Qatar, an all-out mediator in Africa, between diplomatic coups and half-tones

Darfur, Chad and, most recently, DRC... The Emirate is investing more and more in the reduction of conflicts on the continent, where its relations and influence are growing. But all its mediations are far from successful.

The Emir of Qatar, Tamim Ben Hamad Al Thani, in Meseberg, Germany, on October 22, 2024. RALF HIRSCHBERGER / AFP While Qatar is measuring the difficulty of finding arrangements between Israel and Hamas on a daily basis, the Emirate is now grappling with an equally inextricable conflict, the one that has been raging for thirty years in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).