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Edition Du Mercredi 03 Juin 2020
La Prospérité Quotidien d’Actions pour la Démocratie et le Développement Plus de 20 ans d’expérience au service de la Nation Editeur-Directeur Général : Marcel Ngoyi Ngoyi Kyengi - Rédaction & Administration : 33, Avenue de la Paix, Mont Fleuri, Commune de Ngaliema Contacts : Airtel : 0999915179 - Vodacom : 0818135157 - E-mail: [email protected] A la pointe de Récépissé de déclaration de Publication n°04/CAB.MCP/007/2002 - BP : 13.790 KINSHASA I/République Démocratique du Congo Sites web : http://www.laprosperiteonline.net & www.laprosperite.online l’actualité… Ambulances, thermomètres, masques… Lubumbashi : Katumbi dans la bataille contre Covid-19 ! P.2 Procédure de flagrance, Gestion des immunités parlementaires,… Vital Kamerhe affronte RDC : le VPM Tunda les témoins devant les répond aux Députés juges aujourd’hui aujourd’hui P.3 P.3 Le Gouverneur Muyej Assemblée Nationale : un impulse la modernisation calendrier en gestation resplendissante de la pour l’élection du 1erVice- ville de Kolwezi P.8-9 président du Bureau P.11 Hommages à Maman Marie Mbombo Badibanga Voici les vifs remerciements de la Famille Samy Badibanga ! P.4 Sondage Echos d’Opinion DGDA : voici les cadres qui peuvent P.16 succéder à Déo Rugwiza P.5 Série I n° 5333 du mercredi 3 juin 2020 - 20 ème Année - Prix : 3.000FC - 2USD Bien-aimé, je souhaite que tu prospères à tous égards et sois en bonne santé comme La prospèreProspérité l’état n° d5333e ton duâme 3 (3juin jean 2020 2) 2 La Prospérité - Sur le vif Ambulances, thermomètres, masques… Lubumbashi : Katumbi dans la bataille contre Covid-19 ! *En cette période caractérisée par la crise sanitaire liée à la pandémie de covid-19, il est plus que temps pour les populations du monde de se montrer unies et solidaires. -
Dismissed! Victims of 2015-2018 Brutal Crackdowns in the Democratic Republic of Congo Denied Justice
DISMISSED! VICTIMS OF 2015-2018 BRUTAL CRACKDOWNS IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO DENIED JUSTICE Amnesty International is a global movement of more than 7 million people who campaign for a world where human rights are enjoyed by all. Our vision is for every person to enjoy all the rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international human rights standards. We are independent of any government, political ideology, economic interest or religion and are funded mainly by our membership and public donations. © Amnesty International 2020 Except where otherwise noted, content in this document is licensed under a Creative Commons Cover photo: “Dismissed!”. A drawing by Congolese artist © Justin Kasereka (attribution, non-commercial, no derivatives, international 4.0) licence. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode For more information please visit the permissions page on our website: www.amnesty.org Where material is attributed to a copyright owner other than Amnesty International this material is not subject to the Creative Commons licence. First published in 2020 by Amnesty International Ltd Peter Benenson House, 1 Easton Street London WC1X 0DW, UK Index: AFR 62/2185/2020 Original language: English amnesty.org CONTENTS 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 7 2. METHODOLOGY 9 3. BACKGROUND: POLITICAL CRISIS 10 3.1 ATTEMPTS TO AMEND THE CONSTITUTION 10 3.2 THE « GLISSEMENT »: THE LONG-DRAWN-OUT ELECTORAL PROCESS 11 3.3 ELECTIONS AT LAST 14 3.3.1 TIMELINE 15 4. VOICES OF DISSENT MUZZLED 19 4.1 ARBITRARY ARRESTS, DETENTIONS AND SYSTEMATIC BANS ON ASSEMBLIES 19 4.1.1 HARASSMENT AND ARBITRARY ARRESTS OF PRO-DEMOCRACY ACTIVISTS AND OPPONENTS 20 4.1.2 SYSTEMATIC AND UNLAWFUL BANS ON ASSEMBLY 21 4.2 RESTRICTIONS OF THE RIGHT TO SEEK AND RECEIVE INFORMATION 23 5. -
CONGO BRAZZAVILLE Une Diplomatie Au Service De La Paix
