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Michael Kavanagh

Kinshasa City

Repoter at Bloomberg News

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  • 4 days ago | bloomberg.com | Michael Kavanagh

    Joseph Kabila(Bloomberg) -- The Democratic Republic of Congo government will initiate legal proceedings against former President Joseph Kabila for allegedly supporting Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in the country’s mineral-rich east.  Kabila crossed into the rebel-controlled city of Goma from neighboring Rwanda on Friday, infuriating the administration of current President Felix Tshisekedi.

  • 2 weeks ago | bloomberg.com | Michael Kavanagh

    Counsellors and accused of a failed coup attempt during the trial at the Ndolo Prison in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, on June 7. (Bloomberg) -- The US attorney’s office in the District of Utah unsealed charges against four citizens accused of participating in a failed coup attempt in Democratic Republic of Congo last year. Three of the men were already convicted to life imprisonment in Congo and were sent home to the US on Tuesday.

  • 2 weeks ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Michael Kavanagh

    The US attorney’s office in the District of Utah unsealed charges against four citizens accused of participating in a failed coup attempt in Democratic Republic of Congo last year. Three of the men were already convicted to life imprisonment in Congo and were sent home to the US on Tuesday. A fourth, Joseph Peter Moesser, 67, will appear at the federal courthouse in Salt Lake City on Thursday, the US Attorney’s Office in Utah said in a statement Wednesday.

  • 2 weeks ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Ondiro Oganga |Michael Kavanagh

    Alphamin Resources Corp. could soon resume operations at one of the world’s biggest tin mines located in the Democratic Republic of the Congo after Rwanda-backed rebels withdrew from the area, a top US official said. “We hope that the company will resume or make some announcement soon with regards to resuming their operations,” Massad Boulos, President Donald Trump’s senior adviser for Africa, told reporters Tuesday in Kigali, the capital of Rwanda.

  • 2 weeks ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Ondiro Oganga |Michael Kavanagh

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Michael J. Kavanagh
Michael J. Kavanagh @mjkcongo
20 Apr 25

Story now updated with Kabila comment: Congo to initiate legal proceedings against former President Kabila for allegedly supporting Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in the country’s mineral-rich east https://t.co/xU7Qm89hGX via @bpolitics

Michael J. Kavanagh
Michael J. Kavanagh @mjkcongo
20 Apr 25

Response to our Bloomberg article from Kabila's office via his longtime advisor, colleague and former ambassador:

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Michael J. Kavanagh
Michael J. Kavanagh @mjkcongo
20 Apr 25

Congo's gov't is initiating legal proceedings against ex-President Joseph Kabila for allegedly supporting Rwanda-backed M23 rebellion after he entered rebel-controlled Goma Friday. Gov't also seizing his assets, suspending political party https://t.co/5eowW8MtKE via @bpolitics