Augustin Katumba Mwanke

In 2016 New York hedge fund Och-Ziff which had backed Gertler paid $412m to settle corruption charges in the US and agreed to a statement of facts detailing over $100m in bribes to former Congolese President Joseph Kabila and his right-hand man Katumba Mwanke (AC Vol 61 No 10 Gertler tries to dodge sanctions)...

From this description cross-checked with other court documents filed in New York the 'right-hand man' can only be Katumba Mwanke who called the shots in Congo-K's mining sector and in his autobiography described Gertler as his 'twin brother'...

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

The late Tshisekedi has been awarded the rank of 'grand cordon' in the National Order of National Heroes joining the likes of Augustin Katumba Mwanke Yerodia Abdoulaye Ndombasi and Antoine Gizenga...

The detailed judgement included specific alleged payments from Gertler directly to two Congolese officials easily identifiable as Kabila and his aide Katumba Mwanke totalling at least $10...

Ekanga's role in the President's inner circle has grown since the death in a 2012 aeroplane crash of his mentor Augustin Katumba Mwanke Kabila's top advisor and architect of some of the country's biggest mining and political deals (AC Vol 53 No 4 The trouble after Katumba)...

President Joseph Kabila’s financial and political advisor the late Augustin Katumba Mwanke played a direct role in actions against First Quantum and worked closely on many of the other deals with Gertler (AC Vol 53 No 4 The trouble after Katumba)...

This is his first major crisis since the death of his political and business advisor Augustin Katumba Mwanke (AC Vol 53 No 11 A government of few talents)...

He has now recovered from the injuries he sustained in February’s air-crash in Bukavu that killed President Joseph Kabila Kabange’s key advisor and treasurer Augustin Katumba Mwanke (AC Vol 53 No 4 The trouble after Katumba)...

The spirit of Katumba Mwanke lives on through his cousin Wivine Mumba Matipa (Justice and Human Rights)...

At the funeral wake on 13 February in Kinshasa for Augustin Katumba Mwanke were two men whose careers had critically depended on him: President Joseph Kabila Kabange and mining magnate Dan Gertler...