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Joseph Kabila, Mahamadou Issoufou, Aya Nakamura, Azali Assoumani

Intrigues big and small: every Tuesday, Africa Intelligence takes a peek into the corridors of power in Africa and beyond.

DRCJoseph Kabila's spymaster Kalev Mutond in Paris

NigerCoup leaders differ over Issoufou's future

CongoSassous behind French pop star Aya Nakamura's Brazzaville show

African UnionFallout over G20 summit

DRC
EU prepares electoral observer mission

In preparation for the presidential and legislative elections this December, the European Union is planning to send an electoral observer mission to the DRC.

Africa
African Centre for Disease Control boss under fire for alleged mismanagement

The director general of the African Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Jean Kaseya, has come under fire for his governance and his management of human and financial resources. The sensitive issue is causing concern within the African Union.

DRC
China's WIETC threatens arbitration after having its Ndjili Airport contract cancelled

Five years after the laying of the foundation stone for the new terminal at Ndjili International Airport, the DRC authorities have terminated their contract with China's WIETC group. They want it to go to Turkish group Milvest, which is already well established in Kinshasa.

DRC
China Three Gorges may be back on track to bag Grand Inga deal

The Congolese government, after a series of U-turns in the Grand Inga mega-dams project, is now looking again at plans proposed by China Three Gorges. Much to the chagrin of Australia's Fortescue Metals Group, which fears that it will lose the project.

DRC
Tshisekedi forced to reshuffle intelligence chiefs after ANR boss taken ill

ANR intelligence agency boss Jean-Hervé Mbelu Biosha's health problems have forced DR Congo President Félix Tshisekedi to rush through a security services reshuffle that had been on the cards for at least a year.

DRC
Old coltan dispute stirs up trouble for Traxys

The multinational commodities trader is embroiled in a legal fight with one of its former ore suppliers in the DRC over a delivery that was allegedly never made. The case has prompted the authorities to take a closer look at Traxys's activities in the country.

Africa
Denis Sassou Nguesso, Alassane Ouattara, Félix Tshisekedi and Azali Assoumani

Intrigues big and small: every Tuesday, Africa Intelligence takes a peek into the corridors of power in Africa and beyond.

DRC
Sicomines dispute likely to cast shadow over Tshisekedi's Beijing trip

DRC president Felix Tshisekedi will travel to Beijing on 26 May for a bilateral meeting with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, during which an attempt to find a solution to the dispute over the mining firm Sicomines could be made.

DRC
N'Djili airport upgrade project draws fresh interest

Launched under the Kabila administration, the planned renovation of Kinshasa's international airport is attracting companies with competing proposals, creating a risk of confusion.

DRC
EU considers logistics of an election observation mission

Africa Intelligence understands that an EU delegation is due to visit Kinshasa in June. That delegation will be charged with identifying the requirements in view of the elections scheduled for the end of 2023.