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Elysée Dimandja Feza to head up sustainable forests scheme

RDC | Le Programme de gestion durable des forêts (PGDF) va pouvoir enfin démarrer opérationnellement avec la nomination à sa tête d'Elysée Dimandja Feza, activiste féministe et ancienne députée. [...]

Published on 12/07/2023 at 04:40 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Sama Lukonde's government plans major budget cut in 2024

The DRC authorities are forecasting a slight fall in growth for 2024, to around 6.4%, due to a drop in the price of raw materials. The upshot of this is a reduction in the budget forecast from $16bn to $14bn.

Subscribers only Finance 20.07.2023

DRC, France
French development minister Zacharopoulou causes commotion in Kinshasa

When Chrysoula Zacharopoulou announced at a French Senate hearing on 5 July that she was abandoning a major biodiversity protection project in South Kivu, she surprised the Congolese government, the French embassy and the French Development Agency, which had not been informed.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 18.07.2023

French Secretary of State for Development Chrysoula Zacharopoulou.

In Focus | DRC
Environment minister Eve Bazaiba at loggerheads with Congo's forestry barons

Under pressure from international backers, environment minister Bazaiba is trying to spruce up DRC's forestry sector, long left to its own devices. A dozen Chinese, Congolese and European companies are in breach of existing regulations.

Subscribers only Politics, Diplomacy 19.06.2023

Environment Minister Eve Bazaiba, Congolese General Gabriel Amisi and Mongala Governor César Limbaya.

DRC
Forestry permit audit in DR Congo poses threat to several industry tycoons

DRC Environment Minister Eve Bazaiba is aiming to take back illegal forestry licences in order to ban logging and to be able to sell carbon credits. Several operators who entered the sector under President Kabila risk losing their titles and, locally, her initiative is being opposed.

Free access Business 21.03.2023

Eve Bazaiba, DRC Environment Minister, 3 October 2022.

Palace Intrigues
Emmanuel Macron, George Weah, François Hollande, DSK and Antoine Cesareo

Intrigues big and small... Every Tuesday, Africa Intelligence takes a peek into the corridors of power in Africa and beyond.

France/Niger Macron's discreet dinner with Bazoum

Liberia/USA Weah seeks face-to-face with Harris

France/DRC Hollande on billionaire-sponsored PR trip to see Mukwege

Togo DSK home from home in Lomé

Ivory Coast Cesareo, Houphouët-Boigny-era master builder, passes away

Subscribers only Politics, Diplomacy 20.09.2022

Spotlight | DRC
Prosecutor opens investigation into $300m finance ministry account

Last month in the utmost secrecy, the Kinshasa prosecutor's office opened an investigation into an account held by the finance ministry at the First National Bank containing over $300m. It is a sensitive case that could involve irregular transactions.

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