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Spotlight | DRC
President Felix Tshisekedi's mining in-crowd

While he continues to wrestle with his predecessor Joseph Kabila over the composition of his cabinet, Congolese president Felix Tshisekedi has surrounded himself with a team of mining advisors. Either already working for the president or on a more informal [...]

Published on 02.07.2019 at 03:30 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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DRC
African Petroleum Producers Organization
Daniel Bumba
Dany Banza
Direction nationale des migrations
Felix Tshisekedi
Franco Chobohwa
Francois Beya Kasonga
Gecamines
Gety Mpanu Mpanu
Jose Bafala Itumbela
Joseph Kabila
Loncor Resources
Patrick Kawara
Peter Kazadi
Sama Lukonde Kyenge
Tosi Mpanu Mpanu
Union pour la democratie et le progres social
Union pour la nation congolaise
Vital Kamerhe

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French diplomatic presence in Bukavu under threat

The French consulate in South Kivu could wind up in the hands of the powerful businessman Vanny Bishweka. It's a situation that's worrying France's Honorary Consul in Bukavu, Guillaume de Candolle.

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Kamerhe's bid to see Boji exit DRC government falls short in reshuffle

DRC: The reshuffle of Sama Lukonde Kyenge's government was announced overnight on 24 March.

Subscribers only Politics 24.03.2023

DRC
Oil and mining poised for shake up after major cull in president's office

In a bid to slim down his teams, Félix Tshisekedi has cut the number of colleges advising him while finding new positions for the top aides who have been dismissed such as Marcellin Bilomba or Michel Eboma Ablavi, who are likely to retain their political influence.

Subscribers only Energy, Mining 16.01.2023

DRC
Vital Kamerhe's prime ministerial dreams dashed

The president had reportedly undertaken to make his ex-chief of staff prime minister by early December. His failure to follow through leaves a question mark hanging over the future of the UNC leader.

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Félix Tshisekedi's former chief of staff Vital Kamerhe.

DRC
Tensions at the top over Tenke Fungurume mine

Prime Minister Sama Lukonde Kyenge is furious that his government has no representation on the commission set up by the president's office to reassess the reserves of Tenke Fungurume Mining's copper mine.

Subscribers only Mining 17.09.2021

DRC, Egypt
Congolese PM Lukonde in Cairo to talk construction and new towns

A Congolese delegation headed by Prime Minister Sama Lukonde Kyenge will be visiting Cairo from 27 to 30 July to discuss the Kitoko new town project in which the Egyptian businessman Hesham Sheta is very involved.

Subscribers only Business 23.07.2021

DRC
Chamber of mines wants to assess Kabila's code

Just after former head of state Joseph Kabila pulled out of the ruling coalition, the country's chamber of mines is mulling whether to review one of his most significant achievements as president, the 2018 mining code, in order to pinpoint its strengths but also its weaknesses.

Subscribers only Mining 19.04.2021

DRC
Tony Blair Institute helps PM Lukonde sharpen his economic strategy

The former British prime minister Tony Blair's institute is preparing a report for the Congolese presidency to help guide the main economic policy of Sama Lukonde's future government.

Subscribers only Business 24.02.2021

British former prime minister Tony Blair.

DRC
Gécamines minor reshuffle means major loss of influence for boss Albert Yuma

Gécamines secretary-general Déogratias Ngele Masudi is close to Albert Yuma, the chairman of the Congolese state firm and a friend of the former head of state. But he has been ousted.

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DRC
Gécamines cobalt exports to benefit from mining code moratorium

Despite promises to the contrary, the cobalt trading subsidiary currently being set up by state-owned Gécamines will benefit from the moratorium, enabling it to get round the provisions of the mining code and export unprocessed cobalt directly from the DRC.

Subscribers only Mining 02.09.2020

DRC
Pierre-Olivier Sur to appeal to UN over Kamerhe's detention

Published on 06/05/20 at 8 pm - The Parisian lawyer Pierre-Olivier Sur is intending to submit a complaint to the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention concerning the situation of the DRC former presidential chief of staff, Vital Kamerhe.

