On 15 December another attempt by Angola's President João Lourenço to mediate talks 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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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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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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When US President Joe Biden arrives in Angola on 2 December he will be able to compare succession notes with his counterpart João Lourenço...
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He is to be welcomed at Lobito port by Angolan President João Lourenço and a special summit for regional leaders involved in the project is on the agenda...
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Angola's President João Lourenço is in a particularly awkward position: in December he has to welcome outgoing President Joe Biden to the Lobito Port on Angola's seaboard the starting point of the most ambitious critical minerals project by the US in Africa...
Under President João Lourenço Angola has steered a careful path between the US China and Russia as it tries to reel in more oil investment...
Midway into his second term President João Lourenço has spent more time trying to consolidate his grip on the ruling Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola (MPLA) than supporting his economic reform team trying to protect national finances cut poverty and diversify the economy under the 2023-27 National Development Plan...
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Members of the Dos Santos family have faced a series of investigations asset freezes and prosecutions since former President José Eduardo dos Santos who died in 2022 was replaced by João Lourenço in 2017...
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It is a measure of the danger posed by the conflict pitting Congolese and allied forces against the M23 militia that President Félix Tshisekedi spent the last week of February criss-crossing Africa and Europe meeting Angola's President João Lourenço on 27 February and Belgium's Prime Minister Alexander De Croo on the following day...