DRC

Despite some improvements, the situation remains precarious, requiring more work, especially due to increased military spending.

Is this the start of a legal showdown between Apple and the Democratic Republic of Congo? Kinshasa accuses the tech giant of sourcing minerals from its mines, allegedly "illegally exploited." The Congolese government condemns the "numerous human rights violations" that reportedly take place there.

Behold, in the DRC, the elected officials of the Sacred Union of the Nation, the ruling majority, are poised to select their candidate for the presidency of the National Assembly. A primary election is scheduled for this Tuesday within the chamber. This marks a milestone in the country's political history. Three heavyweights in public life are vying for the position: the incumbent Christophe Mboso, Modeste Bahati, the outgoing Senate president, and Vital Kamerhe, the current vice-Prime Minister in charge of the Economy.…

Vahid Halilhodzic, the coach of the Morocco team, has revealed a list of 26 players called up to face DR Congo on March 25 and 29, in the play-offs for the World Cup 2022. A group almost identical to the one that played CAN 2021, without Hakim Ziyech but with…

For more than three months now, Ugandan (UPDF) and Congolese forces have been conducting a joint operation in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo to fight the ADF's armed group, responsible for the deaths of more than 6,000 civilians since 2013, according…

"March 8, the heroines of the shadows in the DRC". It is on the front page of the daily newspaper Le Phare that calls for the celebration of International Women's Day, which has…

After their initial defeat against the host country Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of Congo won against Cape Verde and was revived in Group A in Afrobasket 2021, in Kigali. Identical dynamics for the Central African Republic, winning in the final seconds against Guinea in pool B. The Congolese reacted well. After Rwandan bang…

Negotiations between religious denominations to appoint the future president of the election commission must resume this Friday, July 30, 2021. The president of the platform for religious denominations, Catholic Monsignor Utembi, invites other religious denominations to the episcopate to try to find agreement. The President of the National Assembly gave them 48 hours to find a solution. A deadline that expires on Friday at midnight. This is the last chance meeting and the six other religious denominations have decided…

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, an inter-ministerial decree specifically allowing the capture and killing of certain protected species is controversial. The document re-emerged one year after it was signed. This text is also attacked by the National Institute for Conservation of Nature (ICCN), which considers this decree to be a setback for the country. Environmental associations and…

In the DRC, the organization Dynamique Impunité Zéro (DIZ) is taking legal action against a member of the presidential party, Augustin Kabuya, for calling on the population to revolt. According to this organization, the UDPS Secretary General threatened to distribute weapons to party militants to protect the power of President Felix Tshisekedi. Thanks Tshiunza Ntatamika, coordinator of DIZ, believes that this incitement against civil violence risks setting fire and bloodshed in the country and calls on the judicial system…