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Inner circles | DRC
The parallel government of Tshisekedi's special advisors

DRC President Félix Tshisekedi. © Reuters

President Tshisekedi has a team of nine special advisors he likes to call on. Playing on rivalries among the members of Joseph Kabila's Front Commun pour le Congo, some have taken charge of state matters even if that means encroaching on the portfolios of the ministers concerned. [...]

Published on 05.02.2021 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 5 minutes Olivier Liffran

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