The details provided show that official 1 must have been then-President Joseph Kabila and official 2 his right-hand man Katumba Mwanke...

These concerns are being raised as President Félix Tshisekedi appears to have wrested control of the National Assembly in Kinshasa away from his predecessor Joseph Kabila a close business ally of Gertler's (AC Vol 62 No 3 Félix tips the scales)...

Congo Aconde was set up in 2018 and built monuments in Congo-Kinshasa including one of former President Laurent Kabila (Joseph Kabila's father)...

The SDR windfall coupled with decade-high copper prices will strengthen President Félix Tshisekedi's hand as he breaks away from a partnership with predecessor Joseph Kabila though there is no guarantee that ordinary Congolese will benefit from the cash injection...

The last person to hold the post Jeannine Mabunda a staunch ally of former President Joseph Kabila was voted out by the MPs in December...

Former President Joseph Kabila is desperately seeking assurances from his successor President Félix Tshisekedi that he be guaranteed immunity from prosecution by the International Criminal Court...

Politics during 2021 will be dominated by the power struggle between the two official winners – losers in reality – of the 2018 presidential and parliamentary elections President Félix Tshisekedi and ex-president Joseph Kabila (AC Vol 60 No 2 Data leak exposes plot to steal presidential vote)...

Former president Joseph Kabila's political coalition the Front Commun pour le Congo (FCC) which ordinarily has a comfortable majority in the National Assembly scored a spectacular own goal on 10 December...

He has split up the coalition with former President Joseph Kabila's Front Commun pour le Congo (FCC) and finished a month of much-hyped national consultations on 24 November but there is still little sign of him opening a new road to the future (AC Vol 61 No 22 Stepping back from the brink)...

In the event no such drama occurred although Tshisekedi did declare that his alliance with ex-President Joseph Kabila's Front Commun pour le Congo (FCC) was over...