Tag: DRC
DRC and Burundi sign security cooperation agreement
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Burundi signed a defense and security memorandum of understanding on Monday (August 28th) following a 48-hour working visit by Burundian President Evariste Ndayishimiye…
DRC: army officers suspected of involvement in illicit mineral trafficking
According to concordant sources, Congolese General Smith Gihanga Mutara was arrested in Kinshasa on Tuesday August 22, because the officer is cited in a case of illicit trafficking of minerals…
DRC: a report on subcontracting reveals colossal losses for the State
Eight billion US dollars escape the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in the subcontracting sector, which the authorities want to make one of the main pillars of the economy, the…
In the DRC, Salomon Idi Kalonda, right arm of opponent Moïse Katumbi, in court
The trial began on Thursday before the Kinshasa military court, sitting in the Ndolo military prison where he is being held. Arrested by military intelligence at the end of May,…
DRC: reflection continues on the future of the state of siege in Ituri and North Kivu
There was no decision announced at the close, Wednesday August 16, of the round table on the evaluation of the state of siege in the provinces of Ituri and North…
DRC: what is Salomon Kalondo, close to Moïse Katumbi, accused of before the start of the trial
The trial of Salomon Idi Kalonda, special adviser to the opponent Moïse Katumbi, begins Thursday, August 17 before the military court of Gombe, in Kinshasa, after his arrest in May…
DRC: 19 years after the Gatumba massacre in Burundi, the Banyamulenge community has forgotten nothing
On the night of August 13 to 14, 2004, at the Gatumba camp in Burundi, at least 150 Congolese Tutsi refugees from South Kivu, mostly women, children and the elderly,…
Legislative in the DRC: how the Rassop group wants to seize the Electoral Commission on candidate files
In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Joseph Olenghankoy’s Rally of Political and Social Forces Acquired to Change (Rassop) wants to seize the Independent National Electoral Commission (Ceni) on the…
DRC: in Goma, the M23 war has a heavy socio-economic impact
The M23 war in the DRC is undermining the shopping basket of Goma, in North Kivu. While Kinshasa continues to accuse Kigali of supporting this rebellion, several inhabitants of Goma…
Legislative in the DRC: 23,653 candidates were selected, including 17% women
Sixty-six political parties and groups have been provisionally selected for the legislative elections scheduled for 20th December next. The Independent National Electoral Commission (Céni) released the long-awaited provisional list of…