Georges Minsay Booka
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Georges Minsay Booka is a politician in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
. He was Minister of Justice in the first and second cabinets of the Gizenga government, from February to November 2007.
Georges Minsay Booka was named Justice Minister by President Joseph Kabila
in the government headed by Antoine Gizenga in February 2007 one of four members of Gizenga's Unified Lumumbist Party (PALU) to be named to the cabinet.
In 2007 there was an ownership dispute over the Kalukundi Mine
when a DRC company named Akam Mining claimed it had bought control of Swanmines, the holding company, and this claim was upheld in a superior court in Lubumbashi
.
This was an important test of the strength of property laws in the DRC and the security of foreign investment.
In September 2007 the Canadian company Africo Resources
said "third parties" were trying to steal its Kalukundi asset through the "systematic misuse of the judicial system".
Later that month Georges Minsay Booka directed Gécamines to take note that Akam Mining had no stake in the property.
Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a state located in Central Africa. It is the second largest country in Africa by area and the eleventh largest in the world...
. He was Minister of Justice in the first and second cabinets of the Gizenga government, from February to November 2007.
Georges Minsay Booka was named Justice Minister by President Joseph Kabila
Joseph Kabila
Joseph Kabila Kabange is a Congolese politician who has been President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo since January 2001. He took office ten days after the assassination of his father, President Laurent-Désiré Kabila...
in the government headed by Antoine Gizenga in February 2007 one of four members of Gizenga's Unified Lumumbist Party (PALU) to be named to the cabinet.
In 2007 there was an ownership dispute over the Kalukundi Mine
Kalukundi Mine
Kalukundi Mine is a copper and cobalt mine being developed in Katanga Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo by Africo Resources, a Canadian company...
when a DRC company named Akam Mining claimed it had bought control of Swanmines, the holding company, and this claim was upheld in a superior court in Lubumbashi
Lubumbashi
Lubumbashi is the second largest city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, second only to the nation's capital Kinshasa, and the hub of the southeastern part of the country. The copper-mining city serves as the capital of the relatively prosperous Katanga Province, lying near the Zambian border...
.
This was an important test of the strength of property laws in the DRC and the security of foreign investment.
In September 2007 the Canadian company Africo Resources
Africo Resources
Africo Resources is a Canadian mining company whose main property is the copper and cobalt Kalukundi Mine in Katanga Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo.-Company profile:...
said "third parties" were trying to steal its Kalukundi asset through the "systematic misuse of the judicial system".
Later that month Georges Minsay Booka directed Gécamines to take note that Akam Mining had no stake in the property.