DRC natural resources press review of Monday, August 19, 2013

The Soft International newspaper reports that "received at the Elysée, the Archbishop of Bukavu talking about the exploitation of minerals in the East." According to the newspaper, Bishop Francis Xavier Maroy, Archbishop of Bukavu since 2006, was visiting Paris during the campaign of Lent 2013 CCFD. At a meeting organized room Jussieu, in the fifth district, he explained at length how the savage exploitation of Congo's resources was behind the violence.The same information, the daily la Manchette titles "Archbishop Francis Xavier Maroy, Archbishop of Bukavu," Where will the ore, there come the weapons. "On another question, Soft, recalling that in August, the price of petroleum products at the pump rose 25 FC 30 FC in the western part of the country, reports that yet another increase of petroleum products is announced in the fourth quarter of 2013. To believe the newspaper, "according to some sources, which does not provide irrefutable evidence, however, yet another increase may occur during the fourth quarter of the year. And this time, we learn that the price of ticket-established to date to 500 FC-new companies parastatal transport could increase. "The same media also reports that several months after its official announcement, the functional and financial audit of oil companies installed in the DRC has not been an early start.For its part, the Potentiel newspaper indicates that "SNEL and the World Bank in the dock." The newspaper wrote: "The shifts in the work, funde World Bank on the Inga site, seem to move person Yet since April 2, 2008, the international financial institution, through a letter the same. day the Congolese Minister of Finance, announced the effective entry into force of the agreements signed within the framework of the Development Project of the domestic electricity market and for export (PMEDE) October 4, 2007. A donation of $ 297 million under the IDA financing for sub-components of this project, namely the rehabilitation of Inga 10 machines, so as to gradually increase the current production of 700 to 1300 MW by 2012, the rehabilitation of some distribution network in Kinshasa, the capacity of the SNEL and the Ministry of Energy and good governance. urgent needs of SNEL and finish some projects PMURR Of these sub-components, rehabilitation ten turbines is a foundation on which other would take shape. Five years later, no significant advancements on this megaproject that has generated so much hope to the Congolese. "Remain in the Bas-Congo where the Soft newspaper reports that the"Belgian interests held in deep-water port at Banana, Congo has suspended the feasibility study." The newspaper pointed out that "the Minister of Transport and communication channels, Justin Kalumba unilaterally suspended on 13 July 2013, the recruitment process, launched in May 2013, a consultant to update the feasibility studies of deepwater port off Banana on the Atlantic coast rd-Congolese. Without advance the reasons for his decision, the Minister of Transport said in a statement the process will be restarted later. One immediate consequence of this decision is that the start of construction of the port is no longer for the next three years. Yet in its Roadmap, the government announced a duty to finalize current second half of 2012, agreements between the DRC and South Korea South to start construction of the first phase of the deepwater port of Banana by 2016. "Radio Okapi report tshat the soldiers of the Armed Forces of the DRC (FARDC), Moba garrison, refused to comply with the measure banning logging in some parts of that entity. They justify their refusal by the delay in the payment of their salaries in June and July. They argue that the timber can meet the needs of their households. The soldiers expressed their dissatisfaction after the arrest by the service environment of two military wives for felling protected trees. According to the police, the military released force the two women. Then they informed the Head of the environment, as long as there's delay in the payment of their salaries, their wives continue to cut wood to make charcoal to meet the needs of their families .