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DR Congo Senate leader quits as Kabila s influence wanes

DR Congo Senate leader quits as Kabila s influence wanes Issued on: 05/02/2021 - 18:54 File photo of Democratic Republic of Congo s Alexis Thambwe Mwamba taken December 23, 2008. AFP - BERTRAND GUAY 3 min The head of the Democratic Republic of Congo s senate resigned on Friday, handing President Felix Tshisekedi another victory in his bid to sideline allies of his predecessor Joseph Kabila.  Advertising Read more The resignation of Alexis Thambwe-Mwamba, a close associate of Kabila, came a week after the fall of the Democratic Republic of Congo s prime minister and two months after the removal of the lower house speaker. In a letter to the Senate s supervisory bureau, Thambwe Mwamba said trust no longer exists between a group of senators and myself, referring to plans by a majority of legislators to file a censure motion against him.

Pro-Kabila senators in DR Congo lash dictatorial shift

Pro-Kabila senators in DR Congo lash dictatorial shift By AFP FEB 4, 2021 January 24 2019: Outgoing president Joseph Kabila, left, shakes hands with his newly-inaugurated successor, Felix Tshisekedi. By TONY KARUMBA (AFP) A group of DR Congo senators who support former president Joseph Kabila on Thursday condemned a dictatorial shift in the country after their bloc became a target in a long-running power struggle. President Felix Tshisekedi, who took office in January 2019, is pushing through top-level changes in parliament after a two-year tussle with pro-Kabila supporters. In December, he scrapped a coalition government dominated by Kabila allies and last week pushed out the pro-Kabila prime minister after winning over members of the National Assembly.

DR Congo PM Ilunga resigns after no-confidence vote

The prime minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo has resigned, a move that will enable President Felix Tshisekedi to appoint his own prime minister supported by a new parliamentary majority. Prime Minister Sylvestre Ilunga Ilunkamba was constitutionally required to resign after being censured by the National Assembly on Wednesday. He is a close ally to former President Joseph Kabila whose supporters have been locked in a tussle for power with Tshisekedi since he took office two years ago. Presidency spokesman Giscard Kusema told the AFP news agency that llunga “said he had drawn the consequences of the developing political situation”.

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