DRC natural resources press review of Tuesday, January 28, 2014

The report by the NGO Global Witness published January 23, 2014 in connection with the oil industry continues to make waves in the Congolese press . Recall that Global Witness has criticized the fact that the company has sold Nessergy the Congolese government oil block located off the Atlantic coast Congolese to 150 million U.S. dollars in 2012 , while the oil company had bought 500 000 U.S. dollars in 2006. The British NGO speaks of deception that has produced a huge profit.

 "Folder Nessergy an unacceptable cabal : the opposition forces with a" foreign NGOs " to destabilize the DRC," fills the Manchette . For everyday , " in a fierce attempt, the opposition wants to destabilize totally DRC enjoys a transaction to prevent the country becoming a major oil producer ."" Dan Gertler denounces, Oil/ Hidden agenda against the DRC " , says Prosperité . " It is the will of Nessergy to release its rights has created this huge potential for DRC, authorizing it to negotiate a contract Production Sharing with Angola. Moreover insists does we , prior to participation in the establishment of the zone of common interest ( Zic ) , the DRC had no lawful maritime law in the Zic , depending on the version of Dan Gertler , " the newspaper said .

For its part, Radio Okapi has been talk François Ndjeka spokesman in Kinshasa Fleurette Group of Israeli businessman Dan Getler , which is a subsidiary Nessergy . The latter accused Global Witness investigation to be tainted with a lot of levity . Without denying the figures given , says François Ndjeka Nessergy has not received special legislation because it belongs to Dan Getler but was subject to the same law as all other investors .Another sector, the Potentiel indicates that the FEC is supported by Katumbi . According to the daily , for a first attempt, the Katanga branch of the Federation of Enterprises of Congo (FEC ) had a master stroke . Its president, Eric Monga Sombe , is lucky to have initiated the first roundtable on mining subcontracting. Now , local entrepreneurs in Katanga in particular, and the DRC in general want their share in the mining boom in the province. In this fight , they can count on the support of the governor of Katanga, Moïse Katumbi who considers himself as a mere "product of outsourcing ."
Radio Okapi confirms this information by stating that the provincial authorities of Katanga call companies located in the province to promote labor Congolese efforts to reduce the unemployment rate . They made ​​the call last Friday, January 24 during a roundtable organized by the Federation of Enterprises of Congo ( FEC) on the organization of subcontracting in this mineral-rich province. Participants in this roundtable include regretted that subcontracting in the mining sector is almost exclusively reserved for foreigners. According to them, yet there is Congolese companies capable of providing the same services requested foreign
In the forestry sector , several environmental advocacy organizations denounce since the beginning of 2014 the illegal timber trade in the Democratic Republic of Congo , says the Observateur announcing that last week again, 15 Greenpeace France siglées in " Checking Brigade du Bois" combinations have the seizure of illegal timber in the port of Caen. A long log of approximately 7.50 m was placed on the back of a truck to be presented to the French authorities as evidence . The convoy was eventually blocked by the police