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The Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Sama Lukonde was appointed on 15 February 2021. [1] He announced his first cabinet on 12 April 2021. [2] [3] On 24 March 2023, a second cabinet was announced. [4]
In October 2021, the president of the National Assembly gave 72 hours to the eight religious denominations to come to an agreement. They meet to try to agree on the name of the future president of CENI. [5] CENI's president is Denis Kadima Kazadi. [6]
Direct elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo occur for the Presidency, National Assembly (lower house of the legislature), and provincial assemblies. The Senate (the upper house), and provincial governors are elected indirectly by members of the provincial assemblies.
The National Assembly is the lower house and main legislative political body of the Parliament of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.It is one of the two legislative bodies along with the Senate.
In total, 93 peacekeepers have died in the region, with 15 dying in a large-scale attack by the Allied Democratic Forces, in North Kivu in December 2017. [21] The peacekeeping force seeks to prevent escalation of force in the conflict, and minimise human rights abuses like sexual assault and the use of child soldiers in the conflict.
The transition from the Congo Free State to the Belgian Congo was a break, but it also featured a large degree of continuity. The last governor-general of the Congo Free State, Baron Théophile Wahis, remained in office in the Belgian Congo and the majority of Leopold II's administration with him. [45]
February 15 – Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde becomes the new Prime Minister; [15] 2021 Congo River disaster [16] February 22 – The Italian ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo , Luca Attanasio , is killed in an apparent kidnapping attempt near Kanyamahoro, north of Goma .
On 17 May 2017, BDK followers freed their leader, Ne Muanda Nsemi, and 50 other inmates after attacking and causing a jailbreak at the Makala jail in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo. [ 9 ] In March 2020 , police dispersed several BDK members in Kinshasa for defying a ban on gatherings of more than 20 people imposed to halt the spread ...