DRC

Two Sukhoi, Russian-made fighter jets belonging to the Angolan army, were at an air show in the sky over Kinshasa on Friday. These military maneuvers took place four days after Félix Tshisekedi's stay in Angola. The Congolese head of state spoke for a few hours on Monday, November 16, with his Angolan counterpart. The military exercise on Friday was intended to "enlarge the perfect understanding between the two air forces", the Congolese army explains. According to the cabinet of Félix Tshisekedi, this air meeting is "the…

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority (IGF) announced yesterday, Wednesday 18 November, the results of five investigative missions. As a result, scandals over alleged embezzlement of public funds, especially in connection with teachers' salaries or the Bukanga Lonzo agro-industrial park, were considered the biggest investment scandal for ex-President Joseph…

Lubumbashi has been hosting since yesterday Wednesday, the 4th edition of the INDABA Mining Forum which brings together mining and civil society actors from the Democratic Republic of Congo, South Africa and Zimbabwe. At the heart of the debates, the management of mining royalties due to local communities. According to civil society, the management of these funds intended for societal development…

The eleventh Ebola epidemic has ended, according to the Minister of Health, who announced it on Wednesday 18 November. This epidemic would therefore have lasted for five months, it had been confined in the province of Equateur where it killed 55 people in 130 cases. The 10th Ebola outbreak was the deadliest and longest in the…

Small cross-border trade is gradually resuming between the city of Rubavu, in Rwanda, and that of Goma in the DRC. The so-called “Petite Barrière” border post, one of the most crossed on the continent, had been closed for eight months because of the Covid-19 crisis. But since November 5, traders gathered in cooperatives, students, teachers or even doctors are allowed to pass subject to having tested negative for Covid -19. A decision taken jointly by the governors of the provinces on both sides of the border.…

While some of his partners are being prosecuted or convicted of corruption in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Israeli businessman Dan Gertler strikes back. He spoke to the Congolese in a video on Monday, November 16. He promises them to take shares in royalties from the Metalkol mine. With our special correspondent in…

This travel document will now be issued for $ 99. The price was set by the State Department along with the Ministry of Finance. Until recently, it was necessary to pay almost double to get this valuable sesame. as reported from Kinshasa, Kamanda wa KamandaIf, according to Congolese opinion, satisfaction dominates after the…

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, tensions between Joseph Kabila's Front Commun pour le Congo (FCC) and Félix Tshisekedi's Cap for Change (Cach) are not diminishing. The current president of the republic's political family wants to put an end to the coalition. She claims that the conflicts with the political grouping of Joseph Kabila no longer allow the coalition government to work in peace and…

Within the Democratic Republic of Congo, the authorities try to diversify a nonetheless fragile financial system, which is principally because of the mining sector. To do that, they determined to create six particular financial zones. On November 4, Congolese Prime Minister Sylvestre Ilunga Ilunkamba launched the nation's first pilot "particular financial zone" within the suburbs of the capital…

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), while the UDPS marched organized the former Prime Minister Adolphe Muzito with his movement "New driving force" by Lamuka, his own consultations called "vertical" on November 14. Like Martin Fayulu, but unlike Moïse Katumbi and Jean-Pierre Bemba, also a member of the coalition,…