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China's Newtech Armor wins equipment contract with DRC army

Earlier this month, the Congolese army bought 5,000 bulletproof vests from Chinese supplier Newtech Armor. [...]

Published on 31/05/2021 at 06:00 GMT

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Texas investment firm Bridgeway plays humanitarian privateer for the State Department in DRC

Texan financier and committed Christian John Montgomery devotes part of his investment company Bridgeway's profits to hunting down and forcing surrender on members of the Allied Democratic Forces, an armed group active on the border between the DRC and Uganda aligned to the Islamic State.

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Democratic Republic of Congo military personnel (FARDC) patrol against the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) and the National Army for the Liberation of Uganda (NALU) rebels near Beni in North-Kivu province, December 31, 2013.

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Goma volcano observatory corruption probe may resume after deadly eruption

An investigation was launched last year into allegations of corruption at the observatory, which has admitted it failed to monitor the Nyiragongo volcano since last October, but was dropped at the request of the observatory itself.

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A lava flow in Goma during the eruption of the Nyiragongo volcano, May 22, 2021.

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DGSE and DRC intelligence chiefs bond on sidelines of Macron-Tshisekedi meet

While in Paris to attend the French summit on African financing on 18 May, the DRC's top intelligence staff met with their French counterparts to further strengthen security cooperation between the two.

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French President Emmanuel Macron greets Democratic Republic of the Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi.

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Tshisekedi and Museveni struggle to agree on fight against armed groups

Kampala is reluctant to hand Kinshasa the reins of the Regional Oversignt Mechanism set up to help them fight the many armed groups active in eastern DRC.

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Félix Tshisekedi pivots westwards on intelligence and defence

In contrast to his predecessor Joseph Kabila, who cut military and intelligence ties with the West, Félix Tshisekedi has reopened channels of cooperation on security with Paris, Brussels and Washington to soften the impact of the imminent withdrawal of the [.

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DRC President Félix Tshisekedi at Paris Peace Forum, November 12, 2019.

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Belligerence of Kampala and Kigali backfires

The tensions between Yoweri Museveni and his Rwandan opposite number Paul Kagame are assuming worrying dimensions and threatening to destabilise the whole of the Great Lakes region. Investigations by the Indian Ocean Newsletter have revealed the extent to which paranoia [.

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Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

DRC
China's Newtech Armor wins equipment contract with DRC army

In Focus | DRC, United States
Texas investment firm Bridgeway plays humanitarian privateer for the State Department in DRC

DRC
Goma volcano observatory corruption probe may resume after deadly eruption

DRC, France
DGSE and DRC intelligence chiefs bond on sidelines of Macron-Tshisekedi meet

DRC, Uganda
Tshisekedi and Museveni struggle to agree on fight against armed groups

Spotlight | DRC
Félix Tshisekedi pivots westwards on intelligence and defence

Spotlight | Great lakes
Belligerence of Kampala and Kigali backfires