DEMOCRATIC Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi has announced a high-level shake-up at state mining company Gecamines, replacing board chairman Albert Yuma, a close ally of Tshisekedi's predecessor. Albert Yuma. Picture: Wikimedia Commons After coming to power in 2019, Tshisekedi re-appointed Yuma but named his own loyalists to senior positions in a bid to assert more control over Gecamines, which has minority stakes in most of Congo's largest copper and cobalt projects. Under Yuma's leadership, the company faced repeated allegations from local and international watchdogs that its money was used to fund then-President Joseph Kabila's political interests. Yuma and Kabila…