Internal fighting

DRC: A discreet palace war is taking place within Tshisekedi’s inner circle

By Jeune Afrique

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Posted on December 2, 2021 16:38

Firefox_Screenshot_2021-12-02T13-22-39.949Z François Beya, Fortunat Biselele and Corneille Nangaa. © Photomontage / Photos: DR; DR; Gwenn Dubourthoumieu for JA
François Beya, Fortunat Biselele and Corneille Nangaa. © Photomontage / Photos: DR; DR; Gwenn Dubourthoumieu for JA

Several people close to the DRC’s President Felix Tshisekedi, including advisors, ministers and even securocrats, have been trying to unpick a mining dispute for several weeks now.

Tshisekedi has entrusted unravelling the mystery to his trusted security adviser to François Beya: when Emirati investor showed up to invest in a mining project, it was found to be not for sale.

The affair starts with Corneille Nangaa, the former president of the Commission Electorale Nationale Indépendante (Ceni).

At the end of his term, Nangaa declared his assets to the Constitutional Court. In a letter dated 26 November that we were able to access, the Ceni’s honorary president listed – among the assets in his possession – seven vehicles, including three that belong to his wife, Yvette Lubala Nazinda.

Nangaa also stated that he has five bank accounts and owns 11 plots of land, which are located between Kinshasa and the province of Haut-Uélé, where he is originally from and which his brother, Christophe Baseane Nangaa, has governed since 2019.

The Ceni’s former president does business

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