Thursday 18 February 2010
By Thomas on Thursday 18 February 2010,
* Over 30 business reforms by mid-2010
* Questions whether civil service will implement them
* Congo eyes double-digit growth in 2012
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By Thomas on Thursday 18 February 2010,
President Joseph Kabila of the Democratic Republic of Congo is looking to
draw new investors to his Central African country with an unprecedented package
of over 30 reforms of law affecting business.
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Wednesday 17 February 2010
By Thomas on Wednesday 17 February 2010,
The Democratic Republic of Congo plans to make the cleaning of rough
diamonds compulsory before export as part of a wider drive to raise minerals
revenues, officials said.
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Wednesday 10 February 2010
By Thomas on Wednesday 10 February 2010,
Congolese forces are suspected of looting a village in the east of the
country, U.N. and army officials said on Wednesday, describing the latest
incident in the controversial U.N.-backed operations against Rwandan
rebels.
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Tuesday 9 February 2010
By Thomas on Tuesday 9 February 2010,
Democratic Republic of Congo pledged on Tuesday to accept the outcome of
international arbitration in a dispute with Canada's First Quantum Minerals
over the Kolwezi copper and cobalt tailings project.
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Tuesday 2 February 2010
By Thomas on Tuesday 2 February 2010,
Local authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo province of Katanga
have blocked exports by mining companies they believe have not supported local
agriculture projects, an official told Reuters on Tuesday.
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Saturday 23 January 2010
By Thomas on Saturday 23 January 2010,
Democratic Republic of Congo's parliament approved spending limits in the
2010 budget on Saturday that were demanded by President Joseph Kabila to try to
ensure the country qualifies for more debt relief.
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Thursday 14 January 2010
By Thomas on Thursday 14 January 2010,
Democratic Republic of Congo and U.N. peacekeepers are redeploying soldiers
under a new strategy to pacify the country's volatile east, but analysts say
the move is unlikely to end widespread abuses there.
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Tuesday 12 January 2010
By Thomas on Tuesday 12 January 2010,
The Democratic Republic of Congo is to amend its 2010 budget in a bid to
ensure it qualifies for more debt relief, officials said on Tuesday.
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Wednesday 6 January 2010
By Thomas on Wednesday 6 January 2010,
South African telecom groups Vodacom said on Wednesday its Democratic
Republic of Congo joint venture partner CWN has threatened to take it to court
over a dispute related to funding agreements. Congolese Wireless Networks (CWN)
valued its claim in a funding dispute between the two at $180 million or
more.
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Tuesday 5 January 2010
By Thomas on Tuesday 5 January 2010,
Democratic Republic of Congo sacked 119 high-ranking civil servants on
Tuesday as part of a presidential drive to clean up the often corrupt and
chaotic government agencies in the central African country.
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By Thomas on Tuesday 5 January 2010,
More than 150 people were killed last week in fighting between government
troops and armed groups in the Equateur province of Democratic Republic of
Congo, the U.N. mission in the central African country said on Sunday.
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Wednesday 23 December 2009
By Thomas on Wednesday 23 December 2009,
Foreign donors must invest hundreds of
millions of dollars and better coordinate an array of Congolese military reform
plans before the United Nations can start cutting back on its vast but troubled
peacekeeping force.
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By Thomas on Wednesday 23 December 2009,
International donors have been scrambling to reform Democratic Republic of
Congo's armed forces since the official end to the 1998-2003 war.
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Friday 18 December 2009
By Thomas on Friday 18 December 2009,
The U.N. peacekeeping force in Congo has put its soldiers on high alert
after reports that Ugandan rebels are threatening to carry out mass killings of
the kind they conducted last Christmas, a spokesman said on Friday.
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Thursday 17 December 2009
By Thomas on Thursday 17 December 2009,
As world leaders haggle over a plan to fight global warming,
tribes in Congo's rainforest have armed themselves with satellite GPS devices
in the hope of coming out winners from any deal.
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Friday 9 October 2009
By Thomas on Friday 9 October 2009,
Freeport-MacMoRan said on Friday it was informed by Congo authorities that
three employees detained on charges of embezzling millions in a visa scam have
been acquitted.
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Thursday 8 October 2009
By Thomas on Thursday 8 October 2009,
Chinese companies have signed an amended $6 billion infrastructure and loan
deal with Democratic Republic of Congo, China's ambassador said on Thursday, a
step seen clearing the way for debt relief for the African nation.
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By Thomas on Thursday 8 October 2009,
Some 25 mining contracts in Congo involving "second tier" copper, diamond,
and gold assets could be scrapped if companies fail to present the results of
feasibility studies by a December dealine, the Ministry of Mines said on
Thursday.
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Tuesday 8 September 2009
By Thomas on Tuesday 8 September 2009,
Un tribunal militaire de la République démocratique du
Congo (RDC) a condamné à la peine capitale deux ressortissants norvégiens
accusés du meurtre de leur chauffeur en mai dernier.
Lire la dépêche et voir la photo sur le site de La Provence
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Thomas Hubert est un journaliste pigiste bilingue basé à Kinshasa, RD Congo depuis le premier trimestre 2009 et auparavant à Paris. Ce blog présente une sélection de ses articles publiés par divers médias et des notes sur la vie quotidienne à Kinshasa.