Spotlight | DRC
Washington and Paris prepare to call Kabila's bluff

DRC
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.

DRC
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.

The New Guard
DRC, Mali, Egypt, Kenya

Every Wednesday, Africa Intelligence spotlights the next generation of movers and shakers in business and politics.

DRC Patrick Nkanga, the quiet mainstay of Kabila's political bureau

Egypt Osama Elgohary, Prime Minister Madbouli's spin-doctor

Kenya Catherine Muraga, driving Microsoft's new tech development

Mali Adam Dicko plants her networks in rural Mali

DRC
Congo nationality debate raises fresh questions about Moïse Katumbi's 'Italian' origins

A proposal from former presidential candidate Noël Tshiani to allow only candidates with a Congolese father and mother to run for president has caused a public outcry in the DRC. It has also brought an angry reaction from the new party of former Katangan goveror Moïse Katumbi, who is thought to be part-Italian.

Spotlight | DRC
Congo's $619m hot potato: who's to deal with Dig Oil over crippling arbitration award?

The DRC is coming under increasing pressure to comply with a 2018 arbitration award of hundreds of millions of dollars in favour of South African junior Dig Oil over the delayed attribution of Cuvette Central blocks.

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.

Angola
The unstoppable rise of General Fernando Miala

The lynchpin of João Lourenço's security apparatus, General Fernando Garcia Miala, who has been running the internal intelligence services since [...]

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.

West Africa
Pope Francis disappoints Abidjan and Luanda over cardinals

Ivory Coast and Angola had each hoped to get a cardinal appointed to the College of Cardinals, but the Church has opted for more political candidates.

DRC
Vital Kamerhe in eye of storm

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

DRC
Support from Joseph Kabila faction for hydrocarbons vice minister Mondo

Prior to his appointment as Congo-K's new vice minister for [...]

DRC
Tshisekedi has loyal supporter shadow pro-Kabila mines minister

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

Angola, DRC
Tokyo steals a march on Beijing

The Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe has invited the Angolan and Congolese presidents to take part in the 7th Tokyo [...]

DRC
Former Joseph Kabila army chief of staff branches out into oil and mining

The former chief of staff of the Congolese armed forces, [...]

DRC
Felix Tshisekedi picks oil man for EITI duties

Although the issue of responsible supply chains in the mining [...]

DRC | Junior
Former Constant Lomata Kongoli governor ventures into oil industry after losing seat to Joseph Kabila ally

Constant Lomata Kongoli, who until the April elections served as [...]

DRC
How Felix Tshisekedi's UDPS sought to undermine its own leader

A year prior to the presidential election of 2018, several figures in the opposition party tried to negotiate a power-sharing arrangement with Joseph Kabila. An exclusive.

DRC
Tshisekedi's most political of mining advisors

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

Burkina Faso, DRC
Monuments sow discord from Kinshasa to Ouagadougou

In recent days, there has been a growing polemic on [...]

DRC
Inga: Lourenco counting on Tshisekedi to light up Cabinda

Angolan President Joao Lourenco used the new Congolese head of state Felix Tshisekedi's first official visit to the country as [...]

DRC | Power players
Tshisekedi unveils first oil commando unit in Luanda

For his first overseas trip as head of state - [...]

DRC
Felix Tshisekedi meets with Kabila's security chiefs

Barely elected as president, Felix Tshisekedi has provoked the first [...]

DRC
Election: MIBA power failures undermine Kabila in Kasai

The power shortages in this opposition stronghold have made life difficult for outgoing the head of state's side in the region.

DRC
Unity eludes Emmanuel Shadary's opponents

The apparent unity of the opposition candidates in December's presidential election has not withstood their various ambitions and hidden political agendas.

Document | France, Rwanda
Kagame, Macron's go-to man

The French president hopes to involve his Rwandan counterpart in overseeing a number of dossiers. Analysis.

DRC, Israel, United States
Kinshasa's curious lobbying contracts

With the presidential election looming, the government is turning to US lobbyists for help.

DRC
Shadary's candidacy leaves questions unanswered

Although he has reassured observers by designating the senior regime [...]

DRC
Lydie Omanga pleads Vital Kamerhe's cause in Europe

Vital Kamerhe, who will be standing in the presidential election in the Democratic Republic of Congo this coming December, is [...]

DRC
Can Vital Kamerhe up his game as the presidential election looms?

One of the few opponents of Joseph Kabila not to have joined the Ensemble pour le changement coalition led by [...]

Spotlight | Africa, United States
Africans go off Obama

U.S. President Barack Obama is paying the price for the weakness of his Africa policy. In four years, Obama has only visited sub-Saharan Africa once, making a trip to Ghana in 2009. His apparent lack of interest in the continent [.

Spotlight | Angola
Sonangol sees future in pre-salt plays

Angola and its national oil company Sonangol are actively preparing for the future of their oil industry - and energy in general. Luanda is not only intent on profiting fully from the current spike in demand for oil and gas [.