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Tshisekedi's true motives for jailing Kamerhe

Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi (center) and his former fallen chief of staff Vital Kamerhe (right). © Stefan Kleinowitz/ZUMA/REA

The detention of Vital Kamerhe on 8 April seems to have been prompted by the Congolese president Félix Tshisekedi's fears that his chief of staff was manoeuvring to bid for the presidency in 2023. [...]

Published on 24/04/2020 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Augustin Kabuya
Denis Sassou Nguesso
Felix Tshisekedi
Jean-Marc Kabund
Joao Lourenco
John Magufuli
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Union pour la nation congolaise
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Sassou cosies up ever closer to Kagame

On frosty terms with Ali Bongo and going through a rocky patch with Félix Tshisekedi, the Congolese president Denis Sassou Nguesso has been tightening his ties with his Rwandan opposite number Paul Kagame. Several emissaries are acting as go-betweens.

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Kinshasa asks France to help it identify Vital Kamerhe's French assets

The Congolese judicial authorities want details of any property acquired by President Félix Tshisekedi's former right-hand man, Vital Kamerhe, in France.

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Vital Kamerhe's French pied-à-terre rivets Kinshasa courtroom

During Vital Kamerhe's trial, the lawyer representing the state (as civil party to the case) Coco Kayudi, made mention of the existence of a property in France belonging to Félix Tshisekedi's former chief of staff.

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DRC
Kamerhe detention referred to UN rights watchdog

Vital Kamerhe's French lawyer has finallyy brought the matter of his incarceration before the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention

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Vital Kamerhe served as Félix Tshisekedi's chief of staff.

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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Tshisekedi's trio of unofficial advisors

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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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Vital Kamerhe in eye of storm

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

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Felix Tshisekedi treads fine line to keep Kabila clan at bay

Though he enjoys the stature of an opponent of Joseph Kabila's regime, Felix Tshisekedi (aka ‘Fatshi') won the presidential election on 30 December at the price of an implicit understanding with his former adversaries. With a minority in the National [.

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With a minority in the National Assembly, new president Felix Tshisekedi will not have an easy task

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Washington and Paris prepare to call Kabila's bluff

With his last term in office due to expire in December 2016, Joseph Kabila is maintaining the suspense surrounding his intentions and ratcheting up tensions as the presidential election approaches. Under the new electoral law, he cannot stand for re-election, [.

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Joao Lourenco (left) is expected to convince Joseph Kabila to respect the electoral schedule.

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French investigation sends tremors through Abidjan's political class

Libya
From Tripoli to Benghazi, Turkish trader BGN's oil odyssey

DRC
Tshisekedi's true motives for jailing Kamerhe

Congo
Sassou cosies up ever closer to Kagame

DRC
Kinshasa asks France to help it identify Vital Kamerhe's French assets

DRC
Vital Kamerhe's French pied-à-terre rivets Kinshasa courtroom

DRC
Kamerhe detention referred to UN rights watchdog

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

In Focus | DRC, Israel
Tshisekedi's trio of unofficial advisors

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

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