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DRC
Tshisekedi in talks with APS Holdings on Lualaba road project

Despite its lack of experience, Africa Power Solutions Holdings has been approached by the Congolese president's office to construct roads in the mining province of Lualaba.

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DRC
Who is engineering the rapprochement between Felix Tshisekedi and Paul Kagame?

In a break with the policy of his predecessor Joseph Kabila, Félix Tshisekedi is making unprecedented overtures to his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame with the diplomatic help of a select group of loyal allies.

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DRC
Free-for-all over ID contracts

Contracts to produce passports, driving licences, vehicle registration certificates and voter ID cards, frozen under the Kabila administration, are now the focus of intense competition under Félix Tshisekedi.

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Potential new rival to Rwanda rail link project

The viability of the Isaka-Kigali rail link project has been thrown into doubt by the new roadmap for the Central Corridor.

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DRC
Joseph Kabila and Félix Tshisekedi at loggerheads over Dan Gertler affair

The cabinet meeting on 10 January was marked by a violent row between Félix Tshisekedi and allies of his coalition partner and predecessor, Joseph Kabila.

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DRC
MIBA waiting on extraction units to confirm revival

After resuming its diamond extraction activities in September, the Congolese state-owned MIBA (Société minière de Bakwanga) may have to already [...]

Subscribers only Mining 12.11.2019

DRC
Tensions among presidential aides as inquiry into Antonov 72 crash begins

There is friction over the organisation of presidential travel between Kabila's former head of logistics, Charles Bujiriri Deschryver, and Félix Tshisekedi's aide, Jean-Paul Mulamba Mutekemena.

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DRC
Tshisekedi's mining right-hand-man, Michel Eboma Ablavi

Felix Tshisekedi's go-to advisor on mining and energy matters, lawyer Michel Eboma Ablavi is tipped to be the Congolese president's [...]

Free access Mining 17.09.2019

DRC
Vital Kamerhe in eye of storm

The net is closing in on President Felix Tshisekedi's chief [...]

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DRC
Tshisekedi has loyal supporter shadow pro-Kabila mines minister

While the former Congolese head of state Joseph Kabila did [...]

Subscribers only Mining 03.09.2019

DRC
Who will new petroleum minister Rubens Mikindo be working with?

Congo-K president Felix Tshisekedi has opted to please his most loyal supporters with key positions without forgetting to reward his [...]

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DRC
Why IMF won't sign on dotted line with Tshisekedi

His neighbour Sassou N'Guesso recently secured $450 million, but the Congolese president is still failing to meet the conditions set by the IMF for a resumption of loans to the country.

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DRC
The old guard at Gecamines present new era in mining

Investors attending the DRC Mining Week in Lubumbashi from June [...]

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DRC
Tshisekedi pal, Gety Mpanu Mpanu shaping the oil debate

Gety Mpanu Mpanu, the deputy chief of staff to the new president Felix Tshisekedi, is winning friends and influencing people [...]

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DRC
Tshisekedi ambassador Luc Gerard still looking after his mining interests

Congolese businessman Luc Gerard Nyafe has opened a new mining firm but his influence extends far beyond this sector. Miner [...]

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DRC
Tshisekedi's most political of mining advisors

Despite the key role mining plays in Congo-K's economy and [...]

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DRC
Francois Beya Kasonga, Tshisekedi's security chief

Appointed as Felix Tshisekedi's special advisor on security matters on 2 February, Francois Beya Kasonga accompanied the new Congolese president [...]

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DRC
Mining G7 wants to go its own way

Some members of the "G7" made up of seven mining [...]

Subscribers only Mining 10.07.2018

DRC
New Faces at Oil Ministry

Africa Energy Intelligence understands that Congo-K oil minister Rene Isekemanga [...]

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