Over the course of his term he has swept aside or co-opted former allies of ex-President Joseph Kabila who had rigged Tshisekedi into power to keep rival oppositionist and the true winner of the 2018 elections Martin Fayulu out of the presidential palace (AC Vol 60 No 2 Data leak exposes plot to steal presidential vote)...

But all of Glencore's business in Congo-K is centred on Gertler a friend of former President Joseph Kabila and now on good terms with President Félix Tshisekedi's administration...

Gertler's ties with former President Joseph Kabila dominated the country's mining industry for two decades and caused heavy losses according to multiple investigations...

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)...

Beya had managed relations with former President Joseph Kabila and his family and the president's move carries risks...

Tshisekedi has been treading cautiously in his dealings with ex-President Joseph Kabila whose profile has diminished over the past year...

He was deputy head of President Mobutu's intelligence service but when that regime was overthrown by forces under Joseph Kabila's father Laurent-Désiré Kabila in 1997 Beya seamlessly transitioned to become chief of staff to the head of the newly-created ANR...

The deal was won through Garsu Pasaulis' parent company Semlex a Belgian outfit that recently lost its contract to provide identity documents in Congo-Kinshasa after claims that one-third of the US$185 fee for passports went to a company owned by a relative of former president Joseph Kabila according to a 2018 Reuters news agency report...

The Front Commun pour le Congo coalition loyal to former President Joseph Kabila is weak and has no obvious candidate for the 2023 presidential elections...