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DRC, Gabon
Tshisekedi tries to muscle his way onto UN Security Council

DRC President Félix Tshisekedi. © Ting Shen/Xinhua News Agency/Newscom/MaxPPP

There is a heated battle afoot for the non-permanent seat reserved for African countries on the UN Security Council for the years 2022-2023. Gabon is an official candidate, but the DRC is pulling out all the stops to take the role. [...]

Published on 22.02.2021 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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The Permanent Representative of Gabon to the United Nations, Michel Xavier Biang.

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Kinshasa's failure to bag SADC job marks fresh diplomatic defeat

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The organisation of French-speaking nations slams games preparations

The Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie is alarmed by DRC's delay in preparing for the body's athletic and cultural extravaganza due to take place in Kinshasa in August 2022. In a recent report, it points to unjustified spending and a lack of transparency in the management of the games' funds.

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Former Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz.

China, DRC
Beijing beckons to Tshisekedi

Xi Jinping's regime has invited the Congolese head of state to visit Beijing later this spring to discuss economic cooperation between the two countries. The invitation comes as Washington, which has made a dramatic return to the DRC since the election of Felix Tshisekedi, is closely scrutinizing Chinese activity in the country.

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Libreville and Accra win right to vie for UN Security Council seat

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Ali Bongo sends his former tutor to the Vatican

The head of state is a practising Muslim but has always been at pains to show he cares about the other religions in his country. The latest display of this diplomatic-spiritual prudence was the appointment of a Frenchman, who was one of his tutors in the 1970s, to represent Gabon at the Holy See.

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Inner circles | DRC
The parallel government of Tshisekedi's special advisors

President Tshisekedi has a team of nine special advisors he likes to call on. Playing on rivalries among the members of Joseph Kabila's Front Commun pour le Congo, some have taken charge of state matters even if that means encroaching on the portfolios of the ministers concerned.

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Head of the UN mission in DRC (MONUSCO) Leila Zerrougui.

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AU: Abuja, Kigali, Kampala vie to fill African seat on ICJ bench

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Nigeria
Fertiliser giants Indorama and Dangote in murky waters over urea shortage

Niger
Washington watches as Tehran negotiates with Niamey for 300 tonnes of uranium

DRC, Gabon
Tshisekedi tries to muscle his way onto UN Security Council

Gabon
Ali Bongo to host AU debate on UN Security Council reform

Inner circles | Gabon
Gabon boosts its New York diplomatic corps as it joins UN Security Council

DRC
Kinshasa's failure to bag SADC job marks fresh diplomatic defeat

DRC
The organisation of French-speaking nations slams games preparations

Mauritania
Accused Aziz prepares international legal counter-offensive

China, DRC
Beijing beckons to Tshisekedi

Gabon, Ghana
Libreville and Accra win right to vie for UN Security Council seat

Gabon
Ali Bongo sends his former tutor to the Vatican

Inner circles | DRC
The parallel government of Tshisekedi's special advisors

DRC
Guinea's Bintou Keita favourite to take over MONUSCO

Spotlight | DRC
Tshisekedi fears Trump defeat will play into Kabila's hands

Africa
AU: Abuja, Kigali, Kampala vie to fill African seat on ICJ bench

Gabon
Marie-Madeleine Mborantsuo anticipates non-return of Ali Bongo