Embassy of the Democratic Republic of Congo

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  • New era beckons for DRC after rebels surrender

    New era beckons for DRC after rebels surrender

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    THE unprecedented surrender of hundreds of militants and their leaders has raised a glimmer of hope that the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) could at last find peace. The mass surrender is in support of the new administration under President Felix Tshisekedi. No sooner had Tshisekedi pledged to uphold human rights and reconcile with other…

  • [French] Gabriel Kyungu appelle à l’unité et au travail autour de Félix Tshisekedi

    [French] Gabriel Kyungu appelle à l’unité et au travail autour de Félix Tshisekedi

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    Il faut faire l’unité et se mettre au travail autour du nouveau président de la République, Félix-Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo. Il s’est exprimé ainsi en ces termes : « Ce n’est plus le moment de confiner le président Tshisekedi dans un carcan tribal ou politique. C’est le président de tout le monde. Et, nous, acteurs politiques…

  • DR Congo: Key dates since independence

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    Key dates in the post-independence history of the Democratic Republic of Congo, where presidential elections will be held on Sunday: – End of Belgian rule – On June 30, 1960, the Belgian Congo becomes independent. Power is shared between Joseph Kasa-Vubu, the president, and his prime minister, Patrice Lumumba. Rivalry between the two quickly plunges…

  • DRC: What is Joseph Kabila’s legacy after 18 years in power?

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    Kinshasa, DRC – Not long after the Democratic Republic of the Congo‘s (DRC) electoral commission announced that elections scheduled for December 23 had been delayed by a week, a group of unemployed men outside a restaurant in capital Kinshasa had a look of disappointment etched across their faces. “All we want to do is vote and decide our future.…

  • Zim companies clinch $3m deals in DRC

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    The expo, attended by 10 Zimbabwean mining companies, was held in Lubumbashi in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)from June 13 to 15. “In spite of its reputation for instability and pandemic diseases, especially Ebola, the DRC is attracting a lot of foreign nationals, who can see great business potential in the country, ZimTrade’s acting…