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DRC
Oil and mining poised for shake up after major cull in president's office

In a bid to slim down his teams, Félix Tshisekedi has cut the number of colleges advising him while finding new positions for the top aides who have been dismissed such as Marcellin Bilomba or Michel Eboma Ablavi, who are likely to retain their political influence. [...]

Published on 16/01/2023 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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DRC
Adalbert Jules Makutu
Denise Nyakeru Tshisekedi
Didier Budimbu
Etienne Tshisekedi
Felix Tshisekedi
Joseph Kabila
Marcellin Bilomba
Michel Eboma Ablavi
Sonahydroc
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Engen sails into sea of troubles in DRC

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Government at odds over repaying its oil debts

Several senior figures in the DRC administration are against proposed arrangements for reimbursing $438m that was used to subsidise petrol prices in 2022. But failure to find a rapid solution could result in fuel shortages and unwanted political consequences.

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Sonahydroc's management fraught with tension over mysterious Omani deal

Relations are strained among the leadership of Sonahydroc, the Congolese state-owned oil company, over a deal struck in late 2022 with an Omani firm for delivery of petroleum products.

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Symbion Power hopes to trailblaze methane exploitation in DRC from 2024

The US firm and Kinshasa are currently in negotiations over the exploitation of methane in Lake Kivu to produce electricity. Symbion Power expects to start operations soon, despite no such project having been successfully implemented in the DRC to date.

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A methane extraction platform at Lake Kivu, Gisenyi, Rwanda, April 2016.

DRC
Tshisekedi's reshuffles his presidential staff, one step at a time

For months, the Congolese president has been promising to shake up and slim down his team of top aides. The new line-up is finally taking shape, with the position of special adviser likely to be culled.

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The President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Felix Tshisekedi in Bujumbura (Burundi) on 21 May 2022.

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Tshisekedi eyes up spymaster candidates in the running to fill void left by ousted François Beya

At a time of growing tension with neighbouring Rwanda, Félix Tshisekedi is trying to reorganise his country's intelligence apparatus, which has been damaged by the imprisonment of François Beya Kasonga, his former special adviser on security.

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President Felix Tshisekedi's mining in-crowd

While he continues to wrestle with his predecessor Joseph Kabila over the composition of his cabinet, Congolese president Felix Tshisekedi has surrounded himself with a team of mining advisors. Either already working for the president or on a more informal [.

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Unity eludes Emmanuel Shadary's opponents

The apparent unity of the opposition candidates in December's presidential election has not withstood their various ambitions and hidden political agendas.

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Marcellin Bilomba
Michel Eboma Ablavi
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Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

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

DRC
Oil and mining poised for shake up after major cull in president's office

Spotlight | DRC
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DRC
Government at odds over repaying its oil debts

DRC
Sonahydroc's management fraught with tension over mysterious Omani deal

DRC
Symbion Power hopes to trailblaze methane exploitation in DRC from 2024

DRC
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