Urukiko rwakatiye Augustin Matata Ponyo wahoze ari Minisitiri w'intebe wa Repubulika ya Demokarasi ya Congo kumara imyaka 10 akora imirimo y'agahato nyuma yo guhamwa no kurya ruswa. Ku wa kabiri, ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) released former Prime Minister Matata Ponyo Mapon from house arrest on Wednesday after he agreed to cooperate with the investigation about the alleged ...

Tshisekedi accused Kabila of being the brains behind the M23 rebel group in eastern DR Congo and senators stripped him of his ...

(Reuters) -A Congolese former prime minister was convicted of embezzling millions from a huge failed agriculture venture, in one of the highest-profile corruption cases brought under President Felix ...

A former prime minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo was sentenced Tuesday to 10 years of hard labor for embezzling public funds. Augustin Matata Ponyo's co-defendants -- Deogratias Mutombo ...

The trial of the former prime minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo over alleged embezzlement of funds meant for an agro-industrial project opened Monday at the country’s Constitutional Court.

Ponyo was, for a time, on Kabila’s list of his potential successors in the run-up to the 2018 presidential election. Since then, the senator from Maniema, centre-east DRC, has distanced himself from ...

Former Prime Minister of Democratic Republic of Congo Augustin Matata Ponyo has been placed under house arrest by the country’s Constitutional Court pending an investigation into embezzlement charges, ...

Augustin Matata Ponyo is being investigated for embezzlement charges. Ponyo's attorney said the case is political and that there is no evidence against him. He is being accused of ordering the payment ...