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WFP cleared of security lapses in Italian ambassador's murder

The ongoing internal inquiry ordered by the United Nations into the murder of Italy's ambassador to the DRC Luca Attanasio has arrived at some initial findings. [...] (166 words)

Issue dated 18/03/2021

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New Italian ambassador set to take over from slain predecessor

There has been no Italian ambassador to the DR Congo since the assassination of Luca Attanasio a year ago. Alberto Petrangeli is due to fill the post in the coming days. [...]

Alberto Petrangeli was previously posted in Albania. © @ItalyinALB/Twitter

DRC 17/03/2021

Gen John Numbi no longer finds favour with Rawbank

The DRC's main bank no longer wants the services of the security company owned by John Numbi, an ex-military officer who has been weakened by new revelations in the case of the murder of an activist and his driver in 2010. [...]

Retired General John Numbi in 2006. © Maurizio Gambarini/EPA/MaxPPP

DRC 16/03/2021

South Kivu elite battle for share of Luhihi gold rush

Since gold was discovered last year in Luhihi, near the town of Bukavu in the DR Congo, diggers have been flocking to the area. Traditional chiefs, provincial notables, military leaders, and various other officials have also joined the chaotic scramble to extract money from the site. [...]

Félix Tshisekedi Tshilombo, President of the Democratic Republic of Congo. © Carsten Koall/dpa/picture-alliance/Newscom/MaxPPP

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DRC 15/03/2021

Tshisekedi's advisers split over response to $617m arbitration award

The arbitration ruling won by Dig Oil against the DRC has put the head of state's advisers at loggerheads. Felix Tshisekedi's inner circle are pressing him to seek a settlement with the South African oil company, while one of the country's legal advisers is pleading for an energetic legal counter-attack. [...]

DJIBOUTI 12/03/2021

Germany quits surveillance in Horn of Africa as piracy threats decline Free

Germany's only maritime surveillance plane is to leave Djibouti, where it has been conducting counter-piracy missions around the Horn of Africa alongside its European allies as part of Operation Atalanta. The aircraft may be redeployed to the Mediterranean to watch over Libyan waters. [...]

DRC 12/03/2021

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