AGP Executive Report
Last update: an hour agoMining Equity Push: Congolese miners are asking for a delay to a directive requiring a 5% equity stake for local workers, with unions pushing enforcement before the July 31 deadline—major firms are coordinating responses as key legal questions remain unclear. Digital Identity Deal: Kinshasa has launched RDC-Pass, a national digital ID under a 20-year public-private partnership with Trident, aiming to cut fraud and speed up access to e-government and financial services. Geology Data Fight: DR Congo is pushing Belgium and the EU to digitize and return colonial-era geological archives, arguing the maps and records could unlock new deposits of copper, cobalt and lithium. Ebola Watch: Ebola cases in the DRC keep climbing—710 confirmed cases and 149 deaths—while authorities deny lockdown rumors and expand surveillance, contact tracing, and targeted vaccination. Constitution Tensions: Opposition protests in Kinshasa over constitutional reform turned violent as security forces cracked down, raising stakes ahead of a possible push to extend Tshisekedi’s rule.
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