The push is backed by diplomacy and in December Angola's President João Lourenço met Oman ruler Sultan Haitham bin Tariq in Muscat where Oman's state-backed Maaden International Investment Fund took a 24% stake in the Catoca and Luele diamond mining project...

The BRDC knows that chances of meaningful agreement are almost nil which is why they constantly refer to the Angolan president João Lourenço who took over from President Denis Sassou Nguesso of Congo-Brazzaville as the regional mediator in 2017...

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...

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)...

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...

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...