The President of the Republic, Félix Antoine Tshisekedi will make his first official visit to Belgium, from 17 to 20 September 2019. The program provides for meetings with Belgian authorities and a visit to the Royal Military Academy for the resumption of the formal military cooperation with Belgium.
On the sidelines of this work stay in the country where he lived for a long time before returning to the Congo, Félix Antoine Tshisekedi will also meet the Belgian diamond dealers in the center of Antwerp.
It is undoubtedly in the framework of the revival of the activities of the Mining of Bakwanga (MIBA) which, formerly, was one of the financial and economic lungs of the country with its Sister lushoise, the General of careers and mines (Gécamines).
Since the bankruptcy of the Miba, there has been an uncontrolled flight of people from Kasai Oriental in large urban centers such as Lubumbashi or Kinshasa with the birth of the wewa phenomenon or motorcycle taxi drivers who swarm in all the arteries of the city of Kinshasa.
The province of Kasai Oriental lives under an unnamed crisis. Lack of infrastructure and poverty plague people. Yet, the province is one of the world’s leading industrial diamond mining centers.
The restart of the Miba, is also among the expectations of the Congolese population, especially Kasai.
Moreover, we learn, the Head of State will also visit the Agronomic Faculties of Gembloux.
On the occasion of its passage in Antwerp, the consulate of the DRC will be reopened. A meeting would also be scheduled with the Congolese diaspora.
Harris KASONGO