Vol 65 No 25 |
- FRANCE
- AFRICA
Both presidents Félix Tshisekedi and Paul Kagame were present – and he held lengthy private meetings with each (Dispatches 8/10/24 Macron fails to broker Kinshasa-Kigali talks at Francophone summit)...
DISPATCHES
Following an informal summit with Presidents Félix Tshisekedi Hakainde Hichilema and João Lourenço on 4 December the White House pledged an additional US$600 million in financing for projects related to the Lobito Corridor the 1 300-kilometre railway line connecting the mineral and oil-rich parts of Angola Zambia and Congo-Kinshasa...
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Vol 65 No 24 |
- CONGO-KINSHASA
The ruling Union pour la Démocratie et le Progrès Social (UDPS) is pushing ahead with plans to overhaul the national constitution as oppositionists it's a ruse to extend presidential term limits to keep President Félix Tshisekedi in office...
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' Hopes and fearsA big beneficiary of a second Trump term could be President Félix Tshisekedi in Kinshasa who is currently plotting a third-term project...
Congo-K's President Félix Tshisekedi and Zambia's Hakainde Hichilema were among the first African leaders on 6 November to congratulate Trump on his victory...
However its deal with Rwanda signed by the Commission in February prompted a furious reaction from Congo-K's President Félix Tshisekedi who described it as a ‘provocation' (AC Vol 65 No 6 How Brussels was caught out by the Kivu war)...
DISPATCHES
After a bid failed to bring together Presidents Félix Tshisekedi and Paul Kagame at the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie in Villers-Cotterêts and Paris President Emmanuel Macron met the two leaders separately...
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Vol 65 No 20 |
- CONGO-KINSHASA
It reflects a deepening paranoia around President Félix Tshisekedi and his political plans...
At the UN General Assembly last week Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi again demanded sanctions against Rwanda for sponsoring M23 but competing diplomatic interests have resulted in near deadlock at the UN (AC Vol 65 No 15 Kinshasa urges sanctions on Kigali citing damning UN report )...
Vol 65 No 17 |
- CONGO-KINSHASA
After months of plotting President Félix Tshisekedi has finally made a decisive move against his predecessor Joseph Kabila...