Moïse Katumbi Chapwe

This coupled with the absence of Moïse Katumbi from the country during the candidacy registration period has left the opposition weakened (AC Vol 59 No 5 Kabila's survival strategy Vol 59 No 16 Kabila names his dauphin & Vol 59 No 17 Kabila's two-front offensive)...

This impression is confirmed by the exclusion of two of the most important presidential challengers Jean-Pierre Bemba and Moïse Katumbi from the poll...

While Kabila has declared he will not now remain some in the church still say that the refusal to allow an important opposition figure Moïse Katumbi to enter the country and register as a candidate is still a provocation...

The other two main possible candidates Felix Tshisekedi son of the legendary Etienne and Moïse Katumbi were each on 19%...

Opposition sources tell Africa Confidential that Nyamwisi has also become much closer to the former Katanga Governor Moïse Katumbi whom Kabila sees as his chief threat...

The Rassemblement a large coalition dominated by the Union pour la démocratie et le progrès social (UDPS) Congo's oldest opposition party and the G-7 alliance which supports the presidential aspirations of the exiled former Governor of Katanga Moïse Katumbi published a statement on 7 November identical to those issued by the Union pour la nation congolaise (UNC) led by Vital Kamerhe and the Mouvement de libération du Congo (MLC) of Jean-Pierre Bemba...

The G-7's preferred candidate for the presidency Moïse Katumbi Chapwe has also bolstered his US public relations firepower adding RMG Africa Advisors to his team of five US consultancies on a $15 000 monthly retainer (AC Vol 58 No 9 Finding Africa on K Street & Vol 58 No 14 Casino Jack plays his hand)...

The G-7's preferred candidate for the presidency Moïse Katumbi Chapwe has also bolstered his US public relations firepower adding RMG Africa Advisors to his team of five US consultancies on a $15 000 monthly retainer (AC Vol 58 No 9 Finding Africa on K Street & Vol 58 No 14 Casino Jack plays his hand)...

Moïse Katumbi Chapwe who promised his 'imminent' return home to seek the presidency after the United Nations called on Kabila's government to guarantee his protection also has a K-Street outfit on retainer the giant legal and lobbying firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld (AC Vol 57 No 11 Katumbi enlists US against Kabila)...

Moïse Katumbi Chapwe who promised his 'imminent' return home to seek the presidency after the United Nations called on Kabila's government to guarantee his protection also has a K-Street outfit on retainer the giant legal and lobbying firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld (AC Vol 57 No 11 Katumbi enlists US against Kabila)...

Most of the coalition has lined up behind Etienne Tshisekedi's son Félix Tshisekedi and Pierre Lumbi Okongo President of the G-7 a group of seven political parties which left the MP in September 2015 and backs Moïse Katumbi Chapwe a one-time Kabila ally and former Governor of Katanga to become the next president...

Most of the coalition has lined up behind Etienne Tshisekedi's son Félix Tshisekedi and Pierre Lumbi Okongo President of the G-7 a group of seven political parties which left the MP in September 2015 and backs Moïse Katumbi Chapwe a one-time Kabila ally and former Governor of Katanga to become the next president...

Two companies registered with FARA on behalf of the Congo-Kinshasa multi-millionaire and oft-touted presidential candidate Moïse Katumbi Chapwe are Akin Gump Strauss Hauer and Feld LLP a veteran of the lobbying business...

Two companies registered with FARA on behalf of the Congo-Kinshasa multi-millionaire and oft-touted presidential candidate Moïse Katumbi Chapwe are Akin Gump Strauss Hauer and Feld LLP a veteran of the lobbying business...

Notable among them are former Katanga Province Governor Moïse Katumbi Chapwe and ex-Foreign Minister Antipas Mbusa Nyamwisi who once ran his own rebel fiefdom in North Kivu and Ituri during the 1998-2003 war (AC Vol 54 No 18 Holes in Kabila's big tent)...

Notable among them are former Katanga Province Governor Moïse Katumbi Chapwe and ex-Foreign Minister Antipas Mbusa Nyamwisi who once ran his own rebel fiefdom in North Kivu and Ituri during the 1998-2003 war (AC Vol 54 No 18 Holes in Kabila's big tent)...