Democratic Republic of the Congo: building out diplomatic priorities
- February 4, 2019
- - 12:18 pm
The Democratic Republic of the Congo President Félix Tshisekedi will shortly conduct his first foreign travel since becoming the country’s leader January 24. Tshisekedi will visit with the leaders of Angola, Kenya and the Republic of the Congo February 5-6, to be followed by his attendance at the African Union heads of state summit set for February 10-11 in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa. The foreign visits are surely only the first in a series of consultations with Congo’s near-abroad and are designed to assert his government’s security and economic priorities. Tshisekedi, who was sworn into presidential office on January …
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