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The East African Saturday January 30 2021 Sylvestre Ilunga Ilunkamba, who resigned as DR Congo’s Prime Minister on January 29, 2021. PHOTO | RODGER BOSCH | AFP Summary Mr Ilunga was dismissed by the vote of parliamentarians on Wednesday, as 367 of the 500 deputies in Parliament voted for the removal of the Prime minister and his government. On Wednesday, he angrily said he did not recognise the authority of the assembly's provisional bureau, which oversees legislative affairs, to organise a censure vote. Advertisement Kinshasa, DR Congo’s Prime Minister Sylvestre Ilunga Ilunkamba resigne...

The East African Wednesday January 20 2021 Advertisement Kinshasa President Felix Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) received a Rwandan delegation at State House on Tuesday for talks on bilateral cooperation. They were Vincent Biruta, Joseph Nzabamwita, Donald Kaberuka and Vincent Karega, who are Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Secretary General of Intelligence Services, Senior Official to the African Union and Rwandan Ambassador posted to Kinshasa, respectively. According to the presidential press in Kinshasa, the four carried a “special message” from ...

The East African Tuesday January 19 2021 Summary He was due to be transferred to the capital Kinshasa on Monday, when protesters tried to stop the transfer. Gunshots were heard near the airport as police prevented Mulunda’s supporters from reaching the facility. Advertisement The arrest of a local cleric in Lubumbashi over incitement provoked protests in Haut-Katanga province. Daniel Ngoy Mulunda is said to have agitated for secession at the weekend. He was detained on Monday and his house ransacked by intelligence agents in Lubumbashi, southern DRC. He was due to be transferred to the ...

The East African Wednesday January 13 2021 DR Congo President Felix Tshisekedi. He says the pardon was meant to show forgiveness, justice and “national reconciliation.” PHOTO | FILE | NMG Summary President Felix Tshisekedi’s office said the pardon was meant to show forgiveness, justice and “national reconciliation.” But it was also political, as the 28, the initial group included 11 others who died in custody, walked out of the gates of Makala Prison in Kinshasa were also regaining freedom they claim had been unjustly taken from them. Advertisement At midmorning January 8, 2021 Bern...