President Félix Tshisekedi referred Rwanda and the M23 to the ICC on 27 May...
Vol 64 No 12 |
- CONGO-KINSHASA
Hopes that President Félix Tshisekedi's trip to China would result in a major minerals trading deal and the start of a renegotiation of existing mining deals with Chinese companies turned out to be way off the mark...
Papismedov is also said to be advising Congo-Kinshasa President Félix Tshisekedi through a company called REM Group...
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Vol 64 No 9 |
- CONGO-KINSHASA
Israeli magnate Dan Gertler's near 25-year stint at the heart of Congo-Kinshasa's mining industry is drawing to a close after he confirmed his agreement to a settlement with President Félix Tshisekedi's government that 'marks the end of Mr...
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Vol 64 No 7 |
- CONGO-KINSHASA
Former militia leader Jean-Pierre Bemba's surprise return to President Félix Tshisekedi's government as minister of defence and deputy prime minister is all about building an election-winning coalition but could create stability problems within the country and regionally (AC Vol 64 No 1 Horse-trading risks poll delay)...
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Her visit was criticised by Congo-Kinshasa's President Félix Tshisekedi who accused Britain of 'turning a blind eye' to abuses of the Kagame regime...
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Vol 64 No 5 |
- FRANCE
- AFRICA
But in Brazzaville – under Denis Sassou-Nguesso's authoritarian sway for all but five of the past 43 years – it will be harder to escape echoes of old françafrique complicity while Congo-Kinshasa's President Félix Tshisekedi is sure to push for more assertive French condemnation of Rwandan support for the M23 rebels threatening Goma...
President Félix Tshisekedi has been consolidating power but that does not mean accountability and better governance are any closer than when he fraudulently won the presidency in 2018...
Kainerugaba meanwhile publicly praises the Congolese M23 rebel leader Sultani Makenga who Congo-K's President Félix Tshisekedi believes is being supported by Kagame...
Chaired by Angola's president João Lourenço the summit brought together Congo-Kinshasa's Felix Tshisekedi Kenyatta Burundi's Evariste Ndayishimiye and Rwanda's foreign minister Vincent Biruta...