DRC

HOW MUTUAL AID ORGANIZATION IS TRANSFORMING KIRUMBA URBAN LANDSCAPE IN D.R.CONGO

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HOW MUTUAL AID ORGANIZATION IS TRANSFORMING KIRUMBA URBAN LANDSCAPE IN D.R.CONGO

Over the last few years, something has changed about Kirumba. From the hills overlooking this rural town in DRC’s North Kivu province, one might spot a shop made of brick or a tile-roofed house. In Kirumba, brick buildings stand out. Most commercial buildings and houses in Kirumba, the largest commercial center in North Kivu’s Lubero territory, are made of mud and wood, prone to destruction. Only about one-third of houses in DRC (about 5 million)…

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RWANDA SIGNS US$400m METHANE GAS PRODUCTION DEAL

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RWANDA SIGNS US$400m METHANE GAS PRODUCTION DEAL

Rwanda signs deal to extract methane gas from Lake Kivu The Rwanda government have signed a US$400 million deal with Gasmeth Energy Ltd to extract, process, compress and also bottle methane gas from Lake Kivu. The signing of the seven years deal took place on Friday 1st February 2019 but was announced yesterday (5 February 2019). At the signing ceremony, representing Rwandan government was; the Rwanda Mines, Petroleum and Gas Board (RMB) and the Rwanda Development…

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DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO SIGN INGA III DAM PROJECT DEAL

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DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO SIGN INGA III DAM PROJECT DEAL

DRC has sign a US$14 billion dam project that will help increase the nation electricity generation from the current 10%. Democratic Republic of Congo has sign an 11,000-megawatt Inga III Hydro-electric Dam. This Dam will help boost the energy output in the nation and also provide better generation of electricity. It is a welcome development as only 10% of DRC’s population has access to electricity. The contract was sign between the government of congo and a consortiums…

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IVANHOE MINES AGREE MOU WITH SNCC TO BUILD RAILWAY

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IVANHOE MINES AGREE MOU WITH SNCC TO BUILD RAILWAY

Ivanhoe mine sign MOU with SNCC to rebuild the railway spur line which will support a new era of operation at the Kipushi zinc-copper mine. Ivanhoe Mines Ltd which is a Canadian mineral exploration and development company has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC’s) national railway company Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer du Congo (SNCC), to rebuild a railway spur line to support a new era of operation at the…

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