By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Actualité.cd
The governments of DR Congo and the United States held the second meeting of their joint steering committee on their strategic partnership in Paris. The discussions focused on turning this partnership into concrete investments, according to Actualite.cd.
In the United States, the unemployment rate is falling and job creation is increasing, but Americans' main concern remains the cost of living, according to Le Monde. Opportunities to find a better-paid job have become scarcer.
🇺🇸 United States · Source: Le Monde ·
Congolese Deputy Minister Noëlla Ayeganagato Nakwipone called on the DR Congo’s diaspora to support investment, market access and economic partnerships. She was speaking at the opening of a panel at the DR Congo–UK economic forum, according to Le Potentiel.
🇨🇩 DR Congo · Source: Le Potentiel ·
TotalEnergies and ExxonMobil gas projects could lift Mozambique’s growth to around 21% or 22% by 2042. The forecast depends on ExxonMobil’s final investment decision and assumes better integration of Mozambican companies into the supply chain, according to Florival Mucave, president of the Oil and Gas Chamber.
🇲🇿 Mozambique · Source: O País ·
Fighting is pitting the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC), backed by wazalendo fighters, against rebels from the Front for the Refoundation of the Nation (FRN) in Masisi territory. Clashes have been reported in Mahanga, Kibanda and Kilongo since the morning of 3 November, according to Actualite.cd.
🇨🇩 DR Congo · Source: Actualité.cd ·
Tshopo assembly suspends work for 21 days over EbolaThe Provincial Assembly of Tshopo, in north-eastern DR Congo, is suspending its ordinary activities for 21 days, from 6 to 26 November 2026, amid the spread of the Ebola virus in the province. The decision was formalised in an act signed on Friday by the institution's president, Mateus Kanga Londimo, according to Actualité.cd.
Chad’s local authorities to receive more than CFA 56 billion in 2027The Chadian government plans more than CFA 56 billion for autonomous local authorities in 2027, compared with CFA 47 billion in 2026. The budget also provides more than CFA 18 billion in state support and nearly CFA 4 billion for sanitation, according to the official report of the Council of Ministers.The week in Africa
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