Steve Wembi

Steve Wembi (born 20 July 1984) is an investigative journalist based in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo and in Nairobi, Kenya. He has worked as a contributor for the New York Times, Al Jazeera and Xinhua (commonly known as the "New China News Agency") and he is the Managing Director of the Consulting Media Agency (CMA).

Biography Steve Wembi was born on 20 July 1984 in Kindu, in the province of Maniema in Zaire (now Democratic Republic of the Congo). In 1997, he underwent military training in Kamalenge when the rebellion Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo (AFDL or ADFLC), led by Laurent-Désiré Kabila, before returning to secondary school at Ibanda Institute in Bukavu. but also, he frequented high risk areas, particular in Kasaï Province, a region where the two UN experts Zaida Catalan and Michael Sharp were killed in March 2017. That same year, he discovered more than 100 mass graves in Ngaza commune. Wembi holds a diploma in criminology from Kenya Institute of Security and Criminal Justice and since 2019, he is communication advisor to the president of the Senate of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, senator Alexis Thambwe Mwamba.

Disappearance

On October 24, 2022, Wembi went missing after a meeting at the Léon hotel in Kinshasa. The government, and in particular, the National Intelligence Agency (Democratic Republic of the Congo), were blamed for his abduction, but Patrick Muyaya, the government's spokesperson, denied knowledge of his whereabouts, leading his family to fear he has been killed.

Personal life Wembi is married to Belinda Zamundu and has six children.