Félix Tshisekedi

The New Guard
Nigeria, Gabon, DRC, Egypt

Every Wednesday, Africa Intelligence spotlights a new generation of movers and shakers in business and politics.

Nigeria Ajuri Ngelale, Tinubu's rising comms star

Gabon Anges-Kevin Nzigou, the key opposition lawyer ready to pounce

DRC Junior M'Buyi, the international finance expert back in Kinshasa

Egypt Serial investor Mohamed ‘Nagaty' Aboulnaga strikes again

Palace Intrigues
Denis Sassou-Nguesso, Alassane Ouattara, Félix Tshisekedi, Vincent de Paul Massassa

Intrigues big and small: every Tuesday, Africa Intelligence takes a peek into the corridors of power in Africa and beyond.

Congo Influential Julienne Johnson becomes an official adviser to her father

Ivory Coast Ouattara's former special adviser Serey-Eiffel back in Abidjan

DRC Tshisekedi's favourite luxury hotels in the Big Apple

Gabon Vincent de Paul Massassa makes a final, quick trip to oil ministry

DRC
EU commissioner Reynders' trip to Kinshasa raises diplomatic eyebrows

Many diplomats in Brussels were surprised at the timing of EU justice commissioner Didier Reynders' recent trip to DR Congo, which came just a few months ahead of elections in the country.

The New Guard
Kenya, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Angola

Every Wednesday, Africa Intelligence spotlights a new generation of movers and shakers in business and politics.

KenyaBina Maseno mixes politics and aesthetics

DRCStéphanie Mbombo, from mining to climate finance

EthiopiaGezahegn Mamo pushes pure Ethiopian coffee

AngolaJean-Claude Nzita, spokesman for Cabinda's independence movement

DRC
EU prepares electoral observer mission

In preparation for the presidential and legislative elections this December, the European Union is planning to send an electoral observer mission to the DRC.

Africa
African Centre for Disease Control boss under fire for alleged mismanagement

The director general of the African Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Jean Kaseya, has come under fire for his governance and his management of human and financial resources. The sensitive issue is causing concern within the African Union.

Palace Intrigues
Félix Tshisekedi, Andry Rajoelina, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, Paul Biya

Intrigues big and small: every Tuesday, Africa Intelligence takes a peek into the corridors of power in Africa and beyond.

DRC Theft of 120-tonne shipment of copper raised in Tshisekedi meeting

Madagascar Rajoelina's former chief-of-staff's missed meeting

Algeria Tebboune's first UN General Assembly in NYC

Cameroon The military lobbies Biya

DRC
Sonahydroc has trouble selling stock bought from Trafigura

Of the 20,000 tonnes of hydrocarbons received under a contract with Trafigura, Sonahydroc has delivered only 6,000 tonnes to service stations over the past two months.

DRC
Gaps in evidence hamper investigation into Chérubin Okende murder

A string of oversights, including the contamination of the crime scene and failure to collect DNA evidence, has complicated the inquiry into the death of the ex-minister, who was murdered in his car in mid-July.

DRC
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.

DRC
Copper theft scandal rocks Haut-Katanga governorate

President Tshisekedi has been called upon to intervene in the conflict between the governor of this southern province and one of his former ministers, who have accused each other of masterminding a $1m copper robbery.

DRC
Serbia's Yugoimport turns on charm offensive with Congolese securocrats

A delegation from the Serbian arms company Yugoimport visited Kinshasa in July. Taking advantage of the difficulties faced by its competitors and the favourable security situation, it made a series of proposals to modernise the army.

DRC
US Congress members to pay visit to Kinshasa

A delegation of US parliamentarians is expected in Kinshasa on 20 August.

DRC
Fortescue pays top dollar to Tshisekedi pal to lobby on Grand Inga

The pastor and businessman Olivier Chekinah has made the most of his presidential ties to sell his consulting services on the mega-dam project to the Australian mining company.