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Vol 66 No 8

Published 18th April 2025


Congo-Kinshasa

How Trump’s in-law shut down the Kinshasa lobbyists

After meeting the US President’s senior Africa envoy, President Tshisekedi has blocked millions of dollars’ worth of consultancy deals

After agreeing contracts with a string of K-Street lobby shops worth close to US$8 million with mandate to broker a mineral access deal with US President Donald Trump’s administration, President Félix Tshisekedi has made a U-turn, sacking them all. Tshisekedi’s change of heart followed his meeting with Trump’s senior Africa advisor Massad Fares Boulos on 3 April in Kinshasa, who is said to have requested that official channels between Kinshasa and Washington be prioritised, signalling the strategic importance of Congo’s mineral reserves.

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