Please join the Atlantic Council’s Africa Center, in partnership with the Enough Project, on Wednesday, May 22, from 3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., for a discussion on illicit finance operations in the DRC. This event will explore how Kabila and his allies manipulated the DRC’s financial sector and what it means for embattled President Félix Tshisekedi and the Congolese people.
A conversation with:
Mr. John Dell'Osso
Senior Investigator
The Sentry
Mr. Mvemba Dizolele
Senior Adviser
International Republican Institute
Ms. Lakshmi Kumar
Policy Director
Global Financial Integrity
Moderated by:
Amb. Rama Yade
Senior Fellow, Africa Center
Atlantic Council
Welcome and Introduction by:
Ms. Bronwyn Bruton
Director of Programs and Studies and Deputy Director, Africa Center
Atlantic Council
In 2018, flawed elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) brought an end to Joseph Kabila’s eighteen-year rule. As supporters of President Félix Tshisekedi celebrated a peaceful transfer of power, however imperfect, Kabila’s Common Front for Congo party swept the legislative elections, retaining a dominant majority. Caught between the new administration and the old regime, Congo has entered an uncertain moment in its history. To maintain his position at the top, Kabila has many tools at his disposal, including hidden networks and institutions that subvert the rule of law and funnel illicit finances to himself and his allies.
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