End of the suspense

After nearly two months of waiting, the first government of the Sacred Union has just been unveiled.

This government, small in size with 56 members, according to Prime Minister Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde, took into account the representation of women and youth. 

The new team has 56 members

including 4 deputy prime minister, 9 ministers of state, 31 ministers, 1 minister delegate and 11 deputy ministers.

This government, with an average age of 47, has 15 women and 80% new faces.

In total, 10 members of the previous government of Sylvestre Ilunga Ilunkamba were reappointed.

This government, described as a

innovating for the ministries of the civil service and the environment, whose leaders are elevated to the rank of deputy prime ministers.

Another innovation: the creation of a digital ministry within the executive.

This team's mission is to apply the vision of the Head of State, Félix-Antoine Tshisekedi, essentially focused on improving the living conditions of the Congolese and establishing a climate of peace throughout the region. National territory.

We have arrived in a context with a budget established and specific allocations,

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Reforms will be carried out in the fiscal area to go in the direction of increasing this budget.

That is one of the priorities that we have because we must give ourselves the means of our policy.

Without this, we will not be able to deal with security and health issues. 

the state coffers are hopelessly empty and the executive's room for maneuver is shrinking.

According to ODED, the Observatory of Public Expenditure,

And of this sum, 2.5 billion will be used to pay the salaries of civil servants.

In other words, there is almost nothing left to improve the daily life of the Congolese

The fight against corruption is therefore an imperative priority to

return the money to the State coffers.

But this challenge seems very delicate to take up for a majority with divergent interests and whose heads are already turning to the presidential election of 2023.

 the living conditions of the Congolese are far from improving.

Insecurity is on the rise in the east of the country in an endless conflict, one in three Congolese is hungry, while 72% of the population lives on less than $ 2 a day.

So what can the Sama Lukonde government do?

To look at it a little more closely, answers Afrikarabia, not much.

In Algeria, Ramadan of all challenges 

 water rationing, soaring food prices and the economic crisis linked to Covid-19: Algerians begin the month of fasting in difficult conditions.

President Abdelmadjid Tebboune assured that food products would be available

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He also warned speculators, accused in recent weeks of having caused soaring prices of certain basic products, including oil.

Words that have not really reassured: the country has been experiencing a difficult socio-economic situation for several months and it is with apprehension, therefore, that Algerians begin this month of fasting, synonymous with daily family reunions.