A Summary of The Corruption Since Tshisekedi Became President Of The DRC

[Dave Evans]

26/02/2026


Maxime Ndayizeye, Ph.D.
@MaxNdayizeye

Fresh controversy at Gécamines: Deogracias Ngele Masudi (former Justice Minister & ex-Sec Gen of Gécamines) named PCA by Pres. Tshisekedi.

Reports highlight family ties—father of Patrick Ngele, husband of Christiana Tshisekedi—sparking nepotism concerns in key Cu-Co state firm. Justice background could aid oversight, but family links raise questions on merit vs. loyalty in DRC mining governance. Watch for reactions.

#DRCMining #Gecamines #Nepotism #Governance #CriticalMinerals #AVZ #Glencore #Ivanhoemines

@GecaminesSA @wembi_steve @Glencore@IvanhoeMines_ @AvzMinerals@KoBold_Metals


Steve Wembi
@wembi_steve

#RDC: Déo Gratias Ngele Masudi, father of Patrick Ngele, husband of Christiana Tshisekedi appointed by President Tshisekedi, PCA of #Gecamines.

He was former Minister of Justice under the presidency of Laurent-Désiré Kabila and at the beginning of Joseph Kabila's term. More recently, he held the position of Secretary General of #Gecamines.



12:58 AM · Feb 24, 2026
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[Dave Evans]

The following information is sourced from NGO’s and Civil Society organisations (including Justicia Asbl, LICOCO, RND Asbl, POM, MDR, GANVE, CDH, ESPOIR ONG, RCEN, CERN / CENCO, TPRDC, MAX IMPACT)

Reuters.com, Media Congo, the Africa Report, africanews.com, Politico.cd, thegreatlakeseye.com, kongopress.com, scooprdc.net, lecongoquonaime.com, africaintelligence.com, mines.cd, the IGF, ICC, ICSID, Frazer Institute, French mining group ERAMET, Congo Study Group (GEC) and Ebuteli survey, with the Bureau d’études, de recherche et de consulting international and DRC's National Business Climate Barometer (BNCA)

The DRC government and mining sectors are rife with bribes, corruption and extortion. Since Felix Tshisekedi became President of the DRC, dozens of articles have been written on the corruption in the Congo by sources including NGOs, Civil Societies and mining and investment sites. These articles sound the alarm on the corruption in the DRC and its mining sector, including China's influence, mining fraud, money laundering, and extortion.

In April 2023 Media Congo released an article showing the Congo Study Group (GEC) and Ebuteli survey, with the Bureau d’études, de recherche et de consulting international found that the level of corruption has not changed. They found, in some cases the situation had got worse and that more than 77% of the public think that the country is affected by corruption.

In May 2023 the Frazer Institute ranked the DRC 82nd out of 83 countries for attractiveness to investors in the mining sector.

Also in May 2023 four of the DRC's main opposition politicians wrote to the IMF, World Bank and African Development Bank, asking them to conduct an audit of their funds in the Congo because they suspected misuse.

In June 2023 the DRC's own National Business Climate Barometer (BNCA) involving 403 companies gave it a 37% success rating.

Also in June 2023 the DRC was excluded from the list of investments of the French mining group ERAMET, sighting corruption in the DRC.

In July 2023 non-compliance and flagrant violations of the DRC Mining Code were reported and Congolese civil society organizations and platforms specializing in mining issues (Justicia Asbl, LICOCO, RND Asbl, POM, MDR, GANVE, CDH, ESPOIR ONG, RCEN, CERN / CENCO, TPRDC, MAX IMPACT) have all shown concern.

Also in July 2023 an article in the Africa Report on 4 July shows that a bill for sanctions against corruption in minerals trafficking in the DRC has been introduced in the US. With the appalling working conditions present in the DRC mining sector, and extremely opaque business climate that exists throughout the country, the bill aims to counter these abuses and calls for sanctions, including asset blocks on persons found to have facilitated child and forced labour in the DRC mining sector "including any official of the government of the DRC".

