DRC

About a hundred deputies, mostly from Joseph Kabila's political family, criticize the new government, which they consider representative. They would have liked to be better rewarded after participating in the dismissal of the former Office of the National Assembly and the confiscation of the former Prime Minister. They call their movement the Collective of Revolutionaries of the Sacred Union and hope…

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) officially launches its coronavirus vaccination campaign this Monday, April 19th. The ceremony will take place at the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Kinshasa. This means that the first doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine were inoculated on 2 March via the Covax mechanism. as…

While we are in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), we are still waiting for the inauguration of the first government of the Holy Union, but unscrupulous entrepreneurs are taking the opportunity to speculate. The latest case concerns eggs in Kinshasa. Their price has almost doubled. with our special correspondent in…

Justice is actively seeking Serge Kasanda Ntumba, the initiator of a financial structure that is classified as illegal by the Congolese Central Bank authorities. MyGoldRev is the name of his institution, which is alleged to have defrauded hundreds of thousands of dollars from its customers. “Here your money becomes your slave. Make yourself another source of income ”. The enticing currency of MyGoldRev, a so-called online investment institution, has attracted tens of thousands of people. Two to 3% profit per day on a…

The UNHCR, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the Displaced Persons, is making an alarming assessment of the situation in the Grand Kasai region, where there are more than 21,000 displaced people. This situation follows clashes between ethnic groups Luba and Kuva due to land disputes. The fighting has left at least thirteen dead and nearly 200 houses set on fire in just over two weeks, according to the UNHCR, which has forced tens of thousands of people to flee in an emergency. UNHCR is particularly…

Congolese embassies around the world have serious operational problems. Some are in arrears of up to 12 months with unpaid rents and the risk of deportation for some, or salaries that are no longer released. The situation is such that the Foreign Minister, Marie Tumba Nzeza, warned in the media and asked for greater involvement of the Congolese government to resolve the situation. The regularization process has begun since Monday, April 12. The order was given to the Central Bank of Congo. Of an estimated $ 9 million,…

Civil society and the victims are growing impatient almost four years after the Kamuina Nsapu crisis. The assassination of this customary head of Kasai Central had provoked uprisings in five provinces and bloody repression. Of several hundred crimes, 16 priority cases have been identified since the end of 2017, which justice had promised to investigate. Only three have since been suspended and sent to…

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…

The trial of the killers of UN experts has been going on for almost four years in Kananga, Kasai Central. It is in this province that Michael Sharp and Zaida Catalan were killed on March 12, 2017 not far from the village of Bunkonde. On Thursday, our colleague Sonia Rolley testified before the court about various details related to the various investigations that RFI carried out on the subject. But since March 2017, three Congolese have been missing, Betu Tshintela, a former intelligence agent who was presented as a…

Monusco is worried that insecurity will continue in Shabunda, this vast territory in southern Kivu. Insecurity due to the activism of armed groups illustrated by attacks, looting and sexual violence in this mineral-rich forest area. This is especially the case for the village of Kigulube. With our return correspondent from…