Paul Kagame

Morocco
Bourita pushing to the end to win AU deputy chair for kingdom

The foreign minister is increasing his meetings to push the kingdom's candidate for the AU Commission's deputy chair and was in Rwanda at the start of February to try to gain President Paul Kagame's support.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 11.02.2025

DRC, Rwanda
Kagame-Tshisekedi meeting in Paris called off at last minute

France, aided by Qatar, sought to bring the Rwandan president and his DR Congo counterpart together for a meeting in Paris on 9 February to try to resolve the crisis in eastern DRC. But the encounter was cancelled after Tshisekedi changed his mind.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 07.02.2025

DRC President Félix Tshisekedi (left) and his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame in Luanda, Angola, 6 July 2022.

Inner circles | DRC
From music to sport, Tshisekedi's soft power plans to take on Kigali

The Congolese president is looking to develop alternative diplomatic channels, relying on a handful of trusted allies. While Rwanda has taken the lead in this area, the Congolese authorities are determined to make an impact and help change perceptions of the DRC.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 07.02.2025

Palace Intrigues
Alassane Ouattara, Nicolas Sarkozy, Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, Cyril Ramaphosa

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

Ivory CoastOuattara boosts Sarkozy's morale

GabonOligui Nguema, admirer of General de Gaulle

South Africa / RwandaRamaphosa's lexical blunder upsets Kagame

Subscribers only Defence, Politics, Diplomacy 06.02.2025

DRC, Rwanda
France seeks to build multi-state mediation group to resolve DRC crisis

Faced with diplomatic paralysis, a joint EAC and SADC summit is being held in Tanzania this week. Since the M23 took control of Goma, French diplomats have been trying to set up a group of mediators to resolve the emergency in DR Congo.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 05.02.2025

DRC President Félix Tshisekedi (left) and his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame in Rubavu, Rwanda, 25 June 2021.

Kenya
Raila Odinga jockeys for votes as AU Commission chair election looms

Nairobi's candidate for the chair of the African Union body is scrambling for more backing from heads of state before the ballot for the post on 15 February. So far, he has had only moderate success.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 04.02.2025

Raila Odinga at the 1st Africa Climate Summit in Nairobi, Kenya, 5 September 2023.

DRC, Rwanda
Tshisekedi hunts for diplomatic strategy

The Congolese president is struggling to mobilise his dwindling support base, which no longer seems to believe in his ability to regain control after Rwandan-backed rebels captured Goma. He has turned to Angola and is banking on SADC as the last regional bloc capable of putting pressure on Kigali.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 31.01.2025

DR Congo President Félix Tshisekedi in Kinshasa, 21 December 2018.

Angola, DRC, Rwanda
Félix Tshisekedi's secret mission to Luanda

The Congolese president discreetly travelled to Luanda on 29 January for talks with his Angolan counterpart João Lourenço. For Kinshasa, increasingly isolated on the diplomatic stage, Angola is the last major source of support in this crisis.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 29.01.2025

DR Congo's President Félix Tshisekedi (left) with Angola's President Joao Lourenco (right), in Luanda, February 2019.

Spotlight | DRC
Rebel capture of Goma puts Tshisekedi's back against the wall

Following the seizure of the city by Rwanda-backed M23 rebels, DR Congo President Félix Tshisekedi is trying to urgently plug a number of holes in his security system. Efforts are meanwhile being stepped up, from Nairobi to Paris, to try to clinch a ceasefire.

Subscribers only Defence 29.01.2025

Members of the M23 armed group walk through a street in Goma, DR Congo, 27 January 2025.

Tanzania, Uganda
TotalEnergies' Patrick Pouyanné heading to East Africa

The French major's CEO will begin a regional tour this week, which will take him to Dar es Salaam, before flying on to Uganda. On the first leg of his trip, he could meet, among others, Mozambican President Daniel Chapo.

Subscribers only Energy 24.01.2025

TotalEnergies CEO Patrick Pouyanne in Paris, France, 28 November 2024.

Spotlight | Africa
Africa's ambitions at Paris Artificial Intelligence summit

Heads of state and senior delegations from across Africa will be at the two-day Artificial Intelligence Action Summit next month. Taking part will be the AU Development Agency, which hopes to attract public and private partners in order to maximise potential across the continent.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 16.01.2025

Kenyan President William Ruto and French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris on 22 June 2023.

