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DRC
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. [...]

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DRC
Alliance des Forces Democratiques du Congo
Alliance pour l'avenir du Congo
Ensemble pour le changement
Felix Tshisekedi
Front commun pour le Congo
Joseph Kabila
Modeste Bahati Lukwebo
Moise Katumbi
Pius Muabilu
Sama Lukonde Kyenge
Union démocratique pour le progrès social

DRC
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.

Subscribers only Politics 07.07.2021

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

Inner circles | DRC
The temporal power of Tshisekedi's pastors

The deeply devout president has a handful of Pentecostal pastors among his team of advisors, who are not shy about wading into the political, diplomatic and economic arenas.

Subscribers only Politics 18.06.2021

DRC
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.

Subscribers only Mining 11.06.2021

DRC
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.

Subscribers only Politics 21.05.2021

Inner circles | DRC
Hard road ahead for new PM to step out of president's grip

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

Subscribers only Politics 14.05.2021

DRC
Tshisekedi rejects PM's first cabinet picks

The formation of Sama Lukonde Kyenge new government could prove challenging for the Congolese presidency, which faces the delicate task of having to make room for all the different political parties that make up his 'sacred union'.

Subscribers only Politics 17.03.2021

Prime Minister Sama Lukonde Kyenge and President Felix Tshisekedi.

China, DRC
Beijing beckons to Tshisekedi

Xi Jinping's regime has invited the Congolese head of state to visit Beijing later this spring to discuss economic cooperation between the two countries. The invitation comes as Washington, which has made a dramatic return to the DRC since the election of Felix Tshisekedi, is closely scrutinizing Chinese activity in the country.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 05.03.2021

In Focus | DRC
Tshisekedi's investment adviser Jean-Claude Kabongo does business on both sides of the Congo River

As well as being the DRC's ambassador to the business world, Felix Tshisekedi's influential special adviser is careful to take care of his own oil product trading interests. In this area, he relies on the close links he has forged with members of the Sassou Nguesso family.

Subscribers only Politics, Business 01.03.2021

DRC
Sama Lukonde envisages a 50-strong government

The Congolese prime minister Sama Lukonde Kyenge, who has just embarked on consultations to form his new administration, is envisaging several possibilities.

Subscribers only Politics 26.02.2021

DRC
Tony Blair Institute helps PM Lukonde sharpen his economic strategy

The former British prime minister Tony Blair's institute is preparing a report for the Congolese presidency to help guide the main economic policy of Sama Lukonde's future government.

Subscribers only Business 24.02.2021

British former prime minister Tony Blair.

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Joseph Kabila
Modeste Bahati Lukwebo
Moise Katumbi
Pius Muabilu
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Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

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

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

Inner circles | DRC
The temporal power of Tshisekedi's pastors

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

DRC
Games budget soars as head honcho awards village contract without tender

Inner circles | DRC
Hard road ahead for new PM to step out of president's grip

DRC
Tshisekedi rejects PM's first cabinet picks

China, DRC
Beijing beckons to Tshisekedi

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Tshisekedi's investment adviser Jean-Claude Kabongo does business on both sides of the Congo River

DRC
Sama Lukonde envisages a 50-strong government

DRC
Tony Blair Institute helps PM Lukonde sharpen his economic strategy