POLITIQUE - SOCIETE - ECONOMIE - MODE - CULTURE - SPORTS RD CONGO La guerre de Revue de la diaspora africaine N° 93 Novembre 2017 légitimité CONGO BRAZZAVILLE Une diplomatie au service de la paix en Afrique MBOKA BABOTI ANGOLA NGAI LIPOPO Joao Manuel Gonçalves Union Européenne 3€ - RD Congo 5$ USD - Angola 500Kwanza - Afrique Centrale 3000 CFA - Afrique de l’Ouest 3500 CFA - Grande Bretagne 4£ - Suisse 6CHF Afrique de l’Ouest 3500 CFA - Afrique Centrale 3000 CFA Angola 500Kwanza - Union Européenne 3€ - RD Congo 5$ USD - Lourenço: pour la continuité du travail de Agostino Neto COOPERATION L’Afrique : une réserve de matières premières pour la France ? EMILTON ENKA BEACH … ST-JEAN HOTEL à N’sele Hébergement, Hôtel, Motel, Du jamais vu à Kinshasa! Flat, Chambre, résidence Hôtel assez classe situé dans la commune proche du centre ville (Gombe). Bel immeuble blanc d’inspiration gothique (on dirait un bâtiment religieux avec verre et palmiers). CHAMbRES ET AppARTEMENTS bAR, CybER CAfé, navette aéroport, Soleil plein fITNESS. sud, piscine, SuITE JuNIOR plage, climatisée avec baignade, salle de bain, télévision écran LCD, promenade ENKA BEACH … mini-bar; dans le bois, la côte d’azur kinois! SuITE ROyALE. bain en eau de source, situé non loin de l’aéroport Foot beach, international de N’Djili RESERVATION : Volley beach, 253, avenue Nyangwe, Commune de Lingwala Tennis beach… Kinshasa - RDC Jet ski Réservation : Contact EMILTON ST-JEAN HOTEL ST-JEAN EMILTON CONTACT : 253 ,avenue Nyangwe Réception : +243 81 01 33 78 Réception : + 243 81 01 33 783 -
Democratic Republic of Congo Public Disclosure Authorized Systematic Country Diagnostic
Report No. 112733-ZR Democratic Republic of Congo Public Disclosure Authorized Systematic Country Diagnostic Policy Priorities for Poverty Reduction and Shared Prosperity in a Post-Conflict Country and Fragile State March 2018 Africa Region Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Document of the World Bank Public Disclosure Authorized IDA (International IFC (International MIGA (Multilateral Development Association) Finance Corporation) Investment Guaranty Agency) Vice President: Makhtar Diop Snezana Stoiljkovic Keiko Honda Director: Jean-Christophe Carret Cheikh Oumar Seydi Merli Baroudi Task Team Leaders: Emmanuel Pinto Moreira (TTL) Adamou Labara (TTL) Petal Jean Hackett Chadi Bou Habib (Co-TTL) Babacar Sedikh Faye (Co-TTL) Franck M. Adoho (Co-TTL) This report was prepared by a World Bank Group team led by Emmanuel Pinto Moreira (Lead Economist and Program leader EFI (Equitable Growth, Finance, and Institutions), and TTL (Task Team Leader), including Adamou Labara (Country Manager and TTL), Babacar Sedikh Faye (Resident Representative and Co-TTL), Franck M. Adoho (Senior Economist and Co-TTL), Chadi Bou-Habib (Lead Economist and Program leader EFI, and Co-TTL), Laurent Debroux (Program Leader), Luc Laviolette (Program Leader), Andreas Schiessler (Lead Transport Specialist), Alexandre Dossou (Senior Transport Specialist), Jerome Bezzina (Senior Regulatory Economist), Malcolm Cosgroves-Davies (Lead Energy Specialist), Pedro Sanchez (Lead Energy Specialist), Manuel Luengo (Senior Energy Specialist), Anas Benbarka (Senior -
The Re-Mediation of José Redinha's Paredes Pintadas Da Lunda
Accessing the Ancestors: the re-MediAtion of José redinhA’s PAREDES PINTADAS DA LUNDA Delinda Collier, School of the Art Institute of Chicago Alguém varreu o fogo “virgin discs” was saving the Chokwe culture from a minha infância demise at the hands of the Chokwe themselves, e na fogueira arderam todos os ancestres. who, according to him, were discarding their heritage in favor of “newer” musical forms. They (Some fire swept through were denying the traditions of their ancestors, an my childhood ironic characterization of the upheavals that took 1 and the fire burned all of the ancestors.) place in the Lunda region during the rise of the —“Terra Autobiográfica” mining industry and colonial conflict—after all, by Francisco Fernando da Costa 80 percent of Diamang’s workforce was Chokwe, Andrade a large portion of whom were conscripted by the colonial government.3 Vilhena explains that the Dundo Museum was the first line of defense in saving tangible and intangible Chokwe culture. Júlio Vilhena, scholar and son of the then The company’s last resort, he says, was the use Delegate Administrator for the Companhia de of phonographic discs and other media objects Diamantes de Angola (Diamang), wrote an article to record analogical information that could pass for the Journal of the International Folk Music Council through and out of these tropical conditions in 1955, in which he presented a folklore project and into the ether—the non-place safety zone of the Dundo Museum in Lunda North, Angola. of storage media. He comments on the logistics of -
