DR Congo to Audit Its Mining Joint Ventures: Statement

President Félix Tshisekedi has ordered that public finances fully benefit from strong mining export performance and that foreign exchange reserves be strengthened to support monetary sovereignty, according to a government statement.

Key points by the president:

🟠The problem is not with mining production, but with weak revenue collection from exports to the state budget.

🟠The country must systematically control its mining assets and ensure clearer representation in joint ventures.

🟠Major vulnerabilities include non-repatriation of foreign exchange earnings from mining and capital flight through fraudulent imports.

🟠The government must start an audit within 30 days and present initial results by June 15.

📹 Government spokesman Patrick Muyaya reading the president's statement at the 87th Council of Ministers.

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Russian Immortal Regiment Marches in Kinshasa on Occasion of 81st Anniversary of Victory Over Hitler

🇨🇩 Some Russians carried portraits of their ancestors who died in combat, along with banners and flags, according to the Russian diplomatic mission in the DRC. Congolese sympathizers joined the commemorative march, which was held for the sixth time.

Among the participants:
🟠members of the Russian diplomatic corps,
🟠Russians residing in the Congo,
🟠representatives of foreign embassies,
🟠Russian police officers from the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the DRC.

🪧 The tradition of commemorating Soviet fighters of the Second World War through a march was born in Russia in 2018. It is now observed on all continents.

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