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TAAG holds its first event with travel agencies in Congo under the slogan "Fly with TAAG".

Document - To ensure proper operational effectiveness and efficiency, the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Mission to the Democratic Republic of Congo (SAMIDRC) Force Senior Military Leadership led by the Force Commander, Major General Monwabisi Dyakopu conducts regular feedback mechanisms at every level of the chain of command, such as operational visits to the different Contingents and Force Headquarters Units. Such visits are essential for the Force Commander and his leadership to interact with

Questions surround President Ruto's security plans after he reshuffles the top military jobs for the second time in two months, Regarded as sure-footed on politics and diplomacy, President William Samoei Ruto's management of security policy in a troubled region has been prompting questions about where he wants to take Kenya's armed forces. The concerns are prompted by Ruto's latest military reshuffle on 2 May. It confirmed the appointment of Lieutenant General Charles Muriu Kahariri as Commander of the Kenya Defence Force but was accompanied be a slew of other senior military changes – t...

Although his country sits on a cornucopia of critical minerals, President Tshisekedi has failed to draw in heavyweight investors , More deals between Washington and Kinshasa to secure supplies of critical minerals are being negotiated as both sides try to improve relations and avoid regulatory snafus – on both sides. Against this backdrop, Kinshasa's state mining company Gécamines has signed a one-year contract worth $925,000 with Mercury, a K Street lobby shop in Washington DC. It could also add to diplomatic pressure to end the brutal proxy war in mineral-rich eastern Congo.

Finance ministers and IMF officials see a route out of the post-pandemic gloom but average per capita incomes are flatlining or shrinking, Africa's economies may be at a turning point should the 'right policy choices' be made according to the IMF's African Department Director Abebe Selassie. The IMF and the African Development Bank (AfDB) both forecast GDP growth at 3.8% in Africa this year although the two institutions define the states making up Africa differently.* Whichever formula is used, average incomes on the continent are barely growing in per capita terms (see accompanying graphs).