RDC

The President of the DRC will be in Paris on Monday, April 29 and Tuesday, April 30, 2024. A two-day official visit to France includes a ceremony at Les Invalides, meetings with political authorities at the Elysée Palace, National Assembly, and Senate, an economic forum, and a meeting with the Congolese diaspora. This marks Félix Tshisekedi's first official visit to France.

Vital Kamerhe is set to reclaim the presidency of the National Assembly. His triumph in Tuesday's primaries, where he outstripped two of his Union sacrée colleagues, paves the way for him to the speaker's chair. Privately and publicly, he is starting to outline the shape of his upcoming presidency.

A purported corruption scandal is making headlines in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The government signed a contract worth over 300 million dollars for building a thousand water treatment plants nationwide. However, this expense seems to involve overbilling, as claimed by various civil society organizations.

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.…

En République démocratique du Congo, un ancien Premier ministre, Matata Ponyo Mapon et plusieurs de ses anciens collaborateurs, devenus sénateurs et députés, sont accusés d’avoir détourné à des fins personnelles ou laissé détourner des dizaines de millions de dollars sur les fonds destinés à un projet pilote de parc agro-industriel. Le parquet a demandé la levée de leur immunité. Enquête. John Mususa Ulimwengu est conseiller…