DRC

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…

Thirty-one professors from the University of Kinshasa, the largest in the country, have died since January. Illness, poor medical care, difficult working conditions are among the causes, according to the association of UNIKIN professors. This is the first time that the university has achieved these figures in one year. Kinshasa, the troubling situation in academia.…

MSF cancels support for two health centers in Kimbi and Baraka, in southern Kivu. A decision taken after a first withdrawal in July 2020 by a large part of the NGO's staff in the territory of Fizi, in the same province. Humanitarians were the target of several violent incidents in 2020. They can no longer carry out their…

Everything behind the President of the Republic: such is the commitment made by the general force in the DRC. On Tuesday, December 1, Army officers and national police gathered at the Palace of the Nation, the seat of the President, for an interview with Commander-in-Chief Félix Tshisekedi. as reported from Kinshasa, Kamanda wa…

President Félix Tshisekedi, who still has not announced a decision after three weeks of national consultations, is he trying to interrupt members of the pro-Kabila majority to gain more powers? In any case, the relatives of the former president do not doubt it. On Monday, in a statement, the majority of Parliament condemned maneuvers that tend to reconfigure the forces in the National Assembly. What…

FCC figure Barnabé Wimania Milingano is accused of insulting the head of state and threatening his physical integrity. Following his condemnation on Saturday, the FCC is talking about a dictatorship taking hold. His lawyers state their intention to appeal, while President Tshisekedi's UDPS says it has nothing to do with this trial.…

About fifty women who were raped in the Kasapa prison in Lubumbashi are still waiting to be taken into custody. These women were held in this prison during the riots that shook the prison on September 25, 26 and 27. Since then, they have not seen a gynecologist or a judge. They have been abandoned to their sad fate. RFI was able to meet them on the spot.…