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...
Russia has been trying to capitalise on anti-French sentiments driven by the close ties between Presidents Emmanuel Macron and Tshisekedi's nemesis Paul Kagame (Dispatches 8/10/24 Macron fails to broker Kinshasa-Kigali talks at Francophone summit AC Vol 65 No 15 Kinshasa urges sanctions on Kigali citing damning UN report & Vol 64 No 20 Security threats multiply ahead of polls)...
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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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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)...
Belgium last year refused to accredit Vincent Karega as Rwanda's new ambassador with Rwandan President Paul Kagame retaliating by vetoing the EU's Belgian nominee for the Great Lakes envoy (AC Vol 65 No 16 EU envoy to great lakes)...
Kigali's aggressive security stance is accentuating the sour relations between Rwanda's President Paul Kagame and South Africa's Cyril Ramaphosa...
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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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In September Joachim Stamp Germany's special representative for migration agreements who is increasingly influential in Brussels mooted the idea of cutting a similar deal with Paul Kagame's government...
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A day after holding talks with Rwanda's military leaders about the country's security priorities President Paul Kagame announced a second major purge of military officials in as many years on 30 August this time sacking over 1 000 military personnel...
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In late April President Paul Kagame objected to Quintin in a telephone conversation with French President Emmanuel Macron...
Whether it acts may come down the competing diplomatic efforts of Congo-K's President Félix Tshisekedi and Rwanda's President Paul Kagame...
A weeks-long hiatus in fighting – likely related to South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa's meeting with President Paul Kagame on the margins of Rwanda's genocide commemorations – came to an end after the 3 May attack following which SAMIDRC resumed operations albeit with limited success...