For cases of embezzlement of public funds in the context of an agro-industrial park project, the Constitutional Court of DRC sentenced former Congolese Prime Minister Augustin Matata Ponyo to “ten years of forced labor”.

After a legal battle lasting nearly four years, the Constitutional Court found guilty Augustin Matata Ponyo, former Prime Minister from 2012 to 2016, under the regime of former President Joseph Kabila (2001-2019), under the regime of former President Joseph Kabila (2001-2019) and current national deputy and president of the opposition party Leadership and Governance for Development ( LGD), embezzlement in the amount of $247 million. Its president, Dieudonné Kamuleta made the announcement during a