Congo Probe Into Cabinet Spending Causes Rift at Presidency

Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi will allow investigations into public spending to go ahead despite efforts to cancel them by his chief of staff, in an apparent disagreement between some of the country’s most powerful men.

Former opposition leader Tshisekedi, who assumed office in January, is running the world’s biggest cobalt producer in partnership with his predecessor Joseph Kabila, whose supporters control both chambers of parliament. A caretaker ministerial team was in charge of day-to-day business until the appointment of a power-sharing government last month.