> The Ebola disease seemed on the verge of being brought under control in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, and now a new virus, COVID-19, is spreading to the surface of our planet and sowing its share of dead.
> While at the end of August, the G7 meeting serves as a platform for President Macron to castigate the environmental policy of his Brazilian counterpart, the publication of a NASA satellite photo showing the outbreak of fire on the surface of the globe raises a wider controversy. Africa seems to be much more affected than the Amazon and many Internet users are moved by it.
> 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.
> In the Mai Ndombe region of the Democratic Republic of Congo, an NGO called M’bou Mon Tour (MMT) was founded in 1997. It brings together a group of local communities who work to protect the forests and savannahs that are home to bonobos and other small primates, and who carry out development activities that respect nature. The ultimate goal is to reduce malnutrition, poverty and ignorance by building on a rich and unique local heritage.
> "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).
>Today is Valentine's Day, a day proposed to also celebrate the Bonobo, a peaceful and empathetic monkey.
> 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.
