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Felix Tshisekedi

DRC
Tensions at the top over Tenke Fungurume mine

Prime Minister Sama Lukonde Kyenge is furious that his government has no representation on the commission set up by the president's office to reassess the reserves of Tenke Fungurume Mining's copper mine.

Subscribers only Mining 17.09.2021

DRC, United States
Military cooperation still minimal despite rapprochement between Kinshasa and Washington

Washington showed its support for the DRC by sending a team of US special forces to the country's national parks, where rebel groups frequently wreak havoc. But effective security cooperation has been slow to materialise.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics 16.09.2021

DRC
Tshisekedi drops bombshell on Fortescue's contract on Grand Inga

Breaking news published on 15/09/21 at 10 a.m. - A contract to develop six Grand Inga mega dams seems to be slipping out of the mining giant's hands. Founded by Australian billionaire Andrew Forrest, Fortescue Metals had pledged to invest $80bn.

Subscribers only Energy, Politics 15.09.2021

Burundi
Why OMP Solutions is supplying Egyptian APCs to Burundi's blue helmets

The Marck subsidiary is to supply Burundian troops in MINUSCA with a batch of 16 armoured vehicles designed by Egyptian firm Kader. The arrangement comes amid warming relations between Evariste Ndayishimiye and Abdelfattah al-Sisi.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 13.09.2021

Spotlight | DRC
Dan Gertler keeps up his reputation to weigh against Tshisekedi

Israeli businessman Dan Gertler, who is not on good terms with the US authorities and has lost his protectors in Tel Aviv, remains a player in DRC whom the Tshisekedi administration is reluctant to push out.

Subscribers only Energy 10.09.2021

Uganda
Museveni determined to keep Kagame out of Lake Albert

The Ugandan president is worried Rwanda will butt in as a rampart against the Islamic insurgency in northeastern DRC, as it did in Mozambique's Cabo Delgado gas province.

Subscribers only Energy 10.09.2021

Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni with his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame.

Africa, France
Tshisekedi and Macron prepare a summit on African entrepreneurship in Kinshasa

Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi is working on the organization in December of a summit dedicated to entrepreneurship in Africa.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 07.09.2021

Spotlight | Africa, Egypt
Sisi puts water at the heart of his African diplomacy

Egypt is preparing a major conference on water issues in Cairo in October with several African heads of state. Its aim is to find new markets for Egyptian companies but also allies to help it block next year's planned third filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam.

Free access Energy, Diplomacy 03.09.2021

DRC
Kinshasa's failure to bag SADC job marks fresh diplomatic defeat

Kinshasa's failed bid to win the post of executive secretary of the Southern African Development Community is not going down well in Congolese circles of power. Critics say President Tshisekedi had no strategic plan to bag the top job.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 03.09.2021

Morocco
Mohammed VI snubs Merkel's latest Compact with Africa

Despite signs of a détente at the end of July, relations between Morocco and Germany remain frosty.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 03.09.2021

Angela Merkel with several African heads of state at the third edition of the Compact with Africa meeting in Berlin on 27 August.

Tunisia
Saïed's security chief tools up ahead of Francophone summit in Djerba

Khaled Yahyaoui is procuring security equipment for November's meeting of the organisation of French-speaking nations, which several heads of state are due to attend.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 02.09.2021

DRC
Presidential party bigwigs try to thwart Tshisekedi's anti-graft body

The head of the General Inspectorate of Finances is privately seething about the behaviour of some UDPS bigwigs.

Subscribers only Politics 01.09.2021

DRC, Egypt
Egypt's discreet military cooperation in the DRC

Félix Tshisekedi and Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's fast-tracked rapprochement begun last year goes beyond infrastructure and power and the two heads of state prepare to work on military cooperation.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 31.08.2021

Felix Tshisekedi and Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.

In Focus | Great lakes, Rwanda
Belgian gold refiner Alain Goetz battles for his interests in the Great Lakes region

Belgian businessman Alain Goetz quit the management of his Ugandan gold refinery a few months ago after being found guilty of money laundering in Belgium. He is also facing accusations of tax evasion in Rwanda, where he is a shareholder in another refinery.

Subscribers only Mining 30.08.2021

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.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 27.08.2021

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

DRC, Ethiopia
Abiy sends watchdog to monitor DRC's chairmanship of the African Union

The new Ethiopian ambassador to DRC Woinshet Tadesse is well acquainted with the workings of the pan-African institution, having previously served as Addis' permanent representative to the African Union (AU).

Subscribers only Diplomacy 27.08.2021

Spotlight | DRC
The battle over phantom battalions and retired generals

For several weeks, Félix Tshisekedi, his advisers and the country's senior military leadership have been at odds over the actual amount of soldiers in DRC's national army (FARDC), which is regularly inflated by the addition of soldiers who have actually died or are about to retire.

Subscribers only Politics 26.08.2021

DRC's national army (FARDC) troops in Beni, North Kivu province, DRC, in May 2019.

DRC, Israel, United States
As he eyes the presidency, Katumbi turns to US and Israel

The former Katanga governor and mining magnate is being less and less evasive about his possible presidential aspirations for 2023 and is looking for allies in the DRC's main partner nations, who for the moment all support Félix Tshisekedi's administration.

Subscribers only Politics 26.08.2021

Katanga's former governor Moïse Katumbi.

DRC
Tshisekedi scolds judiciary over the mishandling of the Matata Ponyo affair

Two senior members of the Congolese judiciary have come under direct attack from President Tshisekedi over their roles in the investigation into suspected embezzlement by former prime minister Augustin Matata Ponyo.

