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…
Jennifer Haskell, Chargé d’Affaires, spoke at the 242nd anniversary of the United States of America
Excellencies, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, Welcome to our celebration of American Freedom! Two hundred and forty-two years ago, on July 4, 1776, the Continental…
Department of State Announces Additional $7 million to Combat Ebola in DRC
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE Office of the Spokesperson For Immediate Release May 22, 2018 MEDIA NOTE On May 17, Secretary Mike Pompeo determined it…
Celebration of the 2018 World Malaria Day
On April 25, 2018, the Foreign Service National (FSN)-led local Staff Care team in coordination with the U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) team at the…
Security Alert – U.S. Embassy Kinshasa: May 15, 2018
Location: Goma Event: Embassy Kinshasa advises U.S. citizens to avoid the area around Virunga National Park in Goma. On May 11, just north of Goma…
Health Alert – U.S. Embassy Kinshasa: May 10, 2018
Location: Equateur Province Event: The U.S. Embassy in Kinshasa informs U.S. citizens that the DRC’s health minister and the World Health Organization reported 27 possible cases,…
Security Alert – U.S. Embassy Kinshasa: May 7, 2018
Location: Goma Event: Embassy Kinshasa advises U.S. citizens to avoid the area around the Karibu Hotel in Goma. On April 30, individuals armed with machetes…
Democratic Republic of the Congo – Level 3: Reconsider travel
Travel Alert – U.S. Embassy Kinshasa: March 1, 2018 Location: Kinshasa Democratic Republic of the Congo – Level 3: Reconsider travel C U O Reconsider…
The CALI Mass Choir concert for Black History Month
Black History Month began from a statement highlighting the total or partial absence of the role played by African Americans in the history of the…
Demonstration Alert: February 23, 2018
Location: Kinshasa Event:The Catholic Lay Association and others have announced their intention to hold peaceful protests on Sunday, February 25, 2018 in Kinshasa and in…
