Top Tshisekedi Adviser Resigns Amid Congo Corruption Scandal
- Vidiye Tshimanga was secretly recorded discussing mining deal
- Tshimanga said his request for shares was taken out of context
Felix Tshisekedi
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A top aide to Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi has resigned after a series of secretly-taped videos were released that appeared to show him negotiating a corrupt mining deal.
Vidiye Tshimanga, Tshisekedi’s strategic adviser, allegedly told people claiming to be mining executives that he could protect their investments in return for a stake in their unnamed project, according to the videos released Sept. 15 by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project. The London-based OCCRP said it didn’t know the source of the videos but Tshimanga had verified the meetings they portrayed took place.