DR Congo’s election – the key to Félix Tshisekedi’s victory: On Sunday 31 December 2023, the Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) announced the preliminary results of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s presidential election held on 20 December. The incumbent president, Félix Tshisékédi, was declared the winner with 73.34% of the votes cast, while Moise Katumbi …
Protecting Congo’s forests: new timber parks will help fight illegal logging: Jan Sochor/Getty Images The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) joined the East African Community in 2022. This will offer the country, which has immense natural wealth, a huge market in neighbouring countries and direct access to new roads, railways and ports – and therefore …
How Patrice Lumumba’s assassination drove student activism, shaping the Congo’s future: A protestor holds a picture of Patrice Lumumba. Hatim Kaghat/AFP via Getty Images During a recent visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), King Philippe of Belgium made a speech to the national parliament in Kinshasa expressing his “deepest regrets” for the exploitation …
South Africa in the news: Paul Put named as the new coach of Congo’s men’s football team: The Congo Football Federation (Fecofoot) have appointed Belgian Paul Put as the new coach of the men’s national football team. He has been handed a two-year contract ahead of September’s start of the …: “South Africa” – BingNews …
Why rangers in the Congo’s Virunga national park are under attack: Rangers on patrol at Virunga National Park. Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images Armed men have killed at least six rangers and wounded several others in an ambush in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) Virunga national park. This park is a sanctuary for endangered …
Fighting the Democratic Republic of Congo’s goat plague: Goat plague affects domestic and wild small ruminants Flickr/Jacob Ott Small ruminant farming in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) accounts for more than 72% of household incomes yet it’s under threat from a disease known as ‘goat plague’, or peste des petits ruminants. The Conversation Africa’s …
Trump is right on Congo’s minerals, but for all the wrong reasons: A prospector prepares to pan for gold in South Kivu in 2014. Many informal miners faced tough choices as US regulations turned life upside down. Reuters/Kenny Katombe A few weeks ago a British newspaper leaked the draft of an executive order proposing the …