Tag: ground floor
How to develop cultural industries in Africa?
A sign of the enthusiasm for creators from the African continent, Disney+ is coming to South Africa. Like Netflix, the streaming service is interested in local content. But support for…
Scrabble, a growing passion on the African continent
Scrabble, with its sometimes aging image in Europe, is a very dynamic sport on the African continent, a breeding ground for high potential. It requires immense capacities of concentration and…
the revision of the electoral law emptied of its substance for the initiators of the text
In the DRC, the bill on the revision of the electoral law is sent to the Political, Legal and Administrative Commission of the National Assembly. This process is taking place…
the IMF points to progress in budgetary management and challenges to be met
The International Monetary Fund completed this week the second evaluation of the three-year program concluded with the DRC under the “Extended Credit Facility”. This mechanism provides financial assistance to countries…
Colonel Christian Kenga Kenga sentenced to death on appeal
The High Military Court has delivered its verdict in the appeal trial of the assassination of human rights defenders Floribert Chebeya and Fidèle Bazana. Police Colonel Kenga Kenga receives the…
DRC: after the massacre of 53 people, how to restore security in Ituri?
Militiamen from the Cooperative for the Development of Congo killed 15 people on Monday May 9 in a camp for displaced people. The day before, another Codeco attack had already…
“A special flavor in the ring against Martin Bakole”
Tony Yoka faces Martin Bakole, this May 14, 2022 in Paris. For the French boxing star, this fight against a Congolese – his father’s country of origin – will be…
death toll from rebel attack in Ituri rises to nearly 50
In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), we know a little more about the motive for the rebel attack on a gold mine. Civil society now puts forward a death…
the police disperse the opposition demonstration in front of the National Assembly
The police dispersed, this Friday morning May 6, a demonstration of the opposition and civil society in front of the Parliament in Kinshasa to demand a political consensus on the…
a year after its start, the state of siege in the East criticized for its mixed record
A year ago today, on May 6, 2021, two provinces in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo were placed under a state of siege. This is to…