News / / 01.25.21
In its final week in office, former U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration eased sanctions against Israeli mining magnate Dan Gertler that were imposed for alleged corruption in Congo, according to a license issued by the Treasury Department. The license, which was not announced publicly, was issued by Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), according […]
News / / 01.25.21
Dans les derniers jours de l’administration Trump, le Trésor américain a autorisé sous conditions l’homme d’affaires israélien Dan Gertler, ses associés et ses sociétés, dont une partie sous sanctions depuis 2017, à refaire des transactions et activités, y compris bancaires. Une décision saluée par les avocats de ce proche de Joseph Kabila mais très critiquée […]
News / / 01.25.21
Days before the Trump administration left office, the US Treasury Department quietly eased sanctions against an Israeli billionaire who had been designated for taking part in alleged corrupt mining practices in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The US Treasury informed mining tycoon Dan Gertler on 15 January, who is based in Israel, that it would be […]
News / / 01.24.21
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News / / 01.24.21
The Trump administration quietly moved in its final days to ease sanctions imposed in late 2017 on an Israeli billionaire who had been punished by the Treasury Department for corrupt and abusive mining practices in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The reversal by the Treasury came after an appeal by lobbyists with close ties to former President […]
News / / 01.20.21
These 10 crises and trends will help shape our coverage in 2021. Our aim is to offer a forward-looking view of current and emerging issues that are likely to drive new humanitarian needs. While we point to some geographically specific crises, we also look at cross-cutting trends, from growing food insecurity to faltering peace deals. […]
News / / 01.20.21
Kenyans wishing to travel to South Sudan will no longer get visas on arrival as Juba intensified online and embassy visa applications to raise revenues. South Sudan’s Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister Deng Dau Deng said e-visas will ensure adequate collection of fees from applicants and facilitate accountability… Click here to read the full article.
News / / 01.19.21
North Korean businessmen linked to Pyongyang government have been awarded contracts in DR Congo’s government projects and accessed banking services consequently violating international sanctions imposed by European Union, United Nations and USA on North Korea, The Sentry, an anti-corruption NGO revealed in a report. Findings from the report titled “Artful Dodgers” released on Monday by […]
News / / 01.19.21
L’ONG américaine « The Sentry » dévoile dans son dernier rapport les dessous du business nord-coréen en République Démocratique du Congo, en dépit des sanctions internationales. Selon de nouvelles informations examinées par The Sentry, deux hommes d’affaires nord-coréens, propriétaires de l’entreprise « Congo Aconde », ayant contourné des sanctions internationales en RDC ont remporté plus de contrats gouvernementaux qu’il […]
News / / 01.19.21
Rebels killed two peacekeepers in the Central African Republic on Monday, the UN mission MINUSCA said, hours after the top court confirmed President Faustin Archange Touadera’s re-election in a December vote marred by low turnout. The peacekeepers — a Gabonese and a Moroccan — were killed in an ambush on their convoy near the southern […]
News / / 01.18.21
En août dernier, The Sentry avait déjà révélé que deux hommes d’affaires nord-coréens avaient réussi à créer en 2018 en RDC une société, Congo Aconde, et même à ouvrir des comptes en dollars chez Afriland First Bank CD, la filiale de la banque camerounaise. Selon l’ONG, cela constituait une violation des sanctions américaines qui interdisent […]
News / / 01.14.21
북한 사업가들이 아프리카 콩고민주공화국(민주콩고)에서 사업을 진행한 새로운 정황이 밝혀졌습니다. 이들이 세운 건설회사가 평양에 위치한 ‘조선백호무역회사’와 연관됐을 가능성도 제기됐습니다. 지정은 기자가 보도합니다. 미국의 비영리 국제감시단체 ‘센트리’(The Sentry)는 14일 ‘교묘하게 회피하는 자들: 콩고민주공화국(민주콩고)에서 북한의 제재 불복’(Artful Dodgers: New Findings on North Korean Sanctions-Busting in the Democratic Republic of Congo)이라는 제목의 보고서를 공개했습니다. 센트리는 이날 보고서를 통해 ‘박화성'(Pak […]
News / / 01.13.21
La réactivation des tensions s’articule avant tout autour de l’élection présidentielle du 27 décembre et donc de l’accès au pouvoir en République centrafricaine (RCA). Le scrutin a vu dès le premier tour le président Faustin-Archange Touadéra être réélu, mais ce résultat a été vivement contesté tant par l’opposition politique que par les groupes armés. Mi-décembre, ces […]
News / / 01.07.21
Le 17 décembre, six des principaux groupes armés qui contrôlaient déjà deux tiers de la Centrafrique s’unissaient dans une coalition rebelle contre-nature pour une “grande marche inexorable” sur Bangui, dix jours avant les élections présidentielle et législatives. Leur but était aussi d’empêcher la réélection du président Faustin Archange Touadéra. Les élections ont bien eu lieu […]
News / / 01.06.21
Sudan on Wednesday said it had signed an agreement with the United States that paves the way for the cash-strapped African nation to normalize relations with Israel and help clear some of its massive debt to the World Bank. Justice Minister Nasredeen Abdulbari signed the deal with visiting U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, according to […]
News / / 01.03.21
Rebel fighters captured the southern diamond-mining city of Bangassou in the Central African Republic on Sunday, weeks after they were accused of an attempted coup and ahead of partial results from a tense presidential election. At least five rebels were killed and two army soldiers wounded in the clashes in the Central African city of Bangassou, which […]
News / / 01.03.21
Des rebelles ont pris le contrôle d’une ville située à 750 km à l’est de Bangui, dimanche 3 janvier, mais restent à distance de la capitale à la veille des résultats partiels de la présidentielle du 27 décembre. Des groupes armés ont attaqué à l’aube la ville de Bangassou et ont pris son contrôle après plusieurs heures de […]
News / / 01.03.21
Am Sonntag, dem 3. Januar, übernahmen die Rebellen die Kontrolle über eine Stadt 750 km östlich von Bangui, blieben jedoch am Vorabend der Teilergebnisse der Präsidentschaftswahlen vom 27. Dezember in einiger Entfernung von der Hauptstadt. Bewaffnete Gruppen griffen die Stadt Bangassou im Morgengrauen an und übernahmen nach mehreren Stunden Kampf die Kontrolle. “Die Rebellen kontrollieren die […]
News / / 12.31.20
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News / / 12.28.20
Central African Republic has staged presidential and legislative elections, defying many who predicted a disaster in a country hamstrung by strife and weak governance. Sunday’s vote is a key step for Africa’s most troubled state — a byword for grinding poverty and militia brutality, still wracked by a civil war that erupted in 2013. In […]