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Hard road ahead for new PM to step out of president's grip

DRC Prime Minister Sama Lukonde Kyenge. © DRC Prime minister

The DRC's new prime minister Sama Lukonde Kyenge will have trouble placing his supporters in government and standing up to the president. [...] (1175 words)

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Dany Banza
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Félix Tshisekedi
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Gécamines
Hervé Moj Ndumb
Jean-Albert Ekumbaki Ombata
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Moïse Katumbi
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Nicolas Kazadi
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Union démocratique pour le progrès social

Cabinet and Tshisekedi's office set for a shake-up

After the ouster of long-serving Gécamines chairman Albert Yuma, the president aims to revamp much of his administration. [...]

Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi. © Hereward Holland/Reuters

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Yuma's sidelined rivals rise to top at Gécamines

The new Gécamines chairman, Alphonse Kaputo Kalubi, was for a long time sidelined by Albert Yuma, who has just been ousted from the helm of the state-owned mining company. It seems that the new managing director appointed at the same time was not a Yuma favourite either. [...]

DRC Mining Politics 09/11/2021

Senate scrutinises finances of Lualaba and Haut-Katanga provinces

The Congolese parliament's upper house has begun an in-depth inspection of the accounts of the country's 26 provinces, in particular the two richest: Lualaba and Haut-Katanga. This will include Gécamines being looked at. [...]

DRC Politics 11/10/2021

The former spy chief and the ex-minister of justice spared legal proceedings

The case brought by former US army veteran Darryl Lewis against two #DRC senior officials who served under president Joseph Kabila for alleged torture has been closed. [...]

DRC Mining 17/09/2021

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. [...]

DRC Business 25/08/2021

Tshisekedi scolds judiciary over the mishandling of the Matata Ponyo affair

Two senior members of the Congolese judiciary have come under direct attack from President Tshisekedi over their roles in the investigation into suspected embezzlement by former prime minister Augustin Matata Ponyo. [...]

Matata Ponyo, former prime minister of DRC. © Twitter account Matata Ponyo

DRC Mining 29/07/2021

Senate president's supporters fall out with Gécamines boss over artisanal miners

Albert Yuma's statement on freelance miners during his visit to South Kivu at the beginning of July did not go down well with allies of Modeste Bahati. [...]

DRC EGYPT Business 23/07/2021

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. [...]

DRC Politics 21/07/2021

Taxpayers fork out handsomely for National Assembly office salaries

Amid raging debate over what is seen as the exorbitant cost of state institutions, the National Assembly refuses to comment on the remuneration of the members of its office [...]

DRC Politics 07/07/2021

MPs ease off on ex-speaker Mabunda's money management

A report on the Congolese parliament's finances highlights the real cost of its members' wages, totalling some $45m for 2020. It also counters the criticism of house speaker Jeannine Mabunda at the time of her dismissal in December. [...]

Jeanine Mabunda, in the 8th of October 2020,when she was leading the DRC's National Assembly. © Assemblée nationale RDC

DRC Mining 11/06/2021

Modeste Bahati, architect of the resumption of gold mining in Luhihi?

It seems the Senate president Modeste Bahati Lukwebo, who is also a leading player in the South Kivu business world, may have played a key role in the decision of the province's governor to authorise the resumption of gold mining in Luhihi. [...]

DRC Politics 21/05/2021

Games budget soars as head honcho awards village contract without tender

Didier Tshiyoyo, the man suddenly in sole charge of the Francophone Games, has bypassed normal procurement procedures to get the athletes' village built in a no-bid contract worth $113m, more than the events' entire original budget. [...]

DRC Politics 18/05/2021

The games, the president's fake cousin, and the emptying bank accounts

Planning for the ninth Jeux de la Francophonie has hit choppy waters in Kinshasa, where the head of the national committee has resigned amid a row with one of his colleagues, a DJ once known as Trouble King who has withdrawn large amounts of cash from illicit accounts held in the name of the games. [...]

Breaking newsDRC 09/04/2021

Félix Tshisekedi's tries to please Union Sacrée's different parties with new government

Breaking news published on 09/03/21, 1:40 p.m - Nearly two months after the appointment of Prime Minister Sama Lukonde Kyenge, Tshisekedi is on the verge of announcing his future government. Ministries have been shared out between the parties of the Union Sacrée, according to their political weight and influence. [...]

Nicolas Kazadi, Tshisekedi's roving ambassador and negotiator of a possible settlement with Dig Oil. © Nicolas Kazadi/Facebook

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