DRC

The crisis between the Front Commun pour le Congo (FCC) led by Joseph Kabila and the Cap pour le Change (Cach) led by Félix Tshisekedi is intensifying. After three weeks of consultation, the president announced on Sunday, December 6, the upcoming appointment of a new informant to achieve a new majority in the congregation. Parliament will once again be the site of this trench war between the two…

On the front page of Kinshasa newspapers.

Félix Tshisekedi decided to end the coalition he had formed with his predecessor Joseph Kabila. To do this, he wants a majority in the National Assembly. This allows him to appoint a new prime minister and form a new government. The first step in the process, he decides to appoint an informant who will be responsible for identifying a new coalition that brings together the absolute majority in the National Assembly. RFI receives Hervé Diakiese, lawyer, human rights defender and spokesman for the "Le Congolais Debout"…

Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi gave a speech of about thirty minutes on Sunday, December 6, to deliver the results of the national consultations in November and announce the resulting decisions. The main action is the end of the governing coalition composed of the FCC by Joseph Kabila. "My dear countrymen, I have…

He was expected in Lubumbashi on Saturday, but ex-president Joseph Kabila could not make the trip. Members of his delegation had to leave Ndjili airport in Kinshasa to return to their homes. Meanwhile, in Lubumbashi, his followers mobilized to welcome him trying to interpret this non-arrival. as reported from Kinshasa, Kamanda…

Africa is facing the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic. Many countries on the continent are registering an outbreak of new cases, according to the African Union Specialized Health Bureau (CDC-Africa). The head of the agency, John Nkangasong, completed his mission to assess the pandemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo…

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Court of Peace announced its decision in the first instance on Thursday, December 3, regarding AFDC and Allied regrouping. The outgoing leader Patrick Djanga Kalakata gets four years in prison and Néné Nkulu's lawyers promise to appeal to defend his group. Modeste Bahati Lukuebo is recognized as the group's sole legal representative.…

Without delay, the Congolese National Assembly on Thursday, December 3, adopted the Finance Bill 2021, which allocates a budget slightly higher than the revised budget for 2020, a year marked by explosive budget overruns in political institutions. . A budget, really, less applauded, but realistic according to the authorities.…

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, tensions remain between Joseph Kabila's Common Front for the Congo (FCC) and Félix Tshisekedi's Cap for Change (Cach). The former president's political family accuses members of his successor's political platform of bribing to overthrow the parliamentary majority. After many statements in the press from the FCC, the tension has increased slightly in the two days.…

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is organizing consultations for raped prisoners at the Kasapa Prison in Lubumbashi from 3 December. On September 25, 26 and 27, during riots in the prison, about 50 of them were raped by other prisoners. Since then, some have reportedly been released or…