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Felix Tshisekedi's sister-in-law goes head-to-head with Fifi Masuka Saini over Lualaba governor role

Faced with the president's brother's wife Isabelle Kibassa's growing ambitions to take over the reins of the southern mining province, Lualaba's interim governor Fifi Masuka Saini's position looks increasingly under threat. [...]

Published on 23/08/2023 at 05:40 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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DRC
Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo
Denise Nyakeru Tshisekedi
Eurasian Resources Group
Felix Tshisekedi
Fifi Masuka Saini
Guylain Nyembo
Isabelle Kibassa
Jean-Claude Tshisekedi
Richard Muyej
Union for Democracy and Social Progress

In Focus | DRC
Tshisekedi clan involved in former Katanga province's mining wild west

The names of several members of President Félix Tshisekedi's family keep quietly cropping up in connection with artisanal mining in Lualaba. Some of the sites invaded by artisanal miners last year are owned by Kazakhstan's Eurasian Resources Group.

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Tshisekedi assembles presidential office team for second term

President Félix Tshisekedi, sworn in for a second term on 20 January, is busy working on the make up of his new cabinet. It is understood that there are to be fewer senior advisers, currently numbering 13.

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DRC
Kazakh miner ERG clashes with presidential family in Lualaba

In June, the army conducted investigations to find out who is behind the artisanal diggers working on ERG's mining permits. The names of presidential family members and a cooperative belonging to Lualaba province's acting governor came up during on-site interviews.

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ERG CEO Benedikt Sobotka and Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi.

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Kinshasa turns to the mining companies for fresh funds

As it struggles to balance its books despite record revenues last year, Kinshasa is looking to the mining sector to help it improve its finances. The government is using every means at its disposal, including a tax on exceptional profits and an increase in Chinese companies' royalty payments.

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President of the DRC Felix Tshisekedi, 4 February 2023.

DRC
Ivanhoe awaits result of arbitration appeal against the company of ex-adviser Tshimanga

Ivanhoe Mines' claims were rejected by a Paris arbitration tribunal last September. The Canadian firm is now hoping for a better result in its appeal against the Congolese company Congo Bantu Mining (Cobamin).

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Zimbabwe
Uncertainty surrounds future of ERG's platinum stake

Harare is preparing to withdraw the Todal platinum project from the Kazakh Eurasian Resources Group. The most likely scenario is a takeover of the asset by Kuvimba, a holding company that is already struggling to raise funds because of its alleged links to businessman Kuda Tagwirei, who is under US sanctions.

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Angola, DRC
Trafigura, Vecturis and Mota-Engil all set to restart Kolwezi-Lobito rail corridor

The consortium of the three European groups, which won the tender to run the Angolan part of the mining railway, has already begun talks with Kinshasa and the Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Congolais.

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Denise Nyakeru Tshisekedi
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Felix Tshisekedi
Fifi Masuka Saini
Guylain Nyembo
Isabelle Kibassa
Jean-Claude Tshisekedi
Richard Muyej
Union for Democracy and Social Progress

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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
Felix Tshisekedi's sister-in-law goes head-to-head with Fifi Masuka Saini over Lualaba governor role

In Focus | DRC
Tshisekedi clan involved in former Katanga province's mining wild west

DRC
Tshisekedi assembles presidential office team for second term

DRC
Kazakh miner ERG clashes with presidential family in Lualaba

Spotlight | DRC
Kinshasa turns to the mining companies for fresh funds

DRC
Ivanhoe awaits result of arbitration appeal against the company of ex-adviser Tshimanga

Zimbabwe
Uncertainty surrounds future of ERG's platinum stake

Angola, DRC
Trafigura, Vecturis and Mota-Engil all set to restart Kolwezi-Lobito rail corridor