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Qatari emir arrives in DR Congo after Rwanda visit
Published On 21 Nov 2025
Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani has visited the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), days after the government and the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group signed a framework agreement for a peace deal aimed at ending fighting in the country’s east.
On his first trip to the African country, the Qatari leader was welcomed in the capital Kinshasa on Friday by DRC President Felix Tshisekedi and other officials.
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The frameworkd agreement was the latest in a series of documents signed in recent months as part of efforts, backed by the United States and Qatar, to end decades of fighting in eastern DRC that has been an enduring threat to regional stability.
The framework was described by the US and Qatari officials as an important step towards peace, but one of many that lie ahead.
Sheikh Tamim arrived in the DRC a day after visiting Rwanda, where he met President Paul Kagame.
Rwanda has long denied allegations that it has helped M23, which has seized more territory in the DRC than it has ever previously held.
Al Jazeera’s Mohamed Vall, reporting from Kinshasa, said the emir wrapped his brief state visit to the country after meeting the Congolese president at the airport and then at the presidential palace.
Vall said that Qatar signed a number of protocols on economic and political cooperation with the DRC.
He also said, “The emir of Qatar has made his first stop in Kigali overnight, before he arrived here this morning, and the understanding is that that’s a symbolic move to link the two capitals and show that there is no alternative to rapprochement between the two countries”.
Qatar’s acting charge d’affaires in the capital Kinshasa, Shafi bin Newaimi al-Hajri, said Sheikh Tamim’s visit to the DRC was of special importance for bilateral relations.
Al-Hajri said diplomatic ties between the sides expanded in recent years, noting that a DRC embassy was opened in Doha in 2022 and Qatar opened its mission in Kinshasa in May 2025.
Al-Hajri also stressed that Qatar’s mediation efforts aimed at stabilising eastern DRC played a key role in strengthening dialogue between the two governments.
Trade of barbs
In eastern DRC, violence has continued despite the various diplomatic processes in Washington and Doha, with Congolese authorities and M23 trading blame for violating the principles of earlier agreements and deliberately delaying talks.
And the prolonged negotiations do not address the threat from a multitude of other armed groups operating in the volatile east.
M23 seized Goma, eastern DRC’s largest city, in January and went on to make gains across North Kivu and South Kivu provinces, triggering a spiralling humanitarian crisis.
Although Qatar has hosted numerous direct negotiations between the DRC government and M23 since April, the majority of them have been focused on preconditions and confidence-building measures.
In July, the two parties came to a statement of principles that left a number of pressing problems unresolved, and in October, they reached a resolution requiring the monitoring of an eventual ceasefire.
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Shettima Departs Abuja To Represent Tinubu At G20 Summit In South Africa
At the G20 Leaders Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, Vice President Kashim Shettima has left Abuja to represent the president.
This is in response to President Bola Tinubu’s decision to remain in Nigeria and address security concerns, according to a statement from Stanley Nkwocha, Senior Special Assistant to the Vice President for Media and Communications.
The President had put off his earlier scheduled trip to South Africa’s Johannesburg in order to attend additional security updates on recent security incidents in Kebbi and Kwara States.
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Leaders from the world’s top 20 economies, including the European Union, the African Union, financial institutions, and others, are gathered for the G20 Summit, which is scheduled to take place on Saturday, November 22nd, at the Johannesburg Expo Center, on November 23rd.
President Tinubu was invited to attend this year’s edition by South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, who is currently the G20’s current leader.
DSS Arraigns Two For Alleged Terrorism, Coup Canvassing
Two suspects were detained on suspicion of terrorism-related crimes and inciting the government’s overthrow on Thursday in Abuja before two separate Federal High Courts.
Hussaini Ismaila, the leader of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), was sentenced to 20 years in prison for terrorism, just 48 hours after the organization received the news.
The alleged mastermind of the 2012 attack on Deeper Life Bible Church in Okene, Kogi State, was Abdulmalik Abdulazeez Obadaki, who was arraigned in the first case, according to the DSS.
He faces a six-count charge that includes escaping lawful custody, being a member of a terrorist organization, conspiracy, providing assistance to terrorist acts, concealing information, and participating in terrorist organization activities.
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Obadaki entered not-guilty pleas on the remaining five charges after entering guilty on the sixth count and escaping custody.
In order for the court to review the facts of the charge to which he pleaded guilty and to provide evidence on the counts he denied, the presiding judge, Justice Joyce Obehi, adjourned the case until January 26, 2026.
