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Spotlight | DRC
Paranoia runs high in Kinshasa with masterspy Mutond on the run

Kalev Mutond, former Administrator General of the National Intelligence Agency (ANR) of the DRC. © Shim Harno/Alamy Stock Photo

Just hours before the police planned to arrest him, Kabila's former chief spy vanished into thin air, leaving both sides of the political divide in a state of nervous tension. [...]

Published on 16/04/2021 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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DRC
Agence Nationale du Renseignement
Cap pour le changement
European Union
Evariste Ndayishimiye
Felix Tshisekedi
François Beya Kasongo
Front commun pour le Congo
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Kalev Mutond
Kitenge Yesu
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Former ANR boss Mutond negotiates his rehabilitation with Tshisekedi

According to several sources, Kalev Mutond is currently in Kinshasa, where he has been staying for several weeks.

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Kabila plans major shake-up for his Front Commun pour le Congo

Joseph Kabila may have been pushed to the sidelines, but he is far from done with Congolese politics. He was marginalised when many of his MPs defected to support his successor Félix Tshisekedi. But the former president is trying to regain his footing by overhauling his political party.

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Joseph Kabila, former president of the DRC.

DRC
Kinshasa continues to turn deaf ear to Taiwan's requests to repay its debt

Despite a number of informal meetings, the issue of the debt that Marshal Mobutu Sese Seko's regime ran up with Taiwan in 1991 continues to haunt the presidency of Félix Tshisekedi.

Subscribers only Business 22.11.2021

DRC
The former spy chief and the ex-minister of justice spared legal proceedings

The case brought by former US army veteran Darryl Lewis against two #DRC senior officials who served under president Joseph Kabila for alleged torture has been closed.

Subscribers only Politics 11.10.2021

DRC
EU court maintains sanctions on Kabila allies Numbi, Mutondo, Shadary and others

On 15 September, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) dashed the hopes of eleven top Congo officials close to former head of state Joseph Kabila by refusing to annul sanctions imposed on them since 2016 by the European Council.

Subscribers only Politics 17.09.2021

DRC
Tshisekedi scolds judiciary over the mishandling of the Matata Ponyo affair

Two senior members of the Congolese judiciary have come under direct attack from President Tshisekedi over their roles in the investigation into suspected embezzlement by former prime minister Augustin Matata Ponyo.

Subscribers only Business 25.08.2021

Matata Ponyo, former prime minister of DRC.

DRC
Lufungula starts new mining venture after losing the governorship of Tshopo

Louis-Marie Walle Lufungula, who was forced out of his position as governor for having refused to join the political alliance headed by President Félix Tshisekedi, has set up his own mining company with members of his family.

Subscribers only Mining 13.07.2021

DRC
Lualaba, a hotspot for pro-Kabila gentlemen farmers

Having fallen from grace just like their mentor Joseph Kabila, who owns vast swathes of farmland throughout the country, several senior members of the ex-president's regime have been able to fall back on their investments in agriculture.

Subscribers only Politics, Business 08.07.2021

Spotlight | DRC
Why did Belarusian businessman Zingman accompany Kabila to Abu Dhabi?

Congolese intelligence services had good reason to be suspicious about Alexander Zingman's relationship with the ex-president.

Subscribers only Politics 22.06.2021

Alexander Zingman, seated next to Joseph Kabila.

DRC
Ex-Senate vice president Edouard Mokolo runs into trouble with French taxman

Mobutu's former spy chief, the Congolese senator Edouard Mokolo, may have his apartment in the Paris region seized on account of unpaid taxes.

Subscribers only Politics 17.06.2021

DRC, France
DGSE and DRC intelligence chiefs bond on sidelines of Macron-Tshisekedi meet

While in Paris to attend the French summit on African financing on 18 May, the DRC's top intelligence staff met with their French counterparts to further strengthen security cooperation between the two.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 25.05.2021

French President Emmanuel Macron greets Democratic Republic of the Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi.

DRC
Emmanuel Macron expected in Kinshasa in the autumn

Over a working lunch at the Elysée Palace on April 26, Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi discussed the possibility of a visit by Emmanuel Macron to the DRC.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 27.04.2021

DRC
DP World to return to Banana port negotiating table with Tshisekedi

The deepwater Banana port project, bogged down for months by the Covid-19 pandemic and tensions between President Félix Tshisekedi and ministers loyal to his predecessor Joseph Kabila, now looks like it might move forward by the end of the year.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Politics 25.11.2020

Spotlight | DRC
Tshisekedi fears Trump defeat will play into Kabila's hands

Having cosied up to the Trump administration in the hope of freeing himself from the grip of Joseph Kabila, Tshisekedi is concerned at polls suggesting the US president is headed for defeat. The prospect of a Biden victory has by contrast put a spring in the step of the ex-Congolese president.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 03.11.2020

DRC
Intelligence services play Joseph Kabila off against Felix Tshisekedi

With the former and current Congolese presidents in the midst of negotiating a new government, the ANR has demanded an audit of government expenditure since Felix Tshisekedi's election.

Subscribers only Politics 28.08.2019

DRC
The chequered history of new prime minister Sylvestre Ilunga

Appointed on 20 May after four months of dithering, the new "consensus" prime minister Sylvestre Ilunga Ilunkamba is no novice [...]

Subscribers only Politics 29.05.2019

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Paranoia runs high in Kinshasa with masterspy Mutond on the run

DRC
Former ANR boss Mutond negotiates his rehabilitation with Tshisekedi

DRC
Kabila plans major shake-up for his Front Commun pour le Congo

DRC
Kinshasa continues to turn deaf ear to Taiwan's requests to repay its debt

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The former spy chief and the ex-minister of justice spared legal proceedings

DRC
EU court maintains sanctions on Kabila allies Numbi, Mutondo, Shadary and others

DRC
Tshisekedi scolds judiciary over the mishandling of the Matata Ponyo affair

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Lufungula starts new mining venture after losing the governorship of Tshopo

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Lualaba, a hotspot for pro-Kabila gentlemen farmers

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