Spotlight | Nigeria
Competition heats up over African Grammy Awards

Abuja has yet to pay its full membership fee to the prestigious music awards. Nigeria's reticence to do so is fuelling the ambitions of the Grammy's other African members, which are each hoping to host the ceremony themselves and see their own artists shine on the world stage.

Subscribers only Business, Diplomacy 06.01.2025

Nigerian singer Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu aka Burna Boy at Atatürk Olympic Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey, 10 June 2023.

Angola
Details of Lourenço's official visit to France in mid-January revealed

Angolan President João Lourenço will make an official visit to France on 16, where he will be received by his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 06.01.2025

Spotlight | West Africa
ECOWAS set to formalise departure of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger

The heads of state of the West African regional organisation will meet next month in Abuja. The main issue at their summit will be the ratification of the withdrawal from ECOWAS of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, which are all now run by military juntas.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 27.11.2024

ECOWAS Commission President Omar Touray in Abuja, on 24 February 2024.

The New Guard
Algeria, Kenya, Cameroon

Every Wednesday, Africa Intelligence spotlights a new generation of movers and shakers in business and politics.

AlgeriaHamed Oussama Salhi, spokesman for national grains interests

KenyaBrian Wesaala, football's steadfast champion

CameroonYann Gwet, connecting youth across Africa

Subscribers only Commodity traders, Business 20.11.2024

Spotlight | Rwanda
Gold trader Alain Goetz sets legal guns on Rwanda and Western sanctions

The Belgian businessman, who specialises in refining and exporting gold from the Great Lakes region, claims Rwanda owes him tens of millions of dollars in compensation. At the same time, he is battling to persuade the US and EU to lift their sanctions on him.

Subscribers only Mining 14.11.2024

Belgian businessman Alain Goetz in Entebbe, Uganda, on 4 October 2018.

Angola
João Lourenço postpones Paris trip

The Angolan president and likely next AU chairperson was due to travel to France early this month but now plans to go in January.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 05.11.2024

Spotlight | Nigeria
Bola Tinubu's private meeting with Keir Starmer

The Nigerian president and the UK prime minister held discreet talks at 10 Downing Street in early October. Since July, Britain's new Labour government has stepped up its contacts with Nigeria, where the UK foreign secretary is expected on 4 November.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 30.10.2024

Nigerian president Bola Ahmed Tinubu and British prime minister Keir Starmer.

Morocco
Bourita pushing to the end to win AU deputy chair for kingdom

DRC, Rwanda
Kagame-Tshisekedi meeting in Paris called off at last minute

Inner circles | DRC
From music to sport, Tshisekedi's soft power plans to take on Kigali

Palace Intrigues
Alassane Ouattara, Nicolas Sarkozy, Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, Cyril Ramaphosa

Ivory CoastOuattara boosts Sarkozy's morale

GabonOligui Nguema, admirer of General de Gaulle

South Africa / RwandaRamaphosa's lexical blunder upsets Kagame

DRC, Rwanda
France seeks to build multi-state mediation group to resolve DRC crisis

Kenya
Raila Odinga jockeys for votes as AU Commission chair election looms

DRC, Rwanda
Tshisekedi hunts for diplomatic strategy

Angola, DRC, Rwanda
Félix Tshisekedi's secret mission to Luanda

Spotlight | DRC
Rebel capture of Goma puts Tshisekedi's back against the wall

Tanzania, Uganda
TotalEnergies' Patrick Pouyanné heading to East Africa

Spotlight | Africa
Africa's ambitions at Paris Artificial Intelligence summit

Spotlight | Nigeria
Competition heats up over African Grammy Awards

Angola
Details of Lourenço's official visit to France in mid-January revealed

Spotlight | West Africa
ECOWAS set to formalise departure of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger

The New Guard
Algeria, Kenya, Cameroon

AlgeriaHamed Oussama Salhi, spokesman for national grains interests

KenyaBrian Wesaala, football's steadfast champion

CameroonYann Gwet, connecting youth across Africa

Spotlight | Rwanda
Gold trader Alain Goetz sets legal guns on Rwanda and Western sanctions