RDC 2014 : La Fièvre Électorale S’Empare Du Pays
RDC 2014 : la fièvre électorale s’empare du pays P. Bouvier et J. Omasombo Introduction L’an 2014 s’ouvre dans la confusion et la remise en question des succès qui avaient été présentés jusqu’à la fin de l’année précédente comme définitivement engrangés. Le président Kabila n’a pas profité de l’état de grâce dont il bénéficiait au terme de son voyage dans l’Est du Congo, d’autant plus que la pacification de cette région est encore loin d’être réalisée. Il paraît vain, en effet, de chercher à camou- fler les retombées corrosives des troubles qui ont affecté les villes de Kinshasa, Lubumbashi, Kindu, fin 2013, et Beni, en octobre 2014, de faire l’impasse sur la dégradation de la situation sécuritaire au Katanga, de minimiser les combats et les violences dus aux groupes armés qui continuent ou recommencent à endeuiller plu- sieurs endroits, d’ignorer au plan politique les atermoiements du chef de l’État à mettre sur pied un gouvernement de « cohésion nationale » tant attendu, de taire les dissensions au sein du réseau d’alliances gravitant autour du chef de l’État, de sous- estimer les frustrations suscitées par les promesses non tenues, de tirer un trait sur l’intensification des mesures répressives adoptées à l’encontre de l’opposition ou de ce qui est perçu comme telle, de tenter de dédramatiser les effets de l’assassinat du colonel Mamadou Moustapha Ndala, considéré comme un héros par la popu- lation du Nord-Kivu au vu de ses succès militaires contre le M23. Aujourd’hui, la réapparition de l’électoralisme lié au scrutin de 2016, les stratégies politiques mises en œuvre par les autorités génèrent un climat d’instabilité et de tension auquel le Gouvernement qui vient d’être constitué sera confronté. -
United Nations Joint Human Rights Office (Unjhro)
UNITED NATIONS JOINT HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICE (UNJHRO) MONUSCO-OHCHR REPORT ON HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO IN THE CONTEXT OF THE EVENTS OF 19 DECEMBER 2016 February 2017 TABLE OF CONTENTS Summary .............................................................................................................................................. 3 I. Introduction .................................................................................................................................. 3 II. Methodology and constraints ...................................................................................................... 4 III. Context ...................................................................................................................................... 5 IV. Legal framework ...................................................................................................................... 6 i. Right to life and physical integrity ............................................................................................. 7 ii. Right to liberty and security of person ....................................................................................... 7 iii. Right to freedom of peaceful assembly ....................................................................................... 8 iv. Rights to freedom of expression and information ...................................................................... 8 V. Human rights violations ............................................................................................................. -
Angola's Foreign Policy