Subscribers only Business 25.08.2021

Matata Ponyo, former prime minister of DRC.

DRC
Tshisekedi's military adviser under pressure from top brass

One year after his appointment, the Congolese president's military adviser Franck Ntumba is widely contested by the general staff and may even step down to run for governor of one of the DRC's provinces.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics 24.08.2021

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Felix Tshisekedi

DRC
Tensions at the top over Tenke Fungurume mine

DRC, United States
Military cooperation still minimal despite rapprochement between Kinshasa and Washington

DRC
Tshisekedi drops bombshell on Fortescue's contract on Grand Inga

Burundi
Why OMP Solutions is supplying Egyptian APCs to Burundi's blue helmets

Spotlight | DRC
Dan Gertler keeps up his reputation to weigh against Tshisekedi

Uganda
Museveni determined to keep Kagame out of Lake Albert

Africa, France
Tshisekedi and Macron prepare a summit on African entrepreneurship in Kinshasa

Spotlight | Africa, Egypt
Sisi puts water at the heart of his African diplomacy

DRC
Kinshasa's failure to bag SADC job marks fresh diplomatic defeat

Morocco
Mohammed VI snubs Merkel's latest Compact with Africa

Tunisia
Saïed's security chief tools up ahead of Francophone summit in Djerba

DRC
Presidential party bigwigs try to thwart Tshisekedi's anti-graft body

DRC, Egypt
Egypt's discreet military cooperation in the DRC

In Focus | Great lakes, Rwanda
Belgian gold refiner Alain Goetz battles for his interests in the Great Lakes region

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

DRC, Ethiopia
Abiy sends watchdog to monitor DRC's chairmanship of the African Union

Spotlight | DRC
The battle over phantom battalions and retired generals

DRC, Israel, United States
As he eyes the presidency, Katumbi turns to US and Israel

DRC
Tshisekedi scolds judiciary over the mishandling of the Matata Ponyo affair

DRC
Tshisekedi's military adviser under pressure from top brass

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Ivory Coast French investigation sends tremors through Abidjan's political class

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

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Kinshasa's pan-African plans for Grand Inga

Cabo Delgado: a gas Eldorado and security nightmare

Felix Tshisekedi

DRC Tensions at the top over Tenke Fungurume mine

DRC, United States Military cooperation still minimal despite rapprochement between Kinshasa and Washington

DRC Tshisekedi drops bombshell on Fortescue's contract on Grand Inga

Burundi Why OMP Solutions is supplying Egyptian APCs to Burundi's blue helmets

Spotlight | DRC Dan Gertler keeps up his reputation to weigh against Tshisekedi

Uganda Museveni determined to keep Kagame out of Lake Albert

Africa, France Tshisekedi and Macron prepare a summit on African entrepreneurship in Kinshasa

Spotlight | Africa, Egypt Sisi puts water at the heart of his African diplomacy

DRC Kinshasa's failure to bag SADC job marks fresh diplomatic defeat

Morocco Mohammed VI snubs Merkel's latest Compact with Africa

Tunisia Saïed's security chief tools up ahead of Francophone summit in Djerba

DRC Presidential party bigwigs try to thwart Tshisekedi's anti-graft body

DRC, Egypt Egypt's discreet military cooperation in the DRC

In Focus | Great lakes, Rwanda Belgian gold refiner Alain Goetz battles for his interests in the Great Lakes region

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

DRC, Ethiopia Abiy sends watchdog to monitor DRC's chairmanship of the African Union

Spotlight | DRC The battle over phantom battalions and retired generals

DRC, Israel, United States As he eyes the presidency, Katumbi turns to US and Israel

DRC Tshisekedi scolds judiciary over the mishandling of the Matata Ponyo affair

DRC Tshisekedi's military adviser under pressure from top brass

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Africa Intelligence on social media

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Ivory Coast
French investigation sends tremors through Abidjan's political class

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

DRC
Tensions at the top over Tenke Fungurume mine

DRC, United States
Military cooperation still minimal despite rapprochement between Kinshasa and Washington

DRC
Tshisekedi drops bombshell on Fortescue's contract on Grand Inga

Burundi
Why OMP Solutions is supplying Egyptian APCs to Burundi's blue helmets

Spotlight | DRC
Dan Gertler keeps up his reputation to weigh against Tshisekedi

Uganda
Museveni determined to keep Kagame out of Lake Albert

Africa, France
Tshisekedi and Macron prepare a summit on African entrepreneurship in Kinshasa

Spotlight | Africa, Egypt
Sisi puts water at the heart of his African diplomacy

DRC
Kinshasa's failure to bag SADC job marks fresh diplomatic defeat

Morocco
Mohammed VI snubs Merkel's latest Compact with Africa

Tunisia
Saïed's security chief tools up ahead of Francophone summit in Djerba

DRC
Presidential party bigwigs try to thwart Tshisekedi's anti-graft body

DRC, Egypt
Egypt's discreet military cooperation in the DRC

In Focus | Great lakes, Rwanda
Belgian gold refiner Alain Goetz battles for his interests in the Great Lakes region

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

DRC, Ethiopia
Abiy sends watchdog to monitor DRC's chairmanship of the African Union

Spotlight | DRC
The battle over phantom battalions and retired generals

DRC, Israel, United States
As he eyes the presidency, Katumbi turns to US and Israel

DRC
Tshisekedi scolds judiciary over the mishandling of the Matata Ponyo affair

DRC
Tshisekedi's military adviser under pressure from top brass