Steve Wembi (born 20 July 1984) is a criminologist and investigative journalist based in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo and in Nairobi, Kenya.
[2] 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.
He has also worked for Al Jazeera Television, Cable News Network (CNN) and as a reporter for Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN), The Economist, Financial Times, Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation and The Wall Street Journal.
[3][2] In the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Wembi covered several rebellions, including that of the March 23 Movement (M23) and the National Congress for the Defense of the People (French: Congrès national pour la défense du peuple, CNDP)[4] 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.