President Tshisekedi seems to have sewn up the 2023 elections, while realpolitik has put paid to his anti-corruption agenda, How time flies. In 2022 President Félix Tshisekedi enters the fourth year of his five-year mandate , with little so far to show the Congolese for it. His flagship programme of free primary education is floundering, with unpaid teachers refusing to work unless parents provide their salaries. And he has made little progress in fulfilling his grand promise to speed up electrification from covering an estimated 11% to 30% of Congolese by 2023.
Some of the chief operators of the alleged illicit money transfers are persons of Indian origin based in Congo, according to analysis of a data leak by Radio France International.
The bravest bankers: Navy Malela and Gradi Koko refused to stay silent in the face of injustice – even when speaking out carried grave risks for them and their families
The former President Democratic Republic of Congo’s Joseph Kabila is planning to sue a media house and a group of NGOs for what he terms an act of defamation and manipulation on an alleged report that he siphoned off $138 million over five years.
Revelations from the biggest leak in African banking history may trigger a government crackdown on corruption, but will it bring those involved to justice?