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The President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Félix Antoine Tshisekedi, visited the Jwaneng mine in Botswana with the aim of discovering the Botswanan model of production and marketing of diamonds, and expressed his wish to duplicate this model in the DRC in order to reorganize the country’s diamond industry. He also participated in an Extraordinary SADC Summit to discuss security issues in the DRC. This visit could mark the beginning of a new era for the DRC’s diamond industry and help strengthen the country’s economy.

The resurgence of M23 in 2022 has caused an unprecedented humanitarian crisis in eastern DRC, where more than one million people have been displaced in just one year. Bruno Lemarquis, the Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary General in the DRC, recently called for increased mobilization to respond to the humanitarian crisis in the provinces of North Kivu, Ituri and Lubero. The current humanitarian response is only 50% funded, which further exacerbates the crisis, and Bruno Lemarquis called for increased resource mobilization and international pressure on donors.

This excerpt is actually made up of two different subjects.

The first deals with the presentation of the book by journalist Michela Wrong entitled “Rwanda, assassin without borders”. This is a book that tells the story of Patrick Karegeya, former opponent of the regime of Paul Kagame, current president of Rwanda. Michela Wrong explains that her intention is to bring the history of Rwanda to the world, while denouncing the support of Western governments for Kagame despite the lack of freedom and the rigged elections.

The second subject is a statement by Weston Kutohomba, head of the investment chamber of Chad’s finance ministry. He speaks in favor of the lifting of constraints for the private sector and supports the reforms carried out to modernize the bureaucracy of the Chadian State. Weston Kutohomba sees Chad as a country with untapped potential and an attractive central location for investors in Africa.

The President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Felix Tshisekedi, invited Botswana economic operators to invest in his growing country during his official visit to Botswana. The DRC has enormous economic opportunities and can build a strong economy with Botswana for the well-being of their people. The president also offered several assets, including the great Inga project to transport energy to the depths of southern Africa, with its large oil and gas deposits. This was an opportunity to strengthen economic ties between the two countries.

Police in Beni, a town located in the province of North Kivu in the Democratic Republic of Congo, presented 22 suspected bandits arrested during operations carried out to dismantle groups of attackers. Among these suspects, we note the presence of three women and two men arrested in Butembo. The city of Beni unfortunately continues to face a high rate of banditry, despite the state of siege in force in the region. The Congolese National Police calls for closer collaboration with the population to put an end to this cycle of crime.