The United States Provides Additional Assistance For The 2023 Election In The Democratic Republic Of The Congo

Tuesday, September 6, 2022, Washington, USA – The United States government announced an additional $13 million, in addition to its current election support of $10.65 million, to support transparent, credible, and inclusive political processes in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). This $3 million from USAID’s Complex Crises Fund, and $1 million in new ... Read More»

By | 6 September, 2022 | Topics: News, Press Releases | Tags: , , , ,

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Secretary Blinken’s Travel to Cambodia, the Philippines, South Africa, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Rwanda

PRESS STATEMENT NED PRICE, DEPARTMENT SPOKESPERSON JULY 29, 2022 Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will travel to Cambodia, the Philippines, South Africa, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Rwanda August 2-11, 2022. Secretary Blinken will first travel to Phnom Penh, Cambodia, August 3-5 to participate in the U.S.-ASEAN Ministerial Meeting, the East Asia Summit Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, and the ... Read More»

By | 30 July, 2022 | Topics: News, Press Releases | Tags: , , , , , , , ,

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U.S. and DRC Law Enforcement Collaborate to Stop Wildlife Trafficking Ring

  November 8, 2021 KINSHASA – Two Congolese traffickers were arrested in the United States and approximately $3.5 million worth of ivory, rhino horn, and pangolin scales seized on November 4th as the result of a 2+ year, multinational cooperative effort between the State Department’s Diplomatic Security Service at the U.S. Embassy in Kinshasa, Homeland ... Read More»

By | 8 November, 2021 | Topics: News, Press Releases | Tags: , , , , , , ,

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USG, Nespresso, OLAM Food Ingredients and partners Launch Gorilla Coffee Alliance for 8,500 Farming Households

Tuesday, October 19th, 2021 The Gorilla Coffee Alliance was launched today by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID); Nespresso; Olam Food Ingredients (OFI); international nonprofits, TechnoServe and the Wildlife Conservation Society; and Congolese social enterprise, Asili. Over five years, this initiative will partner with 8,500 farming households to improve their coffee production and ... Read More»

By | 19 October, 2021 | Topics: News, Press Releases | Tags: , ,

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Acting Assistant Secretary Peterson reiterates U.S. support for human rights, democracy and anti-corruption efforts in DRC during Kinshasa visit

Acting Assistant Secretary Peterson reiterates U.S. support for human rights, democracy and anti-corruption efforts in DRC during Kinshasa visit   Ambassador Lisa Peterson, U.S. Acting Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL), visited the DRC June 14-18 to strengthen our partnership with the DRC to advance respect for ... Read More»

By | 18 June, 2021 | Topics: News, Press Releases | Tags: , , , , , , , , , ,

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Prosper Africa – Initiative to Boost Trade and Investment Between the U.S. and Africa

The new Prosper Africa initiative reflects the U.S. government’s belief that open and transparent economies should determine the future of African countries.   On his recent trip to Sudan, Ethiopia, Mozambique, and South Africa, U.S. Assistant Secretary for African Affairs, Tibor Nagy stressed that the US wants to be Africa’s trade and investment partner. He explained that the initiative will focus on synchronizing the efforts of ... Read More»

By | 2 July, 2019 | Topics: Commercial Affairs, News, Trade, U.S. & The Democratic Republic of the Congo | Tags: ,

Ambassador M. Hammer presents his credentials and assumes full duties as U.S. Ambassador to the DRC

Date: December 22, 2018 Subject: Accreditation of Ambassador Mike Hammer Ambassador Mike Hammer presented his credential to President Joseph Kabila and assumed full duties as U.S. Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo on December 22, 2018. In the official Livre d’or, Ambassador Hammer wrote: It is a deep honor and privilege to represent the United States as Ambassador to the ... Read More»

By | 22 December, 2018 | Topics: News, Press Releases, U.S. & The Democratic Republic of the Congo | Tags: , ,

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