USAID launches integrated development project for Congolese youth
Date: November 20, 2018 From: Public Affairs Section Email address: KinshasaPress@state.gov Bukavu, November 20, 2018 – The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has…
Let’s stop illegal wildlife trafficking together!
Dr. Meredith Gore, Associate Professor of Conservation Social Science at the University of Michigan, taught students how they can help prevent wildlife trafficking in the…
University of Michigan Professor and U.S. Embassy Work to Improve Supply Chains in the DRC
Dr. Ravi Anupindi, Professor of Operations Research and Management at the University of Michigan, hosted Congolese professionals in shipping and transportation logistics in Kinshasa and…
U.S. Citizen Open House
The Consular Section of the U.S. Embassy in Kinshasa is pleased to inform U.S. citizens in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and particularly…
Upcoming Event Alert for U.S. Citizens: October 25, 2018
Upcoming Event Alert for U.S. Citizens: October 25, 2018 Location: Kinshasa Event: On Friday, October 26, a political march is expected to take place in…
U.S. $100 Notes Remain Legal Tender
The Embassy of the United States in Kinshasa is aware of reports that some economic operators and entities in the DRC are refusing to accept…
Security Alert–U.S. Embassy Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo (October 17, 2018)
Location: DRC, country wide Event: As attacks, civil unrest, and other security incidents, including those criminal in nature, often take place without any warning, U.S.…
Travel Advisory for U.S. Citizens: September 19, 2018
Location: Kinshasa Event: Reconsider travel to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) due to crime and civil unrest. Some areas have increased risk. Read the…
Upcoming Event Alert for U.S. Citizens: September 28, 2018
Upcoming Event Alert for U.S. Citizens: September 28, 2018 Location: Kinshasa Event: A coalition of opposition parties plan to hold a political rally on Boulevard…
Fostering Mutual Understanding
To highlight a month celebrating indigenous rights and humanitarianism, the U.S. Embassy welcomed the American singer and activist, Yewande Austin, to Kinshasa! On August 22,…
Progress toward DRC’s Elections
Date: August 9, 2018 From: Public Diplomacy Section Email address: KinshasaPress@state.gov Website: http://kinshasa.usembassy.gov Subject: Progress toward DRC’s Elections In the Democratic Republic of Congo, the…
Update on the Response to the Ebola Outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)
Location: Mangina area, North Kivu and Ituri provinces in the North Eastern part Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Event: U.S. Embassy Kinshasa is monitoring a new outbreak of…
Upcoming Event Alert for U.S. Citizens- U.S. Embassy Kinshasa
Location: Kinshasa Event: Please be aware that August 8 is the deadline for candidates to register for presidential elections. The Independent Electoral Commission (CENI) is located near Gare…
Health Alert – U.S. Embassy Kinshasa
Location: Democratic Republic of Congo, North Kivu Event:The Democratic Republic of the Congo reports an outbreak of the Ebola virus in the Province of North Kivu. As of…
Paul Sabatine Sworn In as Mission Director to USAID/DRC
Wednesday, August 1, 2018, Washington D.C.- Today Paul Sabatine was sworn in as the new U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission Director to the…
Upcoming Event Alert for U.S. Citizens: July 31, 2018
Location: Kinshasa Event: Former DRC vice president and Movement for the Liberation of Congo (MLC) leader Jean Pierre Bemba is expected to return to Kinshasa…
U.S. Government makes significant contribution to joint response to Ebola outbreak in DRC
By early May 2018, 21 suspected cases of hemorrhagic fever were reported in and around of Bikoro in the DRC’s Equateur. Provincial health teams began…
Democratic Republic of the Congo National Day
Press Statement Michael R. Pompeo Secretary of State Washington, DC June 30, 2018 On behalf of the Government of the United States of America, I…
