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Vol 63 No 5

Published 3rd March 2022


Congo-Kinshasa

Spymaster's arrest heralds purge

President Tshisekedi's move against his intelligence chief François Beya was about consolidating power, not thwarting a coup plot

Three weeks after President Félix Tshisekedi ordered the arrest of his senior security advisor François Beya for plotting a coup, a shroud of silence still surrounds the affair. Beya had managed relations with former President Joseph Kabila and his family, and the president's move carries risks. Beya's ties with the Kabila clan remain close.

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