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

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

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. [...]

Published on 04/05/2022 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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

Mali, Senegal, Togo
The secrets of Demex, the trader selling Russian oil in West Africa

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

In Focus | DRC, Kenya
Ruto's great expectations frustrated by Kinshasa

Inner circles | DRC
DRC presidential advisers split on how to handle Rwanda

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

Spotlight | DRC
Tshisekedi eyes up spymaster candidates in the running to fill void left by ousted François Beya

East Africa, Kenya
Kenyan entrepreneurs advance cautiously in DRC, new EAC frontier market

East Africa, Kenya
Covid-19 in China and Ukraine war throw Mombasa docks into disarray

East Africa
Kenyatta-backed Kenyan bankers at the forefront of EAC enlargement

Spotlight | DRC
Tshisekedi to finally take helm of regional security body set up to fight rebel groups

Spotlight | Great lakes
Belligerence of Kampala and Kigali backfires