The DRC General Migration Directorate (DGM) authorities refused to renew Ida Sawyer, Human rights watch, RDC’s visa, causing her to immediately leave Kinshasa on 9 August 2016. DRC government spokesperson Lambert Mende said the Congolese authorities “have no comments” on the visa refusal explaining the “the onus is on the DGM to issue or deny visas to foreign applicants”. Ida had a settlement visa which was valid until 2019. The visa was cancelled by DGM in July when she returned to Kinshasa. Reacting to the decision, Human Rights Director Kenneth Roth described it as « a brazen attempt to muzzle reporting…
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Opposition leader Moïse Katumbi claimed in statement issued on 09 August 2016 that President Kabila has a three-pronged strategy to illegally cling to power and called upon the Congolese people to ensure the incumbent Head of State « leaves through the front door ». The statement comes in response to Kabila’s announcement made during his recent visit to Uganda when he said “We have started voter registration. It will take time but as soon as the voters register is available, we shall have an election”. According to Katumbi, the Kabila’s three-pronged strategy to extend his stay in power will be implemented by first…
During a meeting held on 8 August 2016 to introduce the electoral kits to civil society stakeholders, Corneille Nangaa, President of the National Independent Electoral Commission (CENI), called on the civil society leaders to avail their support to the voters’ registration process.
In an interview with Actualite.CD on a report issued on 5 August 2016 by Congo Research Group (CRG) entitled “Congo’s Perilous Election Battle”, its Director, Jason Stearns said “the recent developments in the DRC indicate there is a trust problem with the facilitation”. Stearns expressed his views of the AU-appointed facilitator saying “Kodjo has a negative reputation with the opposition. He does not listen and is not inclusive enough”.
According to a series of court documents obtained by DRC 7sur7 online media, Belgian justice authorities have seized about 18 million US Dollars from the Congolese Central Bank (BCC) as a partial enforcement of a court ruling handed down against the regulator on 22 June 2012 to pay 30 million US Dollars in damages to World Connection Company. Kinshasa Trade Court condemned the BCC in a case dating back to 1994 when the regulator held the monopoly to sell gold and diamond abroad on behalf of the DRC and repatriating the proceeds of the sale of these minerals back to…
At least 17 people were killed following several incursions of militiamen in the night of 7-8 August 2016 in a number of localities of Bwito in North Kivu.
President Kabila travelled to Ndjamena, Chad, on 7 August 2016 where he will be attending today his counterpart Idriss Deby Itno’s inauguration for the latter’s fifth term.
Closing his visit to Beni, in the province of North Kivu, President Kabila on 7 August held a meeting with the youth, the civil society, the traditional chiefs, women’s associations and religious leaders, thrashing out elections and the insecurity prevailing in the region. According to North Kivu province, Julien Paluku, Kabila thanked Beni’s population for their support to the Congolese army in hunting down Uganda ADF rebels. In his discussions with the youth, Kabila told them “the renewal of the DRC political class is imperative,” urging them to massively participate in the coming elections. Speaking in laudatory terms of being…