DRC natural resources press review of Friday, February 21, 2014

National Electricity Company ( SNEL ) announced in the coming days a "severe" load shedding in various cities of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), informs Radio Okapi that indicates the general director of the company, Eric Mbala stated Thursday, February 20 in Kinshasa. According to him, this situation is due to the low water level affecting the entire watershed of the Congo River . This natural phenomenon has a rather serious impact on the level of electricity production that affects the state society in most power plants in the DRC. Eric Mbala cites Tshopo (Eastern Province) , Rusizi 1 (South Kivu ) , Inga (Bas- Congo ) and Nzilo ( Katanga ) and Nseke
Copperbelt province has serious problems. Potentiel notes that " the bishops tap his fist on the table ." The newspaper wrote: " the current plight of Katanga several reasons among which we mention : the weakness of the state authority , the maldistribution of wealth, the economic imbalance between urban and rural areas , frustration, impunity, etc. . " this is what emerges from the pastoral letter of the bishops of the Episcopal Assembly of the ecclesiastical province of Lubumbashi sent February 13, 2014 to the Catholic faithful and all people of good will . Katangan the bishops find in their province triple insecurity , namely socio-political , socio-economic and than environmental and health .