Emmanuel Ramazani Shadary

Mabunda's plight mirrored that of Emmanuel Shadary Kabila's choice of presidential candidate for the 2018 elections who was loathed by multiple senior FCC leaders including most provincial governors who pointedly failed to campaign for him leaving Shadary to pick up only a dismal share of the vote (AC Vol 60 No 2 Data leak exposes plot to steal presidential vote)...

In exchange Kabila apparently agreed to exclude from the talks Emmanuel Ramazani Shadary the co-ordinator of his coalition the Front Commun pour le Congo (FCC – AC Vol 61 No 5 Clash of the kings)...

The shotgun marriage partners submitted a joint proposal last November assuming that Kabila's handpicked successor Emmanuel Ramazani Shadary would win December's election and swiftly move to award them a concession contract (AC Vol 60 No 3 A day of portents)...

Among the big shots absent from the long cabinet list are former Prime Minister Adolphe Muzito former Kabila chief-of-staff Nehemie Mwilanya Wilondja who is also the FCC coordinator former Prime Minister and Finance Minister Augustin Matata Ponyo Mapon and Emmanuel Ramazani Shadary the former Interior Minister and the man Kabila initially chose to succeed him once it became clear he could not secure a third mandate...

Kabila cut a deal with Tshisekedi after the candidate for his own coalition Front Commun pour le Congo (FCC) candidate Emmanuel Shadary polled so poorly the country could have risen in revolt if he had been announced the winner...

One reason for the deal was the abysmal showing of Kabila's favoured candidate Emmanuel Ramazani Shadary...

Rival opposition leader Felix Tshisekedi and the ruling coalition candidate Emmanuel Ramazani Shadary are trailing with around 20% each we hear (AC Vol 59 No 25 The Twelve Fixes of Christmas)...

Many of the thousands of new troops deployed across Congo-Kinshasa to suppress potential post-election violence especially in the case of a victory being declared for ruling party candidate Emmanuel Ramazani Shadary are ex-members of the disbanded pro-Rwanda militia the Mouvement du 23 mars (M23) Kinshasa military sources say...

Expectations of electoral chaos fraud and intimidation lead many to conclude that Emmanuel Ramazani Shadary one of President Joseph Kabila's ultra-loyalists will be declared the winner after the voters of Congo-Kinshasa go to the polls two days before Christmas...

Earlier this month Congolese opposition politicians met in Geneva to pick a consensus candidate to run against Kabila's chosen successor Emmanuel Ramazani Shadary...

Many oppositionists believe that the nomination of Emmanuel Ramazani Shadary to stand in the presidential election in place of President Joseph Kabila means the continuation of the two-term head of state's rule in all but name...