Innocent Chukwuemeka, a social media user accused of using his X (previously Twitter) handle to organize a coup in Nigeria, was detained by the DSS on Thursday.
He was accused of cyberstalking and six counts that allegedly involved the publication of false information that could raise public concern.
Chukwuemeka entered a not-guilty plea, and the court also decided to hold him in DSS custody until January 26, 2026.
Background
Obadaki allegedly led a gang that defrauded five commercial banks in Uromi, Edo State, killing several people and stealing significant sums of money following the Okene church attack.
He was detained and detained at Kuje Prison, but he escaped during the Kuje Custodial Center’s jailbreak in July 2022.
Big Brother’s Caroline Monk ‘glad’ relationship with TV presenter Matthew Wright ended
EXCLUSIVE: Caroline Monk, who starred in the 2025 Big Brother series, has opened up about her previous relationships with broadcaster Matthew Wright, saying, “I’m glad it was over. It was over.
Caroline Monk — the unmistakably candid Big Brother housemate — has finally chosen to lift the lid on one of the most enduring questions about her past: what life was really like behind closed doors with broadcaster Matthew Wright.
Long before she was causing chaos, laughter and the occasional controversy inside the 2025 Big Brother house, which saw 61 year old Richard take the crown, Caroline was known among certain corners of the entertainment world as the no-nonsense personality who once had a long, complicated romance with Wright, the former host of Channel 5’s weekday current-affairs show The Wright Stuff.
Their relationship existed well before Caroline found herself catapulted back into public consciousness through the reality show, forming a significant chapter in her life that she rarely revisited — until now.
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And when she does, she does it with the same jarring, door-to-doors honesty that predominated her time on television.
She explains, “He looked after me the entire time I had cancer,” with a confidence that suggests she has long made peace with the agony and the upheaval of that time. He looked after me. However, I believe he couldn’t handle me because I turned into my mad, crazy self once more when I got better.
She doesn’t speak with bitterness, nor does she romanticise the past, she says: “I haven’t got a bad word to say about him apart from… you know… I’m glad it was over. It just wasn’t right. He’s moody, I’m moody — it was just normal. And it was about twenty years ago, so I can’t believe it’s been that long.”
Caroline says she never heard from him again after they broke up: “No, I’ve never heard from him. We’ve never spoken. He’s one of millions, you know.”
It’s only after discussing Matthew that Caroline feels ready to revisit the intense, surreal reality of the Big Brother house — the environment that transformed her from a relatively private figure into one of the most polarising personalities of the series, and one whose eviction opened the floodgates for conversations she says viewers never got to see.
Caroline, who entered the house as one of the oldest contestants in the rebooted series, says that the generation gap coloured almost every experience she had inside those walls, creating a tension between her instinct to cause mischief and the cast’s collective reluctance to express an opinion.
She claims that she was about 35 years older than the majority of them. Before this year, they were completely ignorant. They lacked knowledge of who I was talking about when I couldn’t talk about music or my life. It was hell, unique, and fun.
One of the season’s defining storylines was Caroline’s frequently feisty relationship with eventual winner Richard, but she insists that the reality was more playful and mutual than what was initially expected.
She says, “I tried really hard to be his friend at first because none of the kids didn’t want to know him.” He disliked me, though. He simply chose not to. And I became sarky after he began to become so. It turned into a game. He adored every second of it. He was unsure of what to do as soon as I stopped insulting him. Please lie to me! Insult me, please! he’d say”.
She shakes her head at the memory of one of the show’s most controversial labels. “I got called a bully, but Big Brother never said one word to me. If they’d told me once, I would’ve died. It was banter. They didn’t show him being horrible to me.”
And despite her fiery moments, Caroline insists she was far more involved and far more nurturing in the house than the edit suggested. She claims she was the one inventing games, keeping spirits up, and comforting people in the early hours of the morning when the cameras weren’t focused on her.
She claims, “I’d like people to have spotted me talking to everyone and holding them when they were crying.” However, it is what it is.
The unexpectedly philosophical Caroline emerges from the house. After years of being popular on the outside, she discusses how to stop caring what people think. She discusses letting go as a liberation. She even makes fun of the fact that she didn’t even care about the cameras. She chuckles, “I forgot everything about them.” Without that, I would have appeared much better. tiny trickles in the showers were awful! My hair turned green. I’m grateful for my hats.
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Caroline claims she would have supported Cameron if she had been asked who she wanted to win before Richard ultimately won. Cameron did it for a beautiful reason, she claims, but Emily is lovely. Richard already has a lot of money going!