The chairman of the US House Foreign Affairs Committee got a front-row lesson in Congolese politics last week, writes Julian Pecquet.
Recently elected as head of the prestigious panel, Brian Mast glimpsed an opportunity to help broker peace in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo when a foreign agent purportedly working for President Félix Tshisekedi’s entourage reached out with an enticing offer.
A bevy of heavy-hitters from the DRC – including foreign minister Thérèse Wagner, minister of mines Kizito Pakabomba and minister for international trade Julien Paluku – were in town: Would Mast meet with them?
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Recently elected as head of the prestigious panel, Brian Mast glimpsed an opportunity to help broker peace in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo when a foreign agent purportedly working for President Félix Tshisekedi’s entourage reached out with an enticing offer.
A bevy of heavy-hitters from the DRC – including foreign minister Thérèse Wagner, minister of mines Kizito Pakabomba and minister for international trade Julien Paluku – were in town: Would Mast meet with them?
The chairman of the US House Foreign Affairs Committee got a front-row lesson in Congolese politics last week, writes Julian Pecquet.
Recently elected as head of the prestigious panel, Brian Mast glimpsed an opportunity to help broker peace in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo when a foreign agent purportedly working for President Félix Tshisekedi’s entourage reached out with an enticing offer.
A bevy of heavy-hitters from the DRC – including foreign minister Thérèse Wagner, minister of mines Kizito Pakabomba and minister for international trade Julien Paluku – were in town: Would Mast meet with them?
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