• DRC: Nestlé ends operation prior to January exit

    Switzerland-based Nestlé has halted production at its Kinshasa factory as part of an exit program to come into effect January next year. The agribusiness company announced December 1 it was immediately shutting down its local factory situated...

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  • DRC: Opposition brushes aside new presidential election date

    The opposition and the civil society have rejected the announcement by the national electoral commission to hold long waited presidential election in December 2018, allowing therefore incumbent and disputed President Joseph Kabila to exceed December 31, 2017...

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  • DRC: Global Witness accuses army officer of receiving returns of goal mining in Northern Kivu

    The charity has finger-pointed army Brigadier-general Étienne Mbunsu Bindu based in Northern Kivu in illicit earning transactions related to gold mining in the region. The military high ranking officer according to the NGO which investigates illegal exploitation...

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  • DRC: Government Official allowed in EU territory despite ban

    The Congolese government spokesperson is sojourning in Brussels despite the ban to land or transit through any member-state of the EU bloc. Lambert Mende who officiates as cabinet minister of communication and media is part of a...

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