The Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Sylvestre Ilunga, on Monday, announced the list of 65-member Government set up seven months after the swearing-in of Felix Tshisekedi as president. The Government has 17 % percent are women.
Hereunder some of the appointed Ministers and see attachment to get the full list:
Senior Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs: Mrs. Marie Tumba Nzeza
Minister of Finance: Mr. Jose Sele Yalaghuli
Minister of Foreign Trade: Jean Lucien Bussa Tongba
Minister of the National Economy: Mrs. Acacia Bandubola Mbongo
Minister of Mines: Mr. Willy Kitobo Samsoni
Minister of Defense and War Veterans’ Affairs: Mr. Aime Ngoy Mukena
On February 11, 2019 – The legal rights to manage local forests, recently awarded to communities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), have the potential to improve lives and protect the country’s block of equatorial rainforest, according to a new film from the Rainforest Foundation UK.
“Our forest has lots of natural resources, and now we can find solutions to better manage them,” Florence, a woman from the village of Irebu, says in the six-and-a-half-minute film.