DRC natural resources press review of Friday, October 11, 2013

500 million Us dollars is the value of gold that the M23 operates illegally each year in the territories under its control in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. These increased revenues have enriched and encouraged those who commit atrocities and crimes against humanity in the region , reports the Avenir newspaper which is based on a report that the newspaper described as " very damning " of Enough Project , a advocacy organization human Rights based in Goma, in the province of North Kivu. According to the newspaper , the report cites North Kivu armed groups, including the M23 and some states in the region , and indicates that they are all involved in the looting of natural resources, particularly gold a mob of traffic in the region.
 On another topic , Radio Okapi reports that unpaid invoices official bodies of the Congolese state due to the Authority water supply ( Regideso ) for this year 2013 amounted to thirty -one million U.S. dollars Thursday, October 10 said the general secretary of the National Union of workers Regideso ( Synatreg ), Jean -Bosco Mwaka . According to him, this penalizes the contract signed there seven months between the Congolese firm and the group management Fina SDE Senegal. Funded to the tune of $ 7 million by the World Bank , this partnership should enable Regideso provide drinking water to meet the needs of cities of Kinshasa , Matadi and Lubumbashi.

For its part, the Congolese Press Agency (ACP ) states that the construction of the hydroelectric Katende in the province of Kasai Occidental , with an installed capacity of 64 megawatts , progressing normally , the agency learned Thursday source close to the Ministry of Water Resources and Electric . 1500 on containers of equipment expected a hundred has already arrived in the DRC for the necessary equipment , including transformers, turbines, generators are currently being manufactured in India by the company Bhel ( Barat Heavy Electricals Limited) in its plants Bhopal . , the source said .

The administrator of the territory Bukama ( Katanga ) , Theophilus Dhelo , called Wednesday, October 9 people living in the corridor leading to Upemba park and which pass the elephants do not attack these animals, reports Radio Okapi . This authority and his colleague Malemba Nkulu are committed to educate their citizens about the behavior to adopt towards these elephants that continue to ravage the fields.According to the Tempête des Tropiques newspaper , African Union leaders in the wood and forestry strengthen their capacity to fully control the issue of forest management in the context of economic globalization. From Ghana , Côte d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso , Cameroon and Gabon and the DRC , they participate in a training seminar yesterday launched Thursday, October 10, 2013 in Kinshasa.