Angola
João Lourenço postpones Paris trip

Spotlight | Nigeria
Bola Tinubu's private meeting with Keir Starmer

Rwanda
TotalEnergies sponsors Rwandan sports diplomacy to show appreciation

Palace Intrigues
Vladimir Putin, Denis Sassou-Nguesso, Félix Tshisekedi

CongoLimited attendance at Julienne Sassou-Nguesso's wedding

RussiaPutin's Africa man in tête-à-tête with Ahoua Don Mello

DRCAn unhappy Francophonie summit

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Morocco Bourita pushing to the end to win AU deputy chair for kingdom

DRC, Rwanda Kagame-Tshisekedi meeting in Paris called off at last minute

Inner circles | DRC From music to sport, Tshisekedi's soft power plans to take on Kigali

Palace Intrigues Alassane Ouattara, Nicolas Sarkozy, Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, Cyril Ramaphosa

Ivory CoastOuattara boosts Sarkozy's morale

GabonOligui Nguema, admirer of General de Gaulle

South Africa / RwandaRamaphosa's lexical blunder upsets Kagame

DRC, Rwanda France seeks to build multi-state mediation group to resolve DRC crisis

Kenya Raila Odinga jockeys for votes as AU Commission chair election looms

DRC, Rwanda Tshisekedi hunts for diplomatic strategy

Angola, DRC, Rwanda Félix Tshisekedi's secret mission to Luanda

Spotlight | DRC Rebel capture of Goma puts Tshisekedi's back against the wall

Tanzania, Uganda TotalEnergies' Patrick Pouyanné heading to East Africa

Spotlight | Africa Africa's ambitions at Paris Artificial Intelligence summit

Spotlight | Nigeria Competition heats up over African Grammy Awards

Angola Details of Lourenço's official visit to France in mid-January revealed

Spotlight | West Africa ECOWAS set to formalise departure of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger

The New Guard Algeria, Kenya, Cameroon

AlgeriaHamed Oussama Salhi, spokesman for national grains interests

KenyaBrian Wesaala, football's steadfast champion

CameroonYann Gwet, connecting youth across Africa

Spotlight | Rwanda Gold trader Alain Goetz sets legal guns on Rwanda and Western sanctions

Angola João Lourenço postpones Paris trip

Spotlight | Nigeria Bola Tinubu's private meeting with Keir Starmer

Rwanda TotalEnergies sponsors Rwandan sports diplomacy to show appreciation

Palace Intrigues Vladimir Putin, Denis Sassou-Nguesso, Félix Tshisekedi

CongoLimited attendance at Julienne Sassou-Nguesso's wedding

RussiaPutin's Africa man in tête-à-tête with Ahoua Don Mello

DRCAn unhappy Francophonie summit

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Morocco
Bourita pushing to the end to win AU deputy chair for kingdom

DRC, Rwanda
Kagame-Tshisekedi meeting in Paris called off at last minute

Inner circles | DRC
From music to sport, Tshisekedi's soft power plans to take on Kigali

Palace Intrigues
Alassane Ouattara, Nicolas Sarkozy, Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, Cyril Ramaphosa

DRC, Rwanda
France seeks to build multi-state mediation group to resolve DRC crisis

Kenya
Raila Odinga jockeys for votes as AU Commission chair election looms

DRC, Rwanda
Tshisekedi hunts for diplomatic strategy

Angola, DRC, Rwanda
Félix Tshisekedi's secret mission to Luanda

Spotlight | DRC
Rebel capture of Goma puts Tshisekedi's back against the wall

Tanzania, Uganda
TotalEnergies' Patrick Pouyanné heading to East Africa

Spotlight | Africa
Africa's ambitions at Paris Artificial Intelligence summit

Spotlight | Nigeria
Competition heats up over African Grammy Awards

Angola
Details of Lourenço's official visit to France in mid-January revealed

Spotlight | West Africa
ECOWAS set to formalise departure of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger

The New Guard
Algeria, Kenya, Cameroon

Spotlight | Rwanda
Gold trader Alain Goetz sets legal guns on Rwanda and Western sanctions

Angola
João Lourenço postpones Paris trip

Spotlight | Nigeria
Bola Tinubu's private meeting with Keir Starmer

Rwanda
TotalEnergies sponsors Rwandan sports diplomacy to show appreciation

Palace Intrigues
Vladimir Putin, Denis Sassou-Nguesso, Félix Tshisekedi