Reynders had persistently criticised Congo-K's former President Joseph Kabila prompting speculation that he was trying to help his friend Katumbi a perennial presidential contender...

After months of plotting President Félix Tshisekedi has finally made a decisive move against his predecessor Joseph Kabila...

Intelligence sources in Kinshasa said Malanga had joined assassination attempts against Joseph Kabila President from 2001 to 2019...

Whether or not Tshisekedi's indulgent take on the matter is also influenced by suitably well-hidden payments from Gertler-connected offshore entities as appeared to be the case with his predecessor Joseph Kabila is unclear...

In 2017 the United States Treasury Department put Israeli businessman Dan Gertler under sanctions for 'hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of opaque and corrupt mining and oil deals' in Congo-K in which he acted as a middleman – a position acquired thanks to his friendship with President Joseph Kabila...

Gertler who made billions from his friendships with presidents Laurent-Désiré Kabila and his son Joseph Kabila was sanctioned after years of UN and US investigations into his operations...

Guy Robert Lukama the chairman of Gécamines who replaced Albert Yuma a close ally of Joseph Kabila has mooted several reforms to improve the company's reputation which has been shredded by decades of state corruption...

Former president Joseph Kabila periodically tried and failed to persuade the UN that Monusco should pack its bags...

The first candidate to register was Senator Augustin Matata Ponyo Mapon a former prime minister and finance minister under former President Joseph Kabila from Maniema Province (AC Vol 61 No 24 Tshisekedi's moment of truth)...