Jean-Pierre Bemba

DRC
‘Prophet' Mukungubila eager to return from South African exile

The self-proclaimed "prophet of the eternal", Pastor Paul Joseph Mukungubila, is champing at the bit to return home to the DRC after a decade in exile in South Africa.

DRC
Congolese courts quash two former warlords' candidacies

Two candidates in the legislative elections in Ituri province have been declared ineligible by the DRC's Constitutional Court. The grounds were that they had been convicted of war crimes by the International Criminal Court and the military courts.

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
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
Brokers vie to supply transport aircraft to Congolese army

The army high command is keen to expand its cargo plane fleet so that it can combat the M23 rebels more effectively in eastern DRC. Military equipment brokers are queuing up to do business with Kinshasa, among them the British firm Fortfield International headed by Issah Huseini.

DRC
Horatiu Potra boosts his private military contingent in Goma

Around 1,000 private soldiers are now helping the DRC armed forces fight the M23 rebels in North Kivu.

DRC
MONUSCO withdrawal plan remains unclear

The Democratic Republic of Congo has reaffirmed its wish to see the United Nations mission in the DRC (MONUSCO) begin its withdrawal on 1 January next year in accordance with a deal reached last year between Kinshasa and the UN.

DRC
Congolese government arrives en masse in China for talks

Several of Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi's ministers arrived in Beijing before his state visit.

DRC
Kinshasa has EAC regional force commander ousted

Breaking news published on 28/04/23 at 10:30 - DR Congo President Félix Tshisekedi was unhappy with Maj. Gen. Jeff Nyagah's refusal to have the East African Community Regional Force he commands confront the M23 rebels directly.