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Tshisekedi gives away gold rights to UAE

Kinshasa stands to lose revenues worth tens of millions of dollars in opaque deal with company linked to Abu Dhabi's national security advisor

In one of the most egregious mining contracts signed so far by President Félix Tshisekedi's government, he has endorsed the award of 'exclusive rights' over the country's entire...


Border troubles threaten the region

The Chad-Sudan frontier and the restive militias which straddle it are looming larger as tensions rise

On 29 January, Sudan's military leader, General Abdel Fattah al Burhan, went to Ndjamena to discuss growing insecurity on the Chad-Sudan border. No surprises there, perhaps, but the...


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Kaka falls back on authoritarianism

The President has abandoned the trappings of 'transition' and is consolidating his rule for the long run

Many of the efforts to broaden the support base of the regime of President Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno (aka Mahamat 'Kaka') during last year's reconciliation exercise included genuine...


Horse-trading risks poll delay

The President is trying to decide whether to contest or postpone December's polls while juggling his political alliances and musing on threats in the east

President Félix Tshisekedi has been consolidating power, but that does not mean accountability and better governance are any closer than when he fraudulently won the presidency in 2018....


Bang go the reforms

The credibility of the regime's bid for wider legitimacy is in tatters after it emerged on 5 December that a military court had sentenced 262 of those detained...


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