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The power-sharing regime is under fire for corruption and undermining next year's elections

The big cleanup is on hold. In May, a parliamentary committee delivered its report on state contracts signed during the civil wars of 1996-97 and 1998-2003. The report has not been published and the Assemblée Nationale has set no date for discussing it. Members privately explain that some of its contents are 'ultra-sensitive', meaning that it is highly critical of members of the 'presidential space' - President Joseph Kabila and his four vice-presidents....

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Joseph Kabila, Olivier Kamitatu, Christophe Lutundula Apala, Evariste Boshab, Alphonse Muyumba, Romain Mutu Moyi, Arend Kouwemaar, Canada, Belgium, South Africa, Gabon, Angola, Zambia, Assemblée Nationale, Parti pour la Reconstruction et la Démocratie, Mouvement de Libération du Congo, Mouvement pour la Solidarité, la Démocratie et le Développement, Salongo, Le Phare, Chef de cabinet, Société Nationale d'Electricité, Comité International d'Appui à la Transition