Tag: DRC President Felix Tshisekedi
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DRC president vows ‘vigorous’ military response to M23 advance as risk of regional war grows

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The Congolese president has vowed to mount a “vigorous, coordinated response” by the army against Rwanda-based M23 rebels who have made a major advance in the mineral-east of the country in recent weeks, taking control of the key city of Goma. In his first public remarks on Wednesday (29 January) since the M23 fighters seized […]
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DRC President Félix Tshisekedi named mediator in Chadian crisis

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The Economic Community of Central African States, ECCAS, appointed Tuesday the President of the Democratic Republic of Congo Félix Tshisekedi, mediator in the ongoing crisis in Chad. The regional bloc held Tuesday its second extraordinary summit with Félix Tshisekedi, Chad’s leader Mahamat Deby, President of Central African Republic Faustin-Archange Touadera and Congo Brazzaville leader Dénis […]
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Africa: Emmanuel Macron calls for a “New Deal”

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Three weeks before the summit on the financing of sub-Saharan African economies that will take place on May 18 in Paris, French President Emmanuel Macron has called for a “New Deal” for Africa. How to react to a “very strong slowdown” of African economies caused by the Covid-19 crisis? Yesterday’s recipes are ineffective, said Emmanuel […]