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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 ... Read More»

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

Statement on Report by UN Group of Experts

PRESS STATEMENT NED PRICE, DEPARTMENT SPOKESPERSON JANUARY 4, 2023 The United States welcomes the midterm report by the United Nations Group of Experts released on December 30, and shares the concerns outlined in the report about the sharp increase in violence and the deterioration in the security and humanitarian situation in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Recognizing ... Read More»

By U.S. Embassy Kinshasa | 9 January, 2023 | Topics: News, Press Releases | Tags: Africa, Bureau of African Affairs, DRC-Rwanda, Office of the spokeperson, peace and security in DRC, United Nations

Joint Statement on M23 Advances in Eastern DRC

MEDIA NOTE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESPERSON NOVEMBER 18, 2022 The United States along with the Great Lakes Special Envoys of Belgium, France and the UK condemn in the strongest terms the continuing advance of the UN-sanctioned March 23 Movement (M23) illegal armed group in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The resumption of violence since 20 October, ... Read More»

By U.S. Embassy Kinshasa | 22 November, 2022 | Topics: News, Press Releases | Tags: Belgium, France, office of the spokesperson, peace and security in DRC, peace and security issues in Africa, United Kingdom

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 ... Read More»

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

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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

Statement on Report by UN Group of Experts

Joint Statement on M23 Advances in Eastern DRC

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