But the corruption is not just in the government and mining sectors, it's in other sectors such as the legal system, administration, police and infrastructure just to name a few. The DRC's own Inspector General of Finance recently stated over 145 thousand cases of civil servants and agents of the state had committed forgery and massive fraud.

Financial patrol: The IGF flushes out in industrial quantities duplicates, forgers and cheaters among civil servants and agents of the State! - Scoop DRC (scooprdc.net)

778 million $US per year embezzled from the salaries of agents and civil servants of the State according to the IGF - Kongo Presse

13/03/2026

DRC • The multi-million-dollar holes in state payroll

Following repeated red flags, President Tshisekedi launched an audit of public sector pay in February. In 2023, the finance watchdog produced a detailed report on the same subject that identified

www.africaintelligence.com

Africa Intelligence
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DRC | Following repeated red flags, President Tshisekedi has launched an audit of public sector pay. In 2023, the finance watchdog produced a detailed report on the same subject that identified serious irregularities but which apparently led to no action.

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1:57 AM · Mar 14, 2026

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15/03/2026


Manzi Bakuramutsa
@Bakuramutsa

Africa Intelligence reveals that in the DRC, millions of dollars have evaporated from civil servants' pay, this after several alerts. It is thus that President Félix Tshisekedi launched in February the umpteenth audit on the remuneration of public agents.

Yet nothing new, for the same file had been the subject in 2023 of a detailed report from the General Inspectorate of Finances, which revealed serious anomalies.

This one is reputed to have had no follow-up. Ghost civil servants, and the diversion of salaries, these are nothing but eternal beginnings in this country, which has always been managed by shady dealings, whose government's strategy is always lying, diversion, and corruption. Which have extended into its regional, even international, policy.


11:03 PM · Mar 15, 2026

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Financial patrol: The IGF flushes out industrial quantities of duplicates, forgers and cheaters among civil servants and state agents!​

April 28, 2023
It is a shortfall for the Treasury of the order of 148,999,749,440.95FC per month, or 64,782,499 USD at the rate of 2300FC that the Inspectorate General of Finance has found in the payroll of civil servants and agents of the State. The conclusions of the report of its audit mission of the payroll file were made public on Thursday, April 27, 2027, before the payroll officials of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC), the Congolese National Police (PNC), the Teachers' Payroll Control Service (SECOPE) and the General Secretaries of the Public Administration.

According to the IGF, 145,604 paid agents have incorrect, fanciful and manufactured registration numbers for payroll purposes; 53,328 agents alone have more than one serial number in the file with the same name; 93,356 agents share the same registration number with other agents also paid; 43,725 agents are paid without their names appearing on the reporting lists from their original services; while 961 agents in charge of payroll processing are on the payroll lists of several ministries and several of them are on more than 15 payroll lists.

The IGF informs that already, some cases of obvious irregularities are being deactivated and warns at the same time that the list of 961 payroll agents involved in the mafia network will be transmitted to judicial authorities for embezzlement of public money.

It should be remembered that the control of the workforce of civil servants and state agents remains a cancer that has seriously eaten away at the public treasury for decades. Despite all the efforts made by successive public service ministers, the evil remains very deep. Perhaps with the involvement of the IGF requested by the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of the Public Service, Jean-Pierre Lihau, the work of cleaning up the file of civil servants and agents of the State will be able to give expected results.

Patrouille financière : L’IGF débusque en quantité industrielle des doublons, des faussaires et tricheurs parmi les fonctionnaires et agents de l’Etat ! - Scoop RDC

Actualité - C’est un manque à gagner pour le Trésor public de l’ordre de 148.999.749.440,95FC mensuellement, soit 64.782.499 USD au taux de 2300FC que l’Inspection générale des finances a déniché dans la paie des fonctionnaires et agents de l’Etat. Les conclusions du rapport de sa mission...

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