Vital Kamerhe, the former chief of staff of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s President Felix Tshisekedi, has returned to his residence after being granted a provisional release by a high court in the country. Mr. Kamerhe, provisionally released for health reasons, is doing well and has been reunited with his …
Read More »DR Congo: High Court orders the release of Vital Kamerhe
A high court in the Democratic Republic of Congo has ordered the provisional release of Vital Kamerhe, former chief of staff to president Felix Tshisekedi, his lawyer said on Monday. Mr Kamerhe has been serving a 13-year sentence for embezzling $48 million in public funds. He started his sentence last …
Read More »DR Congo receives 260,000 doses of Moderna vaccine
The Democratic Republic of Congo has received 250,000 doses of the Moderna vaccine. The doses have been donated through the global Covax programme. It is the first time the country has received a vaccine other than the AstraZeneca jab. President Félix Tshisekedi himself was reluctant to take the AstraZeneca jab …
Read More »US, ECOWAS and AU condemn coup d’Etat in Guinea
Through statements, the head of the African Union, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the US State Department have condemned the Coup d’Etat in Guinea. The head of African Union Felix Tshisekedi and the AU Commission Chairman Moussa Faki Mahamat called on the African Union Peace and …
Read More »DRC: parliament extends state of emergency over insecurity
The parliament in the Democratic Republic of Congo has voted to extend the state of emergency in Ituri and North Kivu, the two eastern provinces that have been rocked by insecurity. Out of 335 MPs, 334 voted in favour while one abstained. The state of emergency imposed by President Félix …
Read More »US special forces to be deployed in DR congo to fight militants
US special forces will soon be deployed to the east of the country to help fight Islamist militants, has said Felix Tshisekedi, president of the Democratic Republic of Congo. He said they would stay for several weeks, supporting the Congolese army in its campaign against the Allied Defence Forces (ADF). …
Read More »DR Congo: New government still in limbo
The March parliamentary session began on Monday in Kinshasa as the Democratic Republic of Congo has been without a government for two months. Yesterday’s start of the parliamentary session comes one month after the appointment on February 15 of the new Prime Minister Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde who has yet to …
Read More »Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde appointed new prime Minister of DR Congo
Former sport minister, Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde, is the new prime minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Before being appointed he was the Director-General of Gecanine, DR Congo’s biggest parastatal mining company. The 43-year-old has a month to form a government that will lead the so-called Sacred Union, the new …
Read More »President Tshisekedi becomes the new African Union chairman
Félix Tshisekedi, president of the Democratic Republic of Congo has now taken over the helm of the African Union to serve as the chairman for one-year. He replaces his south African counterpart Cyril Ramaphosa, following the African Union’s 34th summit on Saturday. But Tshisekedi faces big challenges this year with …
Read More »Pro-Kabila Senators in DRC Condemn President Tshisekedi’s “Dictatorship”
A group of pro-Joseph Kabila senators in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday denounced a perceived “dictatorial shift” in the country. Their indignation in fact, comes after President Félix Tshisekedi, who took office in January 2019, made a series of top-level changes in parliament where a majority of deputies …
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