Wednesday, June 6, 2018

Congo-Kinshasa: Who Benefits As Neighbours Jostle for Influence?


Stephanie Wolters, allafrica.com

Image from article, with caption: Frontière RDC-Rwanda : Kabila [see] et Kagame [see] se chamaillent

Excerpt:
Angola and Rwanda have their own, very different security and economic agendas in DRC [Democratic Republic of the Congo] ...

The very public diplomacy [JB emphasis] between France, Angola and Rwanda on the DRC has been interpreted by some as a signal to Kabila that powerful players are coming together to pressure him not to stand for another term. How and whether these forces will be coordinated and channelled, however, isn't clear. ...

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