ͻͺ ANGOLA’S AFRICA POLICY PAULA CRISTINA ROQUE ʹͲͳ ABOUT THE AUTHOR Paula Cristina Roque is currently finalising her PhD on wartime guerrilla governance (using Angola and South Sudan as case studies) at Oxford University. She is also a founding member of the South Sudan Centre for Strategic and policy Studies in Juba. She was previously the senior analyst for Southern Africa (covering Angola and Mozambique) with the International Crisis Group, and has worked as a consultant for several organizations in South Sudan and Angola. From 2008-2010 she was the Horn of Africa senior researcher, also covering Angola, for the Institute for Security Studies in Pretoria. ABOUT THE EGMONT PAPERS The Egmont Papers are published by Egmont – The Royal Institute for International Relations. Founded in 1947 by eminent Belgian political leaders, Egmont is an independent think-tank based in Brussels. Its interdisciplinary research is conducted in a spirit of total academic freedom. A platform of quality information, a forum for debate and analysis, a melting pot of ideas in the field of international politics, Egmont’s ambition – through its publications, seminars and recommendations – is to make a useful contribution to the decision-making process. Table of Contents Introduction . 2 Operating Principles: permanent interests and shifting levers . 4 Bilateral Miscalculations in Guinea-Bissau and Cote D’Ivoire . 8 Democratic Republic of Congo and Republic of Congo: National Security Interests. 11 Multilateral Engagements: AU, Regional Organisations and the ICGLR . 16 Conclusion . 21 1 INTRODUCTION Angola is experiencing an existential transition that will change the way power in the country is reconfigured and projected. -
Conflicts in Congo
epr atlas 417 Congo, DRC epr atlas congo, drc 418 Ethnicity in Congo, DRC Group selection The coding of the DR Congo /Zaire is particularly difficult, because central authority has generally remained rather weak. Congo has faced many challenges to its territorial integrity, either by secession or by external intervention. This means that during signficant peri- ods since independence the country was not under (complete) control of the central government or the government itself was mainly con- trolled by outsiders. Though ethnicity constantly played a role in Congolese politics, this was mainly true for the local and provincial level. Things are further complicated by the fact that some relevant groups do not hold Congolese cititzenship, e.g. parts of the Ban- yarwanda/Banyamulenge living in eastern Congo. Their citizenship rights have been changed several times, but the group has been in- cluded during all time periods. Now signs of political mobilization and relevance of the Azande-Mangbetu cluster have been found, nei- ther with regard to some organization or ethnic voting patterns. The Group has therefore been coded as being irrelevant for the entire period from 1960 to 2013. Power relations 1960-1965: The Belgian Congo achieved independence on 30.6.1960. Hence, the coding period begins in 1960. The newly independent state lost most of its functions during its first days. Triggered by a mutiny of Congolese soldiers in the army, the plan of the Belgian administration to design a post-independence transition with an army and national bureaucracy firmly in the hands of Belgians fell apart. Almost all Belgian soldiers and bureau- crats (all of them occupying the highest echelons of the organiza- tions) were removed – except for those in the state of Katanga that quickly announced its secession from the Republic of the Congo, re- taining its Belgian base (1126). -
Crossing the Borders: Trans-Border Resource Conflicts Between the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Its Neighbors Angola and Uganda
CROSSING THE BORDERS: Trans-Border Resource Conicts between the Democratic Republic of Congo, and its neighbors Angola and Uganda Georges Bokondu and Claude Kabemba Crossing the Borders: Trans-Border Resource Conflicts between the Democratic Republic of Congo, and its neighbors Angola and Uganda Georges Bokomdu and Claude Kabemba This report is published by the Southern Africa Resource Watch Published 2016 www.sarwatch.org Crossing the Borders: Trans-Border Resource Conflicts between the Democratic Republic of Congo, and its neighbors Angola and Uganda 3 Contents Acronyms and abbreviations 4 List of maps 6 Acknowledgements 7 Executive summary 8 1 Introduction 11 Methodology 15 2 DRC, Angola and Uganda Natural Resource Potential 17 2.1. Natural resources of the DRC 17 2.2. Natural resources of Angola 23 2.3. Natural resources of Uganda 27 3 Trans-frontier Natural resources and Conflicts between the States 31 3.1. Conflicts between Angola and the DRC 31 a) Resources’ conflicts along the maritime border 32 b) Exploitation of block 15 and the area of common interest 35 c) Fishing on the Atlantic coast 40 d) Resource conflict along land borders 41 3.2. Tensions between the DRC and Uganda 45 a) Conflicts related to land and lake borders 46 b) Oil related conflict and control of the Rukwanzi Island 48 c) Conflict related to gold exploitation and trade. 