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A day of portents

Pierre Lumbi a prominent member of the Lamuka coalition backed by Fayulu Moïse Katumbi and Jean-Pierre Bemba said on television that Tshisekedi was 'mocking' the Congolese people...


Kabila thriving on chaos

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...


Katumbi treads a fine line

The letter's signatories who included then Minister for Planning Olivier Kamitatu Etsu former special security advisor Pierre Lumbi Okongo and former Katanga Governor and leader of the Union nationale des fédéralistes du Congo Gabriel Kyungu Wa Kumwanza made it clear afterwards that were Katumbi to declare his candidacy for the presidency they would back him...


The best man not standing

The PPRD is already weakened by acts of defiance from other coalition partners such as Pierre Lumbi Okongo's Mouvement social pour le renouveau...


Kabila for ever

Others objecting include key presidential allies such as the 89-year-old leader of the Parti lumumbiste unifié 'Patriarch' Antoine Gizenga and Presidential Security Advisor Pierre Lumbi Okongo leader of the Mouvement social pour le renouveau who has been lobbying instead for immunity from prosecution and a pension for the retired President...


A government of few talents

Three posts go to Kabila’s allies in the Mouvement social pour le renouveau (MSR) led by Pierre Lumbi Okongo the President’s Special Advisor on Security and two to the Parti lumumbiste unifié (PALU) led by outgoing Premier Adolphe Muzito...


Wanted – the Terminator

In the wake of Bosco Ntaganda’s defection Kabila rushed to Goma on 9 April taking with him the army Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Didier Etumba Longila and his own Security Advisor Pierre Lumbi Okongo...


The trouble after Katumba

Close to the President’s daily schedule are his Security Advisor Pierre Lumbi Okongo and his Directeur de cabinet Gustave Beya Siku but both lack Katumba’s influence and experience...


Council of war, but who's the enemy?

Célestin Mbala Musense; Presidency Chief of Staff Gustave Beya Siku; Special Advisor on Security Matters Pierre Lumbi Okongo; Administrator General Agence nationale de renseignements (national intelligence) Jean-Pierre Darwezi; Director General of Migration François Beya Kasonga; Head of Military Intelligence Gen...


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