diplomacy&development

The state of the health system is a major concern in the DRC. Infant and maternal mortality rates  are among the highest in the world, mainly due to the degradation of health services, limited f inancial resources of households and dysfunctions within hospitals (dilapidated infrastructure, lack of  equipment and personnel. The French Development Agency and the French operator CREDES associated with Médecins du Monde have signed a  funding agreement this Friday, May 15, 2020 for the Mother Child Health Program in peripheral urban areas  from Kinshasa.  The French Ambassador to the DRC, François Pujolas welcomed this convention which according to him illustrates  exemplary Franco-Congolese partnership on health issues and is fully part of the  roadmap on the fight against epidemics adopted last November in Paris, during the meeting between the  Presidents Tshisekedi and Macron. This project fully contributes to the strategic axes of French aid for the DRC, reaffirmed by the 

                                    Jean-Pièrre Bemba Gombo President of Mouvement de Libération du Congo "MLC" Pre-Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Court “ICC” rendered its decision this May 18, 2020 on the claim for compensation and damages from Jean-Pierre Bemba.  Mr. Bemba was arrested in May 2008 following an ICC arrest warrant and was acquitted by the ICC Appeals Chamber on June 8, 2018. The Chamber noted that Mr. Bemba's claim had two components: a claim for compensation under article 85 (3) of the Rome Statute and a claim for damages linked to the alleged mismanagement by the Registry of the ICC assets frozen on the orders of the judges of the Court. Regarding the first part, the Chamber considered that Mr. Bemba had not established that he had suffered a serious and manifest miscarriage of justice within the meaning of article 85 of the Rome Statute of the ICC and, therefore, refused to exercise his discretion to grant compensatio

The Ambassador of the United States of America in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mike Hammer handing over  to the Congolese Minister of Health, Eteni Longondo the medical materials against covid-19 The Ambassador of the United States of America in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mike Hammer, presented this Saturday, May 16, to Saint Joseph Hospital in Limeté during an official ceremony of presentation to the Minister of Health, Eteni Longondo, a batch of medical materials intended to be given to 5 hospitals Kinshasa which support covid-19 patients. This follows the commitment of the american  President Donald J. Trump to send ventillators to various countries around the world, including in Latin America, Asia and Africa, as nations seek to stem the health crisis from coronavirus outbreak. Mike Hammer said the gathering on a Saturday was because the cooperation between USA and DRC in the health sector is one of the main priorities of the US Embassy. He added

Uvira, a city in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC ) Following heavy rains and floods in Uvira, a city in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the European Commission has allocated EUR 180,000 (more than CFAF 350 million) in humanitarian funding to help households more victims. This EU funding will enable the DRC Red Cross to provide emergency aid to thousands of displaced families, whose homes have been badly damaged by the extremely heavy rain, which devastated the city in the month of April. These funds are an EU contribution to the Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) of the International Federation of Red Cross Societies and of the Red Crescent (FICR). In mid-April, the city of Uvira experienced heavy rain, which caused flooding in the city and its surrounding areas. More than 40 people lost their lives, while 185 people were injured and more than 100 children were separated from their families. Some 70,000 people have ha