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  • DRC Blocks Katanga Gecamines Land Deal

    by Kevin Davids
    April 1, 2020

    April 1, 2020 By Kevin Davids

    Katanga Mining has been ordered to withhold about $250 million earmarked as payment for a land deal with the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Gécamines as an investigation into the state miner’s executives continue. Katanga’s subsidiary Kamoto Copper Company (KCC) agreed in December to buy land next to its mine from Gécamines and said it would […]

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  • DRC To Begin 30 Day Coronavirus Lockdown

    by Kevin Davids
    March 30, 2020

    March 30, 2020 By Kevin Davids

    A 30 day lockdown and curfew decreed in the Republic of Congo. An announcement made by the president Denis Sassou Nguesso, 24 hours after the confirmation of 15 new coronavirus cases. This brings the total number of cases to 19 as at Saturday March 28 when the president addressed the nation. The move is part […]

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  • DRC Declares State Of Emergency, Closes Borders

    by Kevin Davids
    March 26, 2020

    March 26, 2020 By Kevin Davids

    Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi has declared a countrywide state of emergency, and shut down national borders in a bid to stop the potential spread of the coronavirus pandemic. Speaking on national television on Tuesday night, the DRC leader said the move had been occasioned by the rising numbers of new infections for Covid-19. “In view […]

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  • DRC Moves To Revive Grand Inga Dam Project

    by Kevin Davids
    March 19, 2020

    March 19, 2020 By Kevin Davids

    The Democratic Republic of Congo is looking to breathe new life into the Grand Inga Dam project, which is said to be the world’s largest proposed hydroelectric scheme that could produce sufficient energy to power east, central and southern African countries. The project on the Congo River could have up to eight separate dams that […]

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  • Inga Dam In DRC Could Be Africa’s Answer To Electricity Crisis

    by Peter Orengo
    February 28, 2020

    February 28, 2020 By Peter Orengo

    Most African nations are faced with an electricity crisis where by national supply has recorded deficits in recent years. Focus is now shifting to the Inga Dam, a massive water reservoir in the Democratic Republic of Congo, that could power most of the continent’s hydro-electricity supply. Power Africa, an initiative of the United States government, […]

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  • Mbanza Congo Airport Project Takes Off

    by Kenneth Mwangi
    February 27, 2020

    February 27, 2020 By Kenneth Mwangi

    The public tender for the construction of the new Mbanza Congo airport will be launched within two months, said the chairman of the Board of Directors of Angola’s airport management company, Empresa Nacional de Exploração de Aeroportos e Navegação Aérea (ENANA). Manuel Ceita also told daily newspaper Jornal de Angola that the construction of the […]

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