DRC: for the New Year, Felix Tshisekedi went to Kasai Oriental

Felix Tshisekedi, during his interview with RFI and France 24, September 23, 2022. © RFI/France 24

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In the Democratic Republic of Congo, there was no message to the Nation.

President Félix-Antoine Tshisekedi having considered his address to the two chambers of Parliament on December 10 sufficient, an address supplemented by the message of the presidential couple broadcast on Christmas Day.

For this New Year, the Congolese Head of State visited the town of Mbuji Mayi in Kasai Oriental.

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With our correspondent in Kinshasa,

Kamanda Wa Kamanda

It was with a mass lasting more than 2 hours in the Saint Jean-Baptiste de Bonzola cathedral that the Head of State began the New Year.

A mass during which the bishop of Mbuji-Mayi returned to the violence in the east of the country, calling on the population to support the head of state.

Bishop Emmanuel Kasanda also read a memo addressed to President Tshisekedi in which the population of Kasai Oriental highlighted the difficulties of access to basic services, education, health, water and electricity...

He pledged to do more for the population, with the help of the government.

#RDC 01.01.2023|#Mbujimayi


The Head of State, Félix-Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo took part, this Sunday, in the Eucharistic celebration, at the Saint Jean-Baptiste Cathedral of Bonzola (Mbujimayi), on the occasion of the Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

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— DRC Presidency 🇨🇩 (@Presidence_RDC) January 1, 2023

In the afternoon, the Head of State then went to the community of Nkwadi, located 60 km from Mbuji Mayi, to visit an agricultural project there.

#RDC 01.01.2023|#Mbujimayi


The Head of State, Félix-Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo visited, this Sunday, the agricultural base of Nkuadi where the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture has erected a corn and cassava.

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— DRC Presidency 🇨🇩 (@Presidence_RDC) January 1, 2023

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