Category: Democratic Republic of the Congo

1. Congo’s President Tshisekedi Appoints New Prime Minister: President Felix Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic of the Congo has appointed a new prime minister, Sylvestre Ilunga Ilunkamba, to replace Bruno Tshibala. The appointment was made following a power-sharing agreement between the president and the opposition. Ilunga is a former minister of foreign affairs and has held several other ministerial positions in the past.

↪ Waiting for the all-clear: how medics and villagers rallied when Ebola returned to DRC 12 months ago
↪ UK’s biggest weapons firm BAE grounds ‘lifeline’ aircraft delivering food aid 1 year ago
↪ Bonobos transformed how we think about animal societies. Can we save the last of the ‘hippy apes’? 1 year ago
↪ DRC says EU’s minerals deal with Rwanda is ‘obvious double standard’ 1 year ago
↪ Former DRC president Joseph Kabila sentenced to death in absentia 1 year ago
↪ Mountain gorillas are back from the brink. But what happens if they run out of room? 1 year ago
↪ ‘I’m from where you learn to run before you can walk’: the comic strip artist telling the story of DRC’s conflict 1 year ago
↪ Sex work and abuse: the women trapped in Malawi’s growing refugee camp 1 year ago
↪ Oil exploration in the Congo basin rainforest could be a disaster for nature and the climate 1 year ago
↪ US destruction of contraceptives denies 1.4m African women and girls lifesaving care, NGO says 1 year ago