November 2015 - Democratic Republic of Congo

Congo DRC to issue Biometric Passport

by Congo | Nov 11, 2015 | Travel

The Democratic Republic of Congo has adopted a new model of biometric passport with chip on which the holder’s personal information will be engraved. The document was presented Tuesday, November 10 in Kinshasa. The first passport of this kind has been delivered...

Torrential Rain Destroys Homes in Southern DRC

by Congo | Nov 7, 2015 | Communities

After the rain, the weather is nice it is said, but Kinsevere, a village 30 km from the city of Lubumbashi in Katanga province of the former, the rain did enormous damage destroying 102 houses as a result of a torrential rain that fell on the night of November 2 to 3...

Fighting Poverty in Congo Requires Transparency

by Congo | Nov 7, 2015 | Society

The Minister of Planning and Reconstruction and followed by the implementation of the revolution of modernity, Georges Wembi had in his closing remarks, said that fighting poverty in DR Congo requires transparency in the use of resources. The Minister Georges Wembi...

Virunga National Park under threat

by Congo | Nov 7, 2015 | Nature

The results of the seismic survey conducted in the Virunga Park in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, confirms the presence of oil in the basement of this nature reserve, the oldest in Africa, according to official sources in Kinshasa. The British company Soco has...

New Recruits of the Armed Forces of FARDC

by Congo | Nov 7, 2015 | Society

One hundred and fifty-six recruits of the Armed Forces of FARDC are confined since Thursday, November 5th at the provisional collection center of Lukusa camp pending their referral to various army training centers. Pending their delivery in these training centers,...