Now in her sixth year as minister she previously served as a senior official in the Treasury before being appointed to the role by President João Lourenço in October 2019 (AC Vol 63 No 17 Economic woes challenge election winner)...
The M23's boycott of the Luanda talks on 18 March raises more questions about the plan by Angolan President João Lourenço and the African Union to secure a ceasefire ahead of talks on devolution and land rights...
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Angola's President João Lourenço is reluctantly continuing with his attempted mediation between Kinshasa and Kigali at the same time as he holds the African Union's rotating presidency...
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The decision by Angola's President João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço to step down from his role as mediator of peace talks between Congo-K and Rwanda as he takes over the rotating chair of the African Union is another blow for Congo-K which loses one of its main allies...
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Angola's President João Lourenço the officially designated AU mediator between Kinshasa and Kigali demanded on January 29 that the RDF leaves Congo-K...
The prospects are not good following the cancellation of a summit designed by Angolan President João Lourenço to bring Tshisekedi and President Paul Kagame face to face to negotiate a ceasefire plan (Dispatches 17/12/24 Dispute on M23's status derails latest peace talks)...
Vol 66 No 1 |
- AFRICA IN 2025
Attempts by Angola's President João Lourenço representing the AU and Southern Africa to mediate in Kinshasa's and Kigali's war for land and resources in the east of Congo-Kinshasa have been making halting progress...
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On 15 December another attempt by Angola's President João Lourenço to mediate between Kinshasa and Kigali failed when Rwanda's President Paul Kagame insisted that Tshisekedi should negotiate directly with the M23 leadership...
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President João Lourenço's pardoning of José Filomeno dos Santos aka Zenú the son of his predecessor President José Eduardo dos Santos who had been imprisoned for fraud marks the latest softening in approach towards the former First Family...
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The cancellation came just hours before the meeting between Presidents Félix Tshisekedi and Paul Kagame was due to be held in Luanda on 15 December Instead Angolan President João Lourenço held a private meeting with Tshisekedi...
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