Nicolas Kazadi

DRC, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia
Critical minerals: EU deepens ties with Windhoek and woos Kinshasa

The European Commission and Namibia have approved a raft of joint projects, 10 months after signing a framework cooperation agreement in mining and industry. In addition, the EU is also in talks with further countries.

DRC
Security chief Bukasa gets worked up over Omani oil deal

Tshisekedi's security adviser is pressuring the minister of portfolio Adèle Kahinda Mayina to ensure that a petroleum product supply contract with United International is implemented.

DRC
Elysée Dimandja Feza to head up sustainable forests scheme

RDC | Le Programme de gestion durable des forêts (PGDF) va pouvoir enfin démarrer opérationnellement avec la nomination à sa tête d'Elysée Dimandja Feza, activiste féministe et ancienne députée.

DRC
Congolese government arrives en masse in China for talks

Several of Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi's ministers arrived in Beijing before his state visit.

DRC
World Bank puts pressure on Kinshasa

Three projects funded by the World Bank to the tune of a billion dollars face possible interruption. The international institution is unhappy with DR Congo President Félix Tshisekedi's decision to dissolve the country's social fund and replace it with a new entity.

DRC
IMF warns Kinshasa of inflation dangers

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) delegation currently in Kinshasa has alerted its Congolese hosts to the risks of inflation, which has seen prices rise by 17% in the space of a year.

DRC
Kinshasa hones Sicomines strategy ahead of talks with Chinese partner

President Felix Tshisekedi has asked his ministers and advisers to set out the key requests the government will take to the Chinese part of Sicomines. The two sides need to meet to negotiate a 'review' of its mining convention.

DRC
Public debt has nearly doubled under Tshisekedi

The DRC's public debt has risen from $5.6bn to $10bn since Felix Tshisekedi came to power four years ago. The number of new projects has increased sharply, while budget arrears have continued to accomulate.

DRC
M23 rebels force massive rise in DRC military spending

The resurgence of M23 rebels is costing the DR Congo army a fortune in military expenditure. But despite the massive increase in funding - from $459m in 2021, to $700m in 2022 - the Congolese army is failing to subdue the insurgents.

DRC, Russia
DRC's Moscow ambassador moves up in the world

The DRC's new ambassador to Russia, Ivan Vangu Ngimbi, who has been living in a hotel since his arrival last June in Moscow, is about to move his country's diplomatic representation from a decrepit suburban building to a more fitting location in the heart of the city.

DRC
IMF prepares fourth review of credit programme with Kinshasa

The IMF is due to send a team to Kinshasa in the next few days to plan the continuation of its Extended Credit Facility arrangement with the DR Congo.

Palace Intrigues
Félix Tshisekedi, Denis Sassou Nguesso, Faure Gnassingbé, Alassane Ouattara

Intrigues big and small... Every Tuesday, Africa Intelligence takes a peek into the corridors of power in Africa and beyond.

DRC Tshisekedi's mysteriously large salary

Congo Sassou keeps his memoirs to himself a while longer

France/Togo General Germanos' death leaves hole in team

Ivory Coast Cocody Bay's foul smells get under Ouattara's nose

DRC
Sada Motors ordered to respect its state contract

The finance inspectorate has given Sada Motors until the end of February to fulfil its contractual obligations to deliver 167 vehicles, mainly luxury models, to some thirty #DRC diplomatic representations around the world.

DRC
$15m luxury cars contract for DRC's embassies awarded to finance minister Kazadi's brother

DR Congo's foreign affairs minister Christophe Lutundula signed a contract in December 2021 for the delivery of 167 vehicles to embassies around the world. The deal was awarded to Sada Motors, a company in which the finance minister's brother Nicola Kazadi is a minority shareholder.