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USA ANNOUNCES $8.3 MILLION AGREEMENT TO SUPPORT COMMUNITY-LED CONSERVATION AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FOR 500 VILLAGES IN VITAL CONGO BASSIN

Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo; February 10, 2023 – Today, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), through its Central Africa Regional Program for the Environment (CARPE), is pleased to announce a new five-year partnership to support community-led conservation and sustainable development, income generating activities, and entrepreneurial networks and value chains in Community Forest ...

By U.S. Embassy Kinshasa | 10 February, 2023 | Topics: News, Press Releases | Tags: CARPE, Central Africa Regional Program for the Environment, community-led, Congo Bassin, Conservation, DRC, peace and security in DRC, U.S.-D.R.C partenrship, USAID, USAID DRC, Wildlife Conservation Society

Remarks at a UN Security Council Briefing on the Great Lakes Region

Ambassador Robert Wood Alternative Representative for Special Political Affairs New York, New York October 26, 2022 AS DELIVERED Thank you, Mr. President, and thank you Special Envoy Xia for your informative briefing to the Council. I also wish to welcome to this meeting the representatives from South Africa, Burundi, Rwanda, and the DRC. The UN ...

By U.S. Embassy Kinshasa | 31 October, 2022 | Topics: News | Tags: DRC, human rights, human rights issue, peace and security in DRC, peace and security issues in Africa, security issues