Stanis Bujakera

1 month ago | dailydispatch.co.za | Sonia Rolley |Stanis Bujakera

Matata Ponyo Mapon, who served as prime minister under former DRC president Joseph Kabila from 2012 to 2016, was convicted on Tuesday in a case involving the embezzlement of $245m (R4.38bn). File photo. A former prime minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) was convicted of embezzling millions from a failed agriculture venture in one of the highest-profile corruption cases brought under President Felix Tshisekedi against the government of his predecessor.

1 month ago | timeslive.co.za | Sonia Rolley |Stanis Bujakera

A former prime minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) was convicted of embezzling millions from a failed agriculture venture in one of the highest-profile corruption cases brought under President Felix Tshisekedi against the government of his predecessor. Matata Ponyo Mapon, who served as prime minister from 2012 to 2016 under then-president Joseph Kabila, was convicted on Tuesday in a case involving the embezzlement of $245m (R4.38bn).

2 months ago | timeslive.co.za | Stanis Bujakera |Sonia Rolley

Former Congolese president Joseph Kabila says he will return to the central African nation to help find a solution to the crisis in the war-ravaged east, where Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have seized swathes of territory. The M23 rebels' lightning offensive since January in Democratic Republic of the Congo's mineral-rich east has killed thousands and forced hundreds of thousands more from their homes, while stoking fears of a wider regional conflict.

2 months ago | businesslive.co.za | Ange Kasongo |Benoit Nyemba |Stanis Bujakera |Fiston Mahamba

Kinshasa — About 30 people have died in flooding in Democratic Republic of Congo’s capital Kinshasa, the provincial health minister said on Sunday, as torrential rains over the weekend destroyed homes and roads. “The death toll is provisional, but so far there are around 30 dead,” said Patricien Gongo Abakazi.

2 months ago | timeslive.co.za | Ange Kasongo |Sonia Rolley |Stanis Bujakera

02 April 2025 - 12:57 Just R20 for the first month. Support independent journalism by subscribing to our digital news package. A total of 37 defendants were sentenced to death by a military court in September, including US citizens Marcel Malanga, Tyler Thompson and Benjamin Zalman-Polun. Stock photo.