Acting on direct instructions from President Félix Tshisekedi issued during the 87th Council of Ministers meeting, the Congolese government convened a strategic session to address mining fraud and the illicit exploitation of minerals. The meeting was chaired by Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Shabani Lukoo.
The session brought together key cabinet members including Minister of State and Justice Minister Guillaume Ngefa, Mines Minister Louis Watum Kabamba, and Environment Minister Marie Nyange. At its conclusion, a formal roadmap presented by the Mines Minister was adopted by the assembled officials.
The roadmap establishes a methodology aimed at strengthening governance across the mining sector, intensifying enforcement against illicit activities, and initiating judicial proceedings against offenders. No further details on specific enforcement mechanisms, timelines, or targeted operations were disclosed in the official readout.
The measures form part of a broader government push on extractive sector accountability, running parallel to the thirty-day audit of mining revenue repatriation and state joint-venture governance ordered by President Tshisekedi at the same Council of Ministers meeting on April 25, 2026.
