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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 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.…

Two benchmarks indicate a decline in democracy around the world by 2020. In Africa, the 10 most democratic countries no longer include Benin, but include Malawi. "A struggle without leaders for democracy," is the unpleasant headline in Freedom House's latest annual report. This American and independent think tank measures the…

Voting began in Niger on Sunday in an election expected to lead to the West African nation's first transfer of power between two democratically elected presidents. A smooth handover would be a rare bright spot for a country plagued by widespread poverty and violence that has killed hundreds of civilians and soldiers in the past year alone. Niger has experienced four coups since gaining independence from France in 1960. This would also be in contrast to Côte d'Ivoire and Guinea, whose presidents this…

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. .

It's this Thursday that the Provisional Workplace, which was arrange final Tuesday, will look at the petitions in search of the confiscation of President Jeanine Mabunda and all different members of Parliament's decrease home. This plenary session, whether it is held and the petitions voted on, shall be thought of an vital victory for the present head of state in his departure from his predecessor and…

It's debated with Wathi, as each Saturday at RFI with Gilles Yabi. After Guinea, Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso, the place outgoing President Marc-Christian Kaboré has simply been re-elected within the first spherical and with out a disaster after the election, it's Ghana's flip to prepare presidential and legislative elections…

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.…