Congo

The political consultations that started for Félix Tshisekedi three weeks in the past ended on Wednesday 25 November. If at first these consultations have been very political, the previous couple of days have been marked by larger openness, however at all times with out the FCC from Joseph Kabila, who's anxious to respect the coalition settlement that the present president signed together with his…

For the reason that introduction of a brand new mining code within the Democratic Republic of Congo, giant corporations have paid contributions to native communities to straight assist the areas through which they function. In a report printed in Lubumbashi ten days in the past, civil society NGOs point out that between July 2018 and December 2019, communities acquired greater than $ 114 million in…

The Democratic Republic of the Congo is without doubt one of the nations the place the rape of ladies is usually used as a weapon of warfare. In line with a UN report from 2019, the nation registered 900 rape victims, most of whom had been registered within the japanese a part of the nation, which was suffering from armed battle.…

How do I monitor the artisanal cobalt mine to make sure higher working circumstances for casual miners within the Democratic Republic of Congo? The initiatives comply with one another from trade and commerce. Main patrons or customers of cobalt are engaged in making an attempt to observe artisanal extraction within the…

The head of the crushing room at the Central Bank of Congo in Lubumbashia was arrested on Friday, November 20, for embezzling public funds. But according to NGO Justicia Asbl, a dozen other agents should be investigated for theft in 2019 of bags of used Congolese banknotes that are normally intended to be perforated and then crushed.…

Within the Democratic Republic of Congo, the authorities try to diversify a nonetheless fragile financial system, which is principally because of the mining sector. To do that, they determined to create six particular financial zones. On November 4, Congolese Prime Minister Sylvestre Ilunga Ilunkamba launched the nation's first pilot "particular financial zone" within the suburbs of the capital…

Lous and The Yakuza released a debut album titled "Gore". © Laura Marie Cieplik The singer of Congolese origin Lous and the Yakuza releases Gore a first album engaged, intoxicating and very autobiographical. When we call Lous and Yakuza, the 24-year-old is on a short break from the set of a "small desk", a short-format concert, for the American national radio NPR. She records pieces from her disc in an…

The national government is concerned about the security situation in Congo Central Province. The Head of State instructed the Deputy Prime Minister with responsibility for the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Defense to resolve this issue. as reported from Kinshasa, The Council of Ministers considered the report by the Governor of Congo Central. According to this report, the insufficient number of police officers and elements as well as the lack of adequate oversight of recruits in military training in the…

Dismissed during a plenary session of the Central Congo Provincial Assembly, Anatole Matusila, its President, refuses to recognize this decision, which for him is irregular. He accuses provincial governor Atou Matubuana of orchestrating the coup against him. as reported from Kinshasa, According to Deputy Jean-Claude Mvuemba, Anatole Matusila was fired on Wednesday during a session attended by 26 provincial representatives. Deputies blame him for his absence: "He did not hold a meeting for a year," he explains.…

Ten years ago today, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights published his "Mapping" report on the most serious crimes committed in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) between 1993 and 2003. This unprecedented investigation was to put an end to more than a decade of impunity and had in one year registered 617 war crimes, crimes against humanity and possible genocide crimes. But since then, none of these crimes have been tried, and its recommendations remain a dead letter condemned by more and more voices in the Congo,…