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	Congo-Kinshasa
Population:	95.89m
GDP:	$55.35bn
Debt:	10.8% of GDP (2023 forecast)

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Vol 65 No 7 |

CONGO-KINSHASA

Mobutu-style economic nationalism returns

20th March 2024

State officials led by Kashal Katemb are bent on restructuring company ownership in favour of Congolese business people

Foreign companies in Congo-Kinshasa are increasingly alarmed at what they see as a wave of economic nationalism that revives the politics of 'Zaïreanisation' under the three-d...

Vol 65 No 6 |

How Brussels was caught out by the Kivu war

5th March 2024

The proxy war between Kinshasa and Kigali is derailing the European Union's plan to secure critical minerals

Three days after an angry meeting between Congo-Kinshasa's President Félix Tshisekedi and his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame on 16 February in Addis Ababa over the escalati...

Vol 65 No 6 |

Kigali pushes back against the African Union

5th March 2024

President Kagame's strategic position is facing growing regional pressure

Rwanda has warned the Africa Union that it would see any support for the South African-led regional intervention force against the M-23 militia in eastern Congo-Kinshasa as a threa...

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Vol 65 No 5 |

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CONGO-KINSHASA

Fighting escalates in the Kivus and western officials censure Kagame

21st February 2024

Despite growing alarms about regional conflict, EU officials announce MOU on minerals with Kigali

Deepening hostilities between Kigali and Kinshasa were the subject of several closed-door meetings at African Union summit on 17-18 February in Addis Ababa. Yet on 19 February, the...

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Vol 65 No 2 |

CONGO-KINSHASA

Harsh realities face Tshisekedi after vote

18th January 2024

Its abundance of critical minerals encouraged outsiders to ignore election abuses but Congo's governance crisis holds up everything

Félix Tshisekedi's second presidential mandate is assured, and he has politically vanquished his domestic opposition after the 20 December elections. But his rhetoric on the...

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Vol 65 No 2 |

CONGO-KINSHASA

Tshisekedi's ruling coalition strengthened after election

16th January 2024

Despite allegations of election fraud, the President's win is being recognised internationally

President Félix Tshisekedi looks set to have a stronger majority in parliament despite widespread opposition anger about the conduct of December's elections.

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Vol 65 No 1 |

CONGO-KINSHASA

Tshisekedi set for second term despite protests against 'sham' elections

2nd January 2024

The opposition has rejected the results after chaos at the ballot box and official results contradicted the pre-poll surveys

Félix Tshisekedi appears almost certain to be confirmed for a second term as President despite opposition protests about the conducting of the polls, which saw Tshisekedi ob...

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Vol 65 No 1 |

CONGO-KINSHASA

Tshisekedi favoured to retain Presidency in $1.2 billion elections

20th December 2023

Delays and bureaucratic snarl-ups mar early voting across country with 44 million on electoral register

Voting started in Congo-Kinshasa's national and local elections on 20 December after three hours of delays in the country's biggest cities, Kinshasa and Lumbumbashi. The latest ind...

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Vol 64 No 25 |

CONGO-KINSHASA

Katumbi and Fayulu lead opposition field ahead of 20 December polls

6th December 2023

Fears about the fairness of presidential polls are pushing demands for a unity candidate

Former Katanga governor and mining mogul Moïse Katumbi and Martin Fayulu are emerging as the most viable challengers to President Félix Tshisekedi in elections due on 2...

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Vol 64 No 24 |

CONGO-KINSHASA

Meagre record haunts Tshisekedi's plan

30th November 2023

For all the President's rhetoric and slick campaigning, many voters remember his failure to deliver on past promises

The campaigning season is careering towards election day on 20 December with Félix Tshisekedi expected to win another presidential term despite his meagre record in governme...

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