> Backed by the Yangambi Biosphere Reserve (DRC - Tshopo Province), one of the main protected areas threatened by anthropization in the region, the National Institute for Agronomic Studies and Research (INERA), flagship of agronomic research in the 1950s is gradually recovering.
> Following the violence in the east of the country that hampered the resolution of the latest Ebola outbreak, the WHO, through the voice of its President, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, on 14 March 2019, urged the government of the DRC to take the necessary measures to resolve the problem within six months.
> "The Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) congratulate all the armed groups who have agreed to lay down their arms to allow the population to live peacefully in peace and security," writes General Léon-Richard Kasonga, their spokesperson, this February 13, 2019. This is particularly the case in Kasaï (the region of origin of the family of Félix Tshisekedi), where more than 600 militiamen went, but also in Ituri (north-east), North -Kivu, South Kivu and Maniema (east).
> Since 2006, the incumbent government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has signed a complex series of petroleum agreements, resulting in the payment of bonuses to the Congolese state by the contracting companies. The file, updated in 2010, has long been frozen pending the entry into force of the new oil law, which occurred in August 2015.
> Félix Tshisekedi, after a controversial election, becomes the 5th titular president of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
