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)...
Vol 66 No 1 |
- AFRICA IN 2025
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...
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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...
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President João Lourenço's pardoning of José Filomeno dos Santos aka Zenú the son of his predecessor President José Eduardo dos Santos who had been imprisoned for fraud marks the latest softening in approach towards the former First Family...
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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...