By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Mediacongo
The Central Bank of Congo will ban cash payments for goods and services in foreign currencies from 9 April 2027, for individuals and businesses. Governor André Wameso outlined the reform to commercial banks at a meeting on 10 November, according to Mediacongo.
DR Congo beat Sierra Leone 3-1 on Thursday 12 November at the Martyrs Stadium in Kinshasa, in the 2027 AFCON qualifiers. The Leopards recorded a third consecutive win and now have 9 points from 9, according to Actualité.cd.
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The White House has submitted to the Senate the nomination of Pastor John Mark Burns, from South Carolina, as US ambassador to Kinshasa. His nomination, received on 10 November, was referred to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and now awaits Senate confirmation, according to Jeune Afrique.
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Suspected Maï-Maï gunmen set several houses ablaze and injured residents of Mukana village, in Mitwaba territory, more than 300 kilometres from Lubumbashi, in Haut-Katanga, during an incursion on Thursday 12 November. The territory administrator, Dally Mwape, confirmed the damage while awaiting investigations into the attackers’ identity, according to Yabisonews.cd cited by Mediacongo.
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The UN Security Council sanctions committee added the Front pour la refondation de la nation (FRN) on 11 November 2026 as another name for the Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC) to its sanctions list for DR Congo. The change concerns the movement led by Joseph Kabila and allows measures targeting the AFC to apply to both names, according to Actualité.cd.
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Mushikiwabo says DR Congo unlikely to quit La FrancophonieLouise Mushikiwabo, Secretary-General of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie, considers a DR Congo withdrawal unlikely if she wins a new term. She recalls that Kinshasa has taken part in the electoral process since early 2026, according to an interview with Africa 24.
Equatorial Guinea team reaches financial olympiad finalBANGE Business School won Equatorial Guinea’s national round of the COSUMAF financial olympiad with seven points, finishing one point ahead of the Economics team. The competition brings together students from the six CEMAC countries, according to Ahora EG.The week in Africa
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