The last significant military reshuffle took place in October 2022, when Tshisekedi appointed Tshiwewe as chief of staff.

The DRC’s military spending had the highest increase in the world in 2023. Its US$794 million spending was 105 per cent higher than in 2022.

Stanis Bujakera, 33, has been jailed since September over an article that suggested Congolese military intelligence operatives killed opposition polit...