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.

↪ DRC receives first donation of 100,000 mpox vaccines to contain outbreak 2 years ago
↪ More than 100 killed in attempt to escape DRC’s largest prison 2 years ago
↪ African nations hit by mpox still waiting for vaccines – despite promises by the west 2 years ago
↪ Inside the camp on the frontline of the DRC’s mpox epidemic – in pictures 2 years ago
↪ ‘Everyone was afraid’: DRC’s most vulnerable on the mpox frontline 2 years ago
↪ Rapidly urbanising Africa to have six cities with populations above 10m by 2035 2 years ago
↪ The new mpox variant may appear to be less deadly but it is spreading fast. Complacency would be a grave error | Debora MacKenzie 2 years ago
↪ African health officials call for solidarity not travel bans over mpox outbreak 2 years ago
↪ The rangers turning the DRC’s ‘triangle of death’ back into a thriving wildlife reserve 2 years ago
↪ The Guardian view on Africa’s mpox outbreak: Covid lessons need to be learned | Editorial 2 years ago