensive or anti-Rwanda manoeuvre?

Uganda
Uneasy truce with the Rwandan enemy…

Spotlight | Great lakes
Islamists become pawns in Yoweri Museveni and Paul Kagame standoff

Spotlight | Rwanda, Uganda
Kagame and Museveni gripped by mutual paranoia