M23

Angola
João Lourenço postpones Paris trip

The Angolan president and likely next AU chairperson was due to travel to France early this month but now plans to go in January.

Palace Intrigues
Vladimir Putin, Denis Sassou-Nguesso, Félix Tshisekedi

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

CongoLimited attendance at Julienne Sassou-Nguesso's wedding

RussiaPutin's Africa man in tête-à-tête with Ahoua Don Mello

DRCAn unhappy Francophonie summit

DRC
Inside Kinshasa's military operation to decapitate FDLR

The Congolese army has launched an operation, due to last at least six months, to neutralise the leaders of the Forces Démocratiques de Libération du Rwanda armed group, which is at the forefront of the fight against M23 rebels in eastern DRC.

DRC
Senior DRC military prepare to meet French defence providers in Paris

The delegation will be led by deputy prime minister Guy Kabombo Muadiamvita.

Palace Intrigues
Félix Tshisekedi, Denis Sassou-Nguesso, Laurent Gbagbo, Tidjane Thiam

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

DRCFrom NYC to Brussels, Tshisekedi's full-on diplomatic agenda

CongoSassou's two funerals and a wedding

Ivory CoastTensions flare between Gbagbo and Thiam

South Africa
Lusaka and Pretoria at loggerheads within SADC

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, whom Zambia irked with its candidate for the AfDB presidency and its stance on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, has issued veiled critiques of his counterpart Hakainde Hichilema behind his calls for cohesion within the regional bloc.

DRC
Army seeks to fit new CH-4 drones with defensive system

The Congolese army wants to protect its unmanned aircraft from the MANPADS of the M23 and their Rwandan army auxiliaries before deploying them in the east of the country.

DRC
Tension mounts between Kinshasa and Wazalendo and VDP militia in eastern DRC

The former insurgents now fighting under the Wazalendo or VDP banner against the M23 rebel group in eastern DR Congo are increasingly frustrated with the military authorities.

DRC
Kinshasa turns to Cairo for light weapons

Egypt's Arab Organization for Industrialization defence-industrial conglomerate is supplying the Congolese army with light weapons and ammunition to meet its urgent needs.

DRC
Congolese air force goes prospecting in India

The Congolese military is looking to India for aircraft, with a delegation visiting New Delhi earlier this month.