Whether or not Tshisekedi's indulgent take on the matter is also influenced by suitably well-hidden payments from Gertler-connected offshore entities as appeared to be the case with his predecessor Joseph Kabila is unclear...
In 2017 the United States Treasury Department put Israeli businessman Dan Gertler under sanctions for 'hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of opaque and corrupt mining and oil deals' in Congo-K in which he acted as a middleman – a position acquired thanks to his friendship with President Joseph Kabila...
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Vol 65 No 11 |
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After harbouring his own ambitions to replace former president Joseph Kabila Kamerhe emerged at the heart of Tshisekedi's successful presidential bid in December 2018 and was appointed as his chief of staff...
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Gertler who made billions from his friendships with presidents Laurent-Désiré Kabila and his son Joseph Kabila was sanctioned after years of UN and US investigations into his operations...
Guy Robert Lukama the chairman of Gécamines who replaced Albert Yuma a close ally of Joseph Kabila has mooted several reforms to improve the company's reputation which has been shredded by decades of state corruption...
Vol 65 No 2 |
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Former president Joseph Kabila periodically tried and failed to persuade the UN that Monusco should pack its bags...
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Vol 65 No 1 |
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The electoral rules introduced by previous president Joseph Kabila which made the presidential election a 'first past the post' contest with just one round of voting will favour Tshisekedi...
In October Nangaa told French media that he had been pressured to agree to a 'power sharing agreement' between Tshisekedi and former president Joseph Kabila to hand victory to the former following the 2018 election which he presided over which was 'validated and certified' by South Africa Kenya and Egypt (AC Vol 63 No 5 Spymaster's arrest heralds purge)...
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Vol 64 No 25 |
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But outgoing President Joseph Kabila who feared that Fayulu would investigate his extensive and opaque business dealings cut a backroom deal to hand the Presidency to Tshisekedi...
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Vol 64 No 20 |
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The first candidate to register was Senator Augustin Matata Ponyo Mapon a former prime minister and finance minister under former President Joseph Kabila from Maniema Province (AC Vol 61 No 24 Tshisekedi's moment of truth)...
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He withdrew from the 2018 race which Tshisekedi won after making a deal with ex-President Joseph Kabila (AC Vol 60 No 2 Data leak exposes plot to steal presidential vote)...
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Vol 64 No 9 |
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Those mining and oil drilling rights were secured over the past two decades starting after Gertler established himself as a close friend of presidents Laurent-Désiré Kabila and his son Joseph Kabila before working as an intermediary with the likes of Glencore (AC Vol 63 No 13 Gaps in Glencore's guilty plea)...
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Vol 64 No 7 |
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A former warlord convicted at the International Criminal Court (ICC) of crimes against humanity in the Central African Republic – before later being acquitted in 2018 – Bemba's last government job was as vice-president in Joseph Kabila's government nearly two decades ago...
He was declared president as a result of a deal with outgoing President Joseph Kabila after the disputed December 2018 elections...
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