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DRC, Uganda
Gold refiner Alain Goetz fights back against US and EU sanctions

The Belgian businessman is currently orchestrating his legal riposte to the Americans and Europeans from Dubai, his goal being to get the sanctions lifted both on himself and his businesses.

Subscribers only Mining 14.04.2023

DRC
Tshisekedi awaits his new presidential Boeing business jet

Stationné sur l'aéroport de Woensdrecht, aux Pays-Bas, pour y subir une révision, le Boeing BBJ de la présidence congolaise doit être remis à disposition d'ici à la fin du mois d'avril en RDC.

Subscribers only Politics 13.04.2023

Central African Republic
Two UAE firms vie for MINUSCA catering contract

Long-time contractor Ecolog is facing competition from Gulf Catering Services to supply the UN's mission in the Central African Republic. The tender was issued in June, but New York has put off making a decision.

Subscribers only Business 12.04.2023

A United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) soldier on patrol near Bangui, 23 January 2021.

Inner circles | DRC
Strategists gear up to get Tshisekedi re-elected

The Congolese president's official and shadow advisers are preparing for the presidential election scheduled for December, despite the possibility that it will be postponed. They hope to ward off a potential political crisis and secure another term for the incumbent.

Subscribers only Mining, Politics 07.04.2023

President of the Democratic Republic of Congo Felix Tshisekedi

Mali
Antonio Guterres to deliver MINUSMA ultimatum to junta leader Goïta

The UN mission in Mali has been hampered politically and operationally by the ruling junta. The UN secretary-general is now drawing up a list of conditions the junta must meet if the mission is to stay on in the country.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 05.04.2023

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres delivers a speech during the ceremony of Peacekeepers' Day at the operating base of MINUSMA in Bamako on 29 May 2018.

Ghana, Libya
EU and UN consider sending AVs seized off Libyan coast to Ghana

The EU and UN are considering sending the armoured vehicles seized last October on the Dutch cargo ship MV Meerdijk by the EU's Irini sea patrol to Ghana to reinforce the country's armed forces.

Subscribers only Defence 05.04.2023

Guinea
Leonardo DiCaprio's conservation charity assesses chimpanzee plight at Simandou

Rewild, the Hollywood star's conservation charity, sent a delegation to Guinea after an invitation from Winning Consortium Simandou, which is involved in a giant iron ore project there. The charity says it has no contractual relationship with the group, but may provide independent advice on the project's ecological impact in the coming months.

Subscribers only Mining 30.03.2023

DRC
Kinshasa procures military transport plane from Belarusian firm

The DRC has acquired a Soviet-made Ilyushin IL-76 military transport plane. It is still unclear what it will be used for, but the army is seriously lacking aircraft of this type.

Subscribers only Defence 30.03.2023

Spotlight | DRC, Rwanda
Great Lakes leaders unconvinced by Qatar involvement in M23 crisis discussions

During his tour of the Great Lakes countries, Qatari diplomat Mohammed bin Abdulaziz al-Khulaifi faced reticence from several regions' leaders, who are wary of Qatar's mediation in the eastern DR Congo conflict.

Free access Diplomacy 28.03.2023

Emir of Qatar, Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani (L) and President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Felix Tshisekedi (R) on the sidelines of the COP26 World Leaders Summit, in Glasgow the 1st of November 2021.

Cameroon
Ottawa seeks to break deadlock in Anglophone mediation

Canada's deputy foreign minister Peter MacDougall is to visit Cameroon next week where he will have the difficult task of reviving Canada's flagging mediation in the country's Anglophone crisis.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 23.03.2023

South Sudan
EU tightens up security around its delegation in Juba

Veteran Security Services, a company based in the South Sudanese capital, Juba, will provide security services for the European Union delegation there. It was awarded a €15m contract to this end on 17 March.

