DRC government signed on 6 August 2016 a 10 million US Dollar partnership agreement with South African company Syntell for a project aimed at modernising road traffic in the country.
Auteur/autrice : La Rédaction
Congolese judoka, Rodrick Kuku Ndongala was the first DRC athlete to compete at Rio Olympic game on 7 August 2016. He lost to Dominican contended Wander Mateo.
For better or worse, the political scene in the DRC increasingly resembles a zero-sum chess game. No one any more believes it will be possible to hold presidential and legislative polls by the end of this year. Neither does anyone attempt speculating on what the coming five months hold in store. In this continent-sized country of 70 million inhabitants, 40 million voters, 26 provinces and 700 political parties, not a single election ever was held within the set deadline since the country became independent.
In a communiqué issued on 6 August 2016, the International Support Group for the Facilitation of the National Dialogue in DRC commended the efforts being made by Edem Kodjo, the African Union appointed facilitator of the dialogue, to bring all stakeholders to initiate the dialogue.
The African Governors of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank met in Cotonou, Benin, on 4 and 5 August 2016 for the African Caucus themed on “Scaling up Bretton Woods Institutions Support to address shocks, boost growth and enhance transformation in Africa”.
Having soared to 15 USD Dollars over the past weeks, the price of a 50-kg bag of grey cement was brought down to 10-11 US Dollars in Matadi.
Breaking the silence on the elections and amidst accusations from the opposition that he wants to extend his tenure, President Joseph Kabila announced that the holding of elections in the DRC would be contingent upon the availability of the voters’ register.
South Africa’s ANC was on track for its worst electoral performance since the end of apartheid on Friday as voters vented anger about high unemployment and corruption in municipal elections that herald a sea change in politics and society.