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DR Congo prepares Grand Inga dam financing with Washington

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DR Congo prepares Grand Inga dam financing with WashingtonSémhur · CC BY-SA 4.0

A delegation from the Democratic Republic of the Congo led by Deputy Prime Minister Daniel Mukoko Samba is working with the World Bank and the United States on governance, financing and infrastructure for the Grand Inga hydroelectric project. A coordination committee is due to be launched on 26 October 2026 in Paris, under the strategic partnership between Kinshasa and Washington, according to Lepotentiel.

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