Tshisekedi appoints a new head of Domestic intelligence

 Daniel Lusadisu ousted, Justin Inzun Kakiak son returns to security affairs at the ANR! 31 05, 2024 Are the Belgians incapable? This Friday, by a presidential order, Justin Inzun Kakiak was appointed head of the National Intelligence Agency (ANR) of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Kakiak, who had already led the ANR from March 2019 to December 2021, succeeds Daniel Lusadisu Kiambi. Kakiak is not unknown in the field of Congolese intelligence. After his first mandate at the head of the ANR, he was named Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Congo, a position he held until his recent appointment. Before his first appointment in 2019, he had already been deputy administrator of the ANR, which gives him in-depth knowledge of the institution. Daniel Lusadisu Kiambi, Kakiak's predecessor, had replaced Jean Hervé Mbelu as head of the ANR. Lusadisu, a doctor specializing in cardiology and emergency medicine trained at the Royal Military Academy in Belgium, had also served within of the Zairian Armed Forces and the Special Presidential Division (DSP). His dismissal comes in a tense context, marked by recent events described as a failed coup attempt by the authorities. Justin Inzun Kakiak will be supported by Justin Mulumba Nsabua, lawyer at the Kongo Central bar, as deputy administrator. When he became president, Félix Tshilombo promised to reform the ANR by humanizing the institution and closing its many secret dungeons, places of detention for many opponents and anti-Kabila activists. The appointment of Kakiak could be seen as a step in the pursuit of this reform. The national and international community is now waiting to see how Kakiak will address the current intelligence challenges in the DRC, particularly in a still unstable political and security climate. Let's just go