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	Congo-Kinshasa
Population:	103.19m
GDP:	$72.48bn
Debt:	11.1% of GDP (2024)

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Vol 67 No 4 |

CONGO-KINSHASA

Kinshasa prepares the ground for a bond sale

16th February 2026

Feted at South Africa’s Mining Indaba as it marketed critical minerals, Tshisekedi’s government is heading for the money markets

There is optimism in Kinshasa that it can follow other African countries in benefiting from eurobond interest rates that are close to their lowest since the 2007-8 financial...

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Vol 67 No 1 |

Kigali stand-off continues as Copperbelt booms

9th January 2026

The lack of enforcement mechanisms means no one is pressured to respect the US and Qatari accords

In the opening days of 2026, the latest UN experts’ report confirmed the widely held view that the war aims of the Rwanda Defence Force (RDF) and its...

Vol 66 No 25 |

Trump’s peace deal unravels as M23 seizes strategic eastern city

11th December 2025

Hopes for an historic reset linking security to a US-backed minerals and infrastructure deal have been overshadowed by fresh fighting displacing 200,000 people

It has taken less than a week for a brutal reality to intrude on the brash hopes for the peace accord signed between Congo-Kinshasa and Rwanda in Washington...

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Vol 66 No 24 |

Kagame accuses Kinshasa of brinkmanship ahead of White House deal signing due on 4 December

1st December 2025

There are also still no plans for withdrawal of Rwandan troops or M23’s disarmament at the heart of the fighting in the Kivu provinces

Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame has hedged on the prospect of a peace deal with Congo-Kinshasa being signed in Washington DC next week, accusing the Kinshasa government of having...

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Vol 66 No 20 |

Peace talks falter as M23 tightens its grip on the Kivus

10th October 2025

Kinshasa balks at signing economic framework as Kigali-backed rebels consolidate territorial gains and set up proto-state

The pressure is mounting on Massad Boulos, senior Africa advisor to United States President Donald Trump, after the latest setback to his efforts to corral Congo-Kinshasa and Rwanda...

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Vol 66 No 20 |

CONGO-KINSHASA
UNITED STATES

First family politics and foreign suitors cast shadow over mining industry

9th October 2025

Kinshasa gets tough on cobalt quotas and mining leases under industry veteran and new mines minister Watum Kabamba

Congo-Kinshasa’s new Minister of Mines of Louis Watum Kabamba has inherited an ever more complex web of mining and trading relationships in a country that produces over 70%...

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Vol 66 No 17 |

CONGO-KINSHASA

Tshisekedi seeks to broaden his base

18th August 2025

Weakened president brings veterans and youthful rival into government

President Félix Tshisekedi has gone for a broad coalition in a major reshuffle that brings in opposition politicians, senior former ministers and parastatal bosses.

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Vol 66 No 17 |

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CONGO-KINSHASA

Verbal brickbats exchanged as Doha peace talks stutter

11th August 2025

Trump target of progress before 9 September start of UN General Assembly is unlikely to be met

Peace talks in Doha are under pressure after the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group complained that it had not received an invitation to the talks scheduled on Friday 8...

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Vol 66 No 14 |

Trump’s peace deal hinges on minerals, militias – and megawatts

11th July 2025

A White House-brokered agreement promises regional calm and economic integration, but success depends on dislodging rebels and securing mining rights

Speaking at the White House on 27 June, during the signing of a new peace agreement by the Rwandan and Congolese foreign ministers, President Donald Trump declared that...

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Vol 66 No 14 |

Trump family allies broker security and mining deals in Central Africa

27th June 2025

Multiple mining investments and a hydropower project are riding on Kigali and Kinshasa making peace but details on military arrangements remain thin

US Africa Envoy Massad Boulos and US hedge fund executive Gentry Beach – both with close links to US President Donald J Trump’s family – were prime movers...

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