Subscribers only Business 21.03.2023

In Focus | Algeria, Mali
Algerian secret services in survival mode in North Mali

The Algerian intelligence services were long all-powerful in Mali, especially in the north of the country. But faced with a hostile junta and a reorganisation of the Tuareg movements, Algiers must now deal with a situation that is more fragile than ever.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 20.03.2023

The Algerian foreign intelligence service is seeking to renew its ties with the Malian Tuareg movements.

Ethiopia
Ethiopia softens stance on international human rights commission

Ethiopia is ready to soften its stance on the work of the International Commission of Experts on Ethiopia (ICHREE), which it has been trying to obstruct, according to sources in UN and diplomatic circles.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 20.03.2023

Libya
Cairo thwarts Abdoulaye Bathily's Libya roadmap

The goal of the UNSMIL boss to create a high-level panel for the running of Libyan elections in 2023 is facing interference on several fronts, with Egypt the project's most fervent critic.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 17.03.2023

Abdoulaye Bathily, head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), in Tripoli on 11 March 2023.

Inner circles | Tanzania
Army supports Suluhu's military diplomacy drive

The Tanzanian army is participating in Dodoma's geopolitical realignment, diversifying its suppliers by turning away from China and looking to the Middle East and the West, as well as stepping up deployments in African trouble spots.

Free access Defence, Diplomacy 17.03.2023

Tanzania's president Samia Suluhu Hassan at the 60th anniversary of independence ceremony in Dar es Salaam in 2021.

Angola
Lourenço and foreign minister António reshape Luanda's diplomatic corps

The Angolan president is continuing to revamp his diplomatic network around the world, with the heads of the main embassies expected to include technocrats, politicians and people close to foreign minister Tete António.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 16.03.2023

Mali
MINUSMA set to release explosive report on Moura 'massacre'

The UN mission's human rights team will soon be publishing its findings regarding events in the Malian village of Moura last March, when between 200 and 600 civilians are thought to have been killed. The report points the finger directly at the Malian army and its Wagner allies.

Free access Diplomacy 16.03.2023

DRC
MONUSCO boss Keita to report to Security Council

Bintou Keita, the head of the UN mission in the DRC, MONUSCO, will travel to New York on 29 March to report to the UN Security Council on the current state of play.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 16.03.2023

In Focus | DRC, Rwanda
As fight against M23 continues, Kigali and Kinshasa wage war of intelligence

Faced with Kinshasa's accusations of support for the M23 by Kigali, Rwandan intelligence has been documenting collusion between the Congolese army and the FDLR rebel militias for several months. In this battle of narratives, each side is sharing their classified information with Western capitals.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 13.03.2023

Intelligence reports are also used as weapons of war in the M23 crisis between Rwanda and the DRC.

Central Africa, Chad
AU and UN spurn ECCAS investigation into October protests in Chad

The AU and UN have yet to appoint a representative to help shed light on the repression that followed the 20 October protests in Chad in 2022 despite their pledges to do so to the authorities in N'Djamena.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 13.03.2023

Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

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

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DRC, Uganda
Gold refiner Alain Goetz fights back against US and EU sanctions

DRC
Tshisekedi awaits his new presidential Boeing business jet

Central African Republic
Two UAE firms vie for MINUSCA catering contract

Inner circles | DRC
Strategists gear up to get Tshisekedi re-elected

Mali
Antonio Guterres to deliver MINUSMA ultimatum to junta leader Goïta

Ghana, Libya
EU and UN consider sending AVs seized off Libyan coast to Ghana

Guinea
Leonardo DiCaprio's conservation charity assesses chimpanzee plight at Simandou

DRC
Kinshasa procures military transport plane from Belarusian firm

Spotlight | DRC, Rwanda
Great Lakes leaders unconvinced by Qatar involvement in M23 crisis discussions

