DRC natural resources press review of Monday, October 28, 2013

Congo News newspaper reports that the Chairman of the Board of Directors ( PCA ) of Gécamines , Albert Yuma, lied about the sale of 20 % in the company of Kamoto Copper and Cobalt ( Kcc) . Broadcast on RFI , the PCA CMG had suggested that the selection process was underway. And later against the public outcry, the CMG said that the proceedings had been suspended , the newspaper said , which indicates that , according to sources familiar with the matter, Gecamines has already sold its assets to Dan Gertler.

The process of selling shares of Gécamines considered opaque, indicates the edition of Kinshasa of Dépêches de Brazzaville writes : " According to some NGOs active in the mining sector , Gecamines undertook this transaction to sell its shares the mining company KCC without the knowledge of the DRC government , its sole shareholder . in their joint statement issued on October 24 , these associations including the Congolese League fight against corruption , report creation discreetly by Gecamines , a subsidiary which is registered in Mauritius and wonder about his opportunity. " According to the newspaper for these NGOs , Gecamines must follow transparent procedures in case of sale of its assets . They also require a prior independent review is posted to know the net present value of the assets to be divested especially since no estimate is made of the current and future debt represented 20% in Kcc .

On the matter of $ 10 million sunk into an unexecuted order, the managing director of the Congolese hydrocarbons ( Cohydro ) under arrest , reports the Phare newspaper, which highlights that despite the information received by it and reports of the descent of a team of investigators from the national Intelligence Agency ( Anr ) duly authorized in his office , the man has chosen the path of active resistance. He began exploit the trade union delegation , which took care of barricade all entrances of the company.

ANR agents had to resort to firing in the air against staff Cohydro before taking the CEO Birindwa Lutshuera forcibly into their facilities in front of the Government House , also indicates the Congo News newspaper .

In another chapter, Radio Okapi reports that the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) welcomes the decision of the British government opposes the exploitation of oil in the Virunga National Park in North Kivu . To believe a press release from WWF released Thursday, October 24 , the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for British Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs , Mark Simmonds , expressed his government's position in writing , in response to the question a member of the British parliament. WWF welcomes this decision and think that the position of the British government is beneficial.

The Congolese News Agency ( ACP ) announces that the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) organized on Thursday in Kinshasa , a seminar REDD + FORAFAMA ( Support for the sustainable management of the Congo Basin and the Amazon Basin Project Brazil) , alongside the Forest Governance forum scheduled on 28 and 29 October. The "Support to the sustainable management of the Congo Basin and the Amazon Basin Brazilian forests" project was launched in 2009 in favor of these two largest tropical forest in the world , with the general objective of preserving biodiversity these forest areas and the limitation of emissions of carbon dioxide , fighting against deforestation and forest degradation.

A network of women in the management of natural resources in the making , the newspaper indicating that the Phare for five days , women parliamentarians , mining , civil society, the media and local communities attended a session training on " the governance of mining , forestry and oil resources in the DRC ." At the end of this workshop , participants made ​​women of Kinshasa, Katanga and Bas-Congo took the option of creating a "network of women on issues of natural resources."

On the same chapter , the Potentiel newspaper notes that for participation and involvement in the sector , participating in training on natural resource governance want to organize a network.

On another note, the Potentiel newspaper reports that the Congolese education system will enter fully into the Bologna process by aligning programs of Higher Education , University and Scientific Research ( ESURS ) to LMD format. The pilot training curricula in management of renewable natural resources have been validated during a two-day workshop organized by the Ministry of ESURS , and this in collaboration with the Ministry of Environment, Nature Conservation and Tourism and the German cooperation ( Giz ), through its program of biodiversity conservation and sustainable forest management ( Pbf ) . This will give the floor within a few years of executives and experts in the management of natural resources, without neglecting the protection of the environment and the creation of jobs and wealth , said the Minister of ESURS .