51 d) Ngurdoto agreement 57 4 Conclusion and Recommendations 59 Bibliography 63 4 Crossing the Borders: Trans-Border Resource Conflicts between the Democratic Republic of Congo, and its neighbors -
Angola Ex-First Daughter Isabel Dos Santos Charged with Fraud
12 Friday International Friday, January 24, 2020 Angola ex-first daughter Isabel dos Santos charged with fraud Portuguese banker named in probe found dead LUANDA: Angola’s billionaire former first but poor southern African country and moving said Gros. Angola is still reeling from dos San- daughter Isabel dos Santos has been charged it abroad with the help of Western firms. tos’s kleptocratic rule during which key positions with money laundering and mismanagement The “Luanda Leaks” scoop, published on were awarded to his cronies and wealth amassed during her stewardship of state-owned oil firm Sunday by some of the world’s top media out- in the hands of a select few. Lourenco has vowed Sonangol, as Luanda moves to try and bring her lets, has put pressure on the government of Por- to crack down on corruption and launched a home to face trial for looting the country’s cof- tugal, Angola’s former colonial ruler, and some large-scale purge of the dos Santos administra- fers. Documents leaked this week alleged the major corporations to explain what they know tion. He removed Isabel dos Santos from her top daughter of ex-president Jose Eduardo dos and what they did. Dubbed “the princess” by job at Sonangol shortly after he came to power. Santos plundered state revenues to build her Angolans, Isabel dos Santos was named Africa’s Prosecutors last month froze bank accounts fortune, estimated at $2.1 billion. richest woman by Forbes in 2013. She stopped and assets owned by Isabel dos Santos and her “Isabel dos Santos is accused of mismanage- living in Angola after her father stepped down in husband Sindika Dokolo as part of the probe. -
Revitalising Oilfields Luanda's Arts Festival
SONANGOL UNIVERSO UISSUE 49 | APRILn 2016 iverso www.universo-magazine.com 40 Years of Success UPSTREAM CULTURE SOCIAL ACTION ISSUE 49 – REVITALISING LUANDA’S CHEVRON’S APRIL 2016 OILFIELDS ARTS FESTIVAL CSR EXPERIENCE Board president Francisco de Lemos José Maria at the anniversary event CONTENTS Universo is the international magazine of Sonangol President Francisco de Lemos José Maria Endiama Executive administrators: Anabela Soares de Brito da Fonseca, 4 3 NEWS BRIEFING Ana Joaquina Van-Dúnem Alves da Costa, Fernandes Gaspar Bernardo Mateus, Fernando Joaquim Roberto, A roundup of national and international news concerning Mateus Sebastião Francisco Neto, Sonangol and Angola Paulino Fernando Carvalho Jerónimo Non-executive administrators: Albina Assis Africano, José Gime, 4 André Lelo, José Paiva 10 3 PUMPING IS UP Sonangol Department for Communication & Image Director Angola output reaches 1.78 million bopd José Quarenta Mateus Cristóvão Benza SONANGOL: Shutterstock Corporate Communications Assistants Nadiejda Santos, Paula Almeida, FOUR DYNAMIC DECADES Hélder Sirgado, Kimesso Kissoka 12 3 SONANGOL RETROSPECTIVE Publisher: Sheila O’Callaghan he fortunes of Angola and Sonangol have been intimately Looking back on four decades of success 12 Editor: John Kolodziejski entwined over the past 40 years. Since its foundation on Managing Editor: Mauro Perillo February 25, 1976, the company has been the mainstay of T Shutterstock Art Director: Tony Hill the country’s economy. The oil industry that Sonangol leads so 22 3 WEATHERFORD WATCHING Sub Editor: Brian MacReamoinn dynamically has accounted for more than 90 per cent of export Profile of a leading oil services company Proofreading: Gail Nelson-Bonebrake earnings during the past four decades.