Cameroon
Ottawa seeks to break deadlock in Anglophone mediation

South Sudan
EU tightens up security around its delegation in Juba

In Focus | Algeria, Mali
Algerian secret services in survival mode in North Mali

Ethiopia
Ethiopia softens stance on international human rights commission

Libya
Cairo thwarts Abdoulaye Bathily's Libya roadmap

Inner circles | Tanzania
Army supports Suluhu's military diplomacy drive

Angola
Lourenço and foreign minister António reshape Luanda's diplomatic corps

Mali
MINUSMA set to release explosive report on Moura 'massacre'

DRC
MONUSCO boss Keita to report to Security Council

In Focus | DRC, Rwanda
As fight against M23 continues, Kigali and Kinshasa wage war of intelligence

Central Africa, Chad
AU and UN spurn ECCAS investigation into October protests in Chad

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DRC, Uganda Gold refiner Alain Goetz fights back against US and EU sanctions

DRC Tshisekedi awaits his new presidential Boeing business jet

Central African Republic Two UAE firms vie for MINUSCA catering contract

Inner circles | DRC Strategists gear up to get Tshisekedi re-elected

Mali Antonio Guterres to deliver MINUSMA ultimatum to junta leader Goïta

Ghana, Libya EU and UN consider sending AVs seized off Libyan coast to Ghana

Guinea Leonardo DiCaprio's conservation charity assesses chimpanzee plight at Simandou

DRC Kinshasa procures military transport plane from Belarusian firm

Spotlight | DRC, Rwanda Great Lakes leaders unconvinced by Qatar involvement in M23 crisis discussions

Cameroon Ottawa seeks to break deadlock in Anglophone mediation

South Sudan EU tightens up security around its delegation in Juba

In Focus | Algeria, Mali Algerian secret services in survival mode in North Mali

Ethiopia Ethiopia softens stance on international human rights commission

Libya Cairo thwarts Abdoulaye Bathily's Libya roadmap

Inner circles | Tanzania Army supports Suluhu's military diplomacy drive

Angola Lourenço and foreign minister António reshape Luanda's diplomatic corps

Mali MINUSMA set to release explosive report on Moura 'massacre'

DRC MONUSCO boss Keita to report to Security Council

In Focus | DRC, Rwanda As fight against M23 continues, Kigali and Kinshasa wage war of intelligence

Central Africa, Chad AU and UN spurn ECCAS investigation into October protests in Chad

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Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

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

DRC, Uganda
Gold refiner Alain Goetz fights back against US and EU sanctions

DRC
Tshisekedi awaits his new presidential Boeing business jet

Central African Republic
Two UAE firms vie for MINUSCA catering contract

Inner circles | DRC
Strategists gear up to get Tshisekedi re-elected

Mali
Antonio Guterres to deliver MINUSMA ultimatum to junta leader Goïta

Ghana, Libya
EU and UN consider sending AVs seized off Libyan coast to Ghana

Guinea
Leonardo DiCaprio's conservation charity assesses chimpanzee plight at Simandou

DRC
Kinshasa procures military transport plane from Belarusian firm

Spotlight | DRC, Rwanda
Great Lakes leaders unconvinced by Qatar involvement in M23 crisis discussions

Cameroon
Ottawa seeks to break deadlock in Anglophone mediation

South Sudan
EU tightens up security around its delegation in Juba

In Focus | Algeria, Mali
Algerian secret services in survival mode in North Mali

Ethiopia
Ethiopia softens stance on international human rights commission

Libya
Cairo thwarts Abdoulaye Bathily's Libya roadmap

Inner circles | Tanzania
Army supports Suluhu's military diplomacy drive

Angola
Lourenço and foreign minister António reshape Luanda's diplomatic corps

Mali
MINUSMA set to release explosive report on Moura 'massacre'

DRC
MONUSCO boss Keita to report to Security Council

In Focus | DRC, Rwanda
As fight against M23 continues, Kigali and Kinshasa wage war of intelligence

Central Africa, Chad
AU and UN spurn ECCAS investigation into October protests in Chad