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The Israeli military firm protecting Tshisekedi

Palace Intrigues
Felix Tshisekedi, Faustin-Archange Touadera, Narendra Modi

Intrigues big and small: every Thursday, Africa Intelligence takes a peek into the corridors of power in Africa and beyond.

DRCFélix Tshisekedi's low-key Brussels trip

Central African RepublicTouadéra on the starting blocks of his presidential campaign

South AfricaRussian embassy and Indian high commission censor writer critical of Narendra Modi

Palace Intrigues
Félix Tshisekedi, Patrice Talon, Mohammed VI

Intrigues big and small... Every Thursday, Africa Intelligence takes a peek into the corridors of power in Africa and beyond.

DRCThe controversial guests at Christina Tshisekedi's wedding

BeninLionel Talon gets a kick out of MMA fighting

MoroccoMohammed VI readies for private, not state visit to France

DRC
Kinshasa promises to audit exceptional security spending

In view of a $2.87bn deal signed with the IMF, the Congolese government has pledged to audit the massive sums poured into the war effort in the east of the country.

DRC
Kinshasa to acquire six new Chinese attack drones

The DRC has taken delivery, albeit with some delay, of a second batch of three Chinese CH-4 offensive drones for transfer to the theatre of operations against the M23 and the Rwanda Defence Force in the east of the country.