Congo president turned down predecessor's PM pick: sources
DR Congo's former President Joseph Kabila (right) sits next to his successor Felix Tshisekedi during his inauguration ceremony as the new president on January 24, 2019. PHOTO | OLIVIA ACLAND | REUTERS
Former Congolese President Joseph Kabila wanted his successor, Felix Tshisekedi, to appoint Albert Yuma, a Kabila ally and chairman of state mining company Gecamines, as prime minister, but Tshisekedi refused, sources familiar with the matter said.
Yuma backed a new mining code adopted last year under Kabila that raised taxes on companies operating in Democratic Republic of Congo, the world’s leading cobalt miner and Africa’s top copper producer.
