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Inter-ethnic clashes between Batende and Banunu in late 2018 in Mai Ndombe province had left hundreds dead and tens of thousands of refugees left for neighboring Congo-Brazzaville. The violence had also caused the cancellation of the presidential and legislative elections in this part of the country. as reported from Kinshasa,…

Within the Democratic Republic of the Congo there's multiple tax, the charge of which is strongly criticized by the residents, that is the case for Go Go, a charge charged by the Civil Aviation Authority since 2009. The Director Common of the Régie des airways (RVA) was sentenced in January to twenty years imprisonment for embezzlement. For the Congo examine group (GEC), a analysis middle at New York…

On Monday, the Minister of Finance of the Holy Union, Nicolas Kazadi, obtained 3 new IMF resident representatives, Gabriel Leost. He advised him that the Democratic Republic of Congo wished to become involved as quickly as potential in a program with the Worldwide Financial Fund and get pleasure from help that might exceed one and a half billion {dollars} over three years. Goal: to current its case to…

Congo is not for sale platform has just published a ten-page report analyzing the Yabiso project by Israeli businessman Dan Gertler, again under US sanctions. The nickname Joseph Kabila's friend has offered Congolese investors to acquire up to 30% of the royalties from Metalkol, the Kolwezi mining project, even says he is ready to lend them some silver. For Congo is not for sale, this offer is a trap. The goal would be to wash the businessman and his opaque transactions ... The report is entitled: "Yabiso, Dan Gertler's…

Somalia: Farmajo arrives in Kinshasa as protests intensify in Mogadishu Kinshasa - Embattled Somalia's outgoing President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo has arrived in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo where he is expected to hold a meeting with the President of the current African Union and the President of the country Felix Tshisekedi. Farmajo, whose term…

The Ebola epidemic is experiencing calm in Guinea and the Democratic Republic of Congo, the two countries where the virus reappeared earlier this year. However, WHO Africa experts are still very cautious as they still lack reliable indicators of its development. The Ebola epidemic is experiencing a lull in Guinea and the Democratic Republic of Congo, the two countries where the virus reappeared earlier…

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.…