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A new government group, made up of personalities all involved in President Félix Tshisekedi, was unveiled on Monday, April 12, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. According to the presidential decree, this new government, known as the "Holy Union of the Nation", has 57 members - including the Prime Minister - including 14 women. This appointment comes four months after the split of President Tshisekedi's coalition with his…

In a statement presented on Thursday in the capital Kinshasa, Congolese Catholic bishops gathered at the National Bishops' Conference in Congo (Cenco) confirmed that more than 6,000 people have been killed in the Beni region since 2013 and more than 2,000 in the neighboring province of Ituri 2020 in the violence raging in this part of Congo-Kinshasa. For the prelates, the current configuration of the army is a problem. And the solution to the crisis includes military operations under international coordination. .

Eight months after the official declaration of the end of the world's largest measles epidemic, which killed more than 7,000 children in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the situation is once again worrying. More than 13,000 cases have been registered since January 2020. Almost all provinces have reported new cases of measles. Since the beginning of the year, humanitarian actors have been vaccinated in…

A commission was set up to challenge its boss, Jules Alingete. According to that commission, he was wrong to say that people accused of mismanagement had sought refuge in Parliament in order to take advantage of Parliament's immunity. Correspondence should be addressed to the President of the Republic to authorize the House of Lords to question the Inspector General.…

The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Tuesday upheld the conviction of former Congolese militia leader Bosco Ntaganda for war crimes and crimes against humanity and upheld his 30-year prison sentence. "After dismissing Mr Ntaganda's grounds of appeal in its entirety, the Board of Appeal hereby confirms the judgment of the Chamber," said Judge Howard Morrison. Ntaganda's lawyers had tried to overturn his conviction, saying the original trial was full of legal errors. But the appeals judges rejected all of the…

Gabon's team qualified for the next African Cup of Nations (CAN 2021) thanks to a 3-0 victory against DR Congo on March 25, 2021 in Franceville. A result that eliminates the Congolese. Leopards will not be able to catch up in the Group D position for the Gambians, who also beat Angola 1-0 on Thursday. Gambia plays its first CAN in Cameroon.…

The Democratic Republic of Congo has not had a digital database of its officials since independence in 1960. To remedy this, public administrations have for several weeks been asked to declare their workers to the Ministry of Public Services. In addition, the state primarily wants to sort out fictitious employees or cumulators who seal the accounts.…

An Italian Carabinieri unit is expected in Congo on Tuesday to investigate the murder of the Italian ambassador to Congo, a Carabinieri officer and their driver in the country's troubled east. Congolese authorities and members of the UN mission in Congo are also expected in Goma, in eastern Congo, to investigate the killings. Luca Attanasio, the Congolese ambassador since 2017, Carabinieri officer Vittorio Iacovacci and their driver Moustapha Milambo were killed in an ambush on Monday as their world…

A few of the neighbors of the Central African Republic, two nations are specifically tormented by this disaster: Congo and Chad. How can we see this disaster at the facet of those two typical companions within the Central African Republic? Some solutions. Because the present chairman of ECCAS, Denis Sassou Nguesso consults the…

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, the curfew, which runs from 9pm to 5pm, has been in effect since Friday. An unparalleled measure across the country to limit or even stop the spread of coronavirus, the fall of which is increasing. But a few days after the launch, the consequences of the curfew are felt by many Kinshasa. .