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DRC President Felix Tshisekedi (pictured), reassures investors through ANAPI, the DRC investment portal, the country is safe and open for business. The statement comes in the wake of a recent extraordinary summit of the EAC Heads of State that resolved for an immediate cease-fire by all parties. Photo/Reuters
  • DRC, through its investment portal ANAPI reassures investors
  • Rwanda slams US statement saying it undermines regional peace process
  • EAC Heads of State order immediate cease fire in Rwanda-DRC conflict

Rwanda should stop supporting the rebel group and withdraw its soldiers from the DRC, the US State Department has said in an official statement.

This US call for Rwanda to ‘cease and desist’ aiding rebel groups and to also recall its troops from the DRC is the latest effort by the international community to intervene in the protracted dispute between the two countries.

The US says Rwanda’s alleged aid to rebel factions in the DRC is undermining the regional peace process.

The statement comes only days after the East African Community (EAC) Heads of State met in the Burundi capital of Bujumbura. The meeting was an Extra-Ordinary Summit held to evaluate the “Security Situation in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

EA Limited has announced plans to develop an affordable housing project worth USD 250 million in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
  • EA Limited, an African infrastructure investment company based in Nairobi, Kenya, has announced plans to develop an affordable housing project worth USD 250 million in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
  • The project targets the Office Conglais De Controle (OCC) staff (a quality assurance body) and will consist of 5,000 units to be constructed over a period of five years, starting in 2022
  • EA limited will be the Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contractor as per the signed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Symbion Architect

EA Limited, a subsidiary of TransCentury PLC, an African infrastructure investment company based in Nairobi, Kenya, has announced plans to develop an affordable housing project worth USD 250 million (KSh 29.8 billion) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

According to EA Limited, the project targets the Office Conglais De Controle (OCC) staff (a quality assurance body).

It will consist of 5,000 units to be …