This Saturday, nearly US$ 2 million was seized at DRC’s chaotic Ndjili International Airport, Kinshasa.
The cash was in the hands of men linked to Anthony Tshisekedi, son of congolese tyrant Felix Tshisekedi. It is yet another exposure of how the Tshisekedi family operates.
The origin of this money is no mystery. It comes from covert deals tied to the illegal exploitation of cobalt and copper concessions in Lualaba province. Since taking power, the Tshisekedi family has treated the country’s mineral wealth as private property, capturing strategic sites and turning them into a personal cash machine.
It is state capture at the hands of voracious thieves.
These millions were meant to be transferred to foreign bank accounts in Belgium. This is organized looting. Wealth is extracted from Congolese soil and shipped abroad, while the majority of the DRC population has nothing to eat.
Which is why the Congolese are lashing out.
On July 28, 2025, hundreds of residents from 27 communities in Lualaba province rose up against what they rightly called systematic plunder. They understood what is happening. Their land is being emptied of its wealth while they are left with nothing.
This airport scandal perpetrated by Tshisekedi son is only a fraction of a much larger illness. It exposes a ruling family that has normalized impunity and built a network designed to siphon national resources without consequence. And while this looting continues, Tshisekedi is working behind the scenes to change the constitution, not for the country, but to secure more time in power and protect this enterprise.
This is a family project of extraction.
Congolese citizens must face this reality and resist it. If nothing changes, the outcome is inevitable. The Tshisekedi family will continue to drain the country until nothing is left.