He mentions we don’t understand the processes of mining in Africa…. Trouble is we do, we have learned the hard way and if we hadn’t been exposing it on here and twitter and and spreading the truth about AVZ being usurped by ministers and officials in the DRC working with Zigin, Cong and Klaus Jerkof we might not have been still in the fight.
We know Tshisekedi, Lukonde, Kazadi, Kayinda, N’samba, Loando etc have known about our situation and the IGF report for months and what is their response…. We want AVZ to sit down with Cominiere, Cong and Zigin and reach an amicable agreement (including being amicable with Celestin Kibeya)…. Oh, and the DRC wants a bigger share now than you have spent millions drilling and progressing the project for the last six years.
Keeping putting the truth out there respectfully has been our greatest strength, I personally don’t think we should stop now, it’s the pressure of the truth that motivates the DRC to do the right thing, not staying quiet
@obe wan I haven’t gone back over our original CATH TIA, but I remember at the time thinking that the agreement meant who ever pulled out of it had to stump up $20 million and that wasn’t reliant on a further signing of a contract
*Fyi MB, I see the Shit is still hitting the Fan at Sicomines as the fight against those fuckin' "Black Chinese" bastards continues, as
Revisiting the DRC-Sicomines contract: Licoco warns the "black Chinese" who are maneuvering against the Congolese state
The Congolese Anti-Corruption League is protesting against certain ill-intentioned people who allow themselves to torpedo the DRC's efforts to revisit the Sicomines contract.
The alert is sounded through a press release made public this Monday, April 3, signed by the executive secretary of Licoco, Ernest Mpararo.
In this press release, the Congolese NGO warns these people whom it describes as "black Chinese".
While welcoming the work done by the General Inspectorate of Finance (IGF) which has invested in the interests of the DRC, the Licoco recalls that the revisitation in question is an initiative to be welcomed.
"The Congolese League against Corruption (Licoco) warns of the presence in the preparatory work for the revision of the Chinese Contract, of people clearly committed to the Chinese cause, without a doubt, at the cost of greenbacks, to torpedo the efforts of the DRC to sign an amendment to the Sicomines convention, as desired by His Excellency the President of the Republic, Head of State.
Licoco recalls that the General Inspectorate of Finance produced a report to the general satisfaction of all Congolese laying bare the predation orchestrated against the interests of the DRC in complicity with certain Congolese who insolently enriched themselves on the back of Sicomines “, informs the press release.
Entitled "the revisitation of the Sicomines contract undermined by black Chinese", the Licoco press release sounds like an awakening of conscience while some citizens engage in activities aimed at tarnishing the image of the country's institutions. 
While recalling the resolutions of the Council of Ministers of March 17, 2023 which "clearly lifted the option of revisiting the Chinese Contract so as to rebalance the advantages between the DRC and Chinese companies", Licoco recalls the need to work tirelessly so that the preparatory work relating to the revision of the Sicomines contract succeeds.
“A week ago, the preparatory work bringing together several state structures, under the chairmanship of the Chief of Staff of the Head of State, began with the aim of establishing a roadmap for negotiations with Chinese companies.
The Licoco which takes part in it observes with indignation the attempts of some ill-intentioned people who are part of this working group who seek to discredit the very appreciable report of the General Inspectorate of Finance, thus sailing against the decision of the Chief of the state and the will of the Congolese people.
These people seek to delay the revisitation desired by all Congolese by delaying maneuvers such as requesting another technical audit of the Sicomines Convention”, denounces Licoco.
The NGO notes that since the existence of the said convention, no state structure has managed to obtain financial and operating data from this Company, which behaved like a state within a state.
It is almost a miracle today, she thinks, that a Congolese control service manages to dissect this convention on the basis of real data and to highlight glaring imbalances to the detriment of the DRC.
For Licoco, it is clear that the revisitation desired today is an opportunity that the DRC must not miss.
Licoco as well as other civil society organizations, guardians of the interests of the DRC, warn these "black Chinese" and keep an eye on them.
The Congolese NGO, which claims to have all the information on these people described as "black Chinese", promises not to hesitate to make public the identities of these enemies of the Republic if the latter do not give up their macabre plan and their desire for quick enrichment on the back of the Congolese people.
Head-to-head Kamerhe-Alingeti to the national economy!
The General Inspectorate of Finance promises to support the Ministry of National Economy, by providing its expertise in economic and financial inspection.
This was indicated by the Inspector General, head of services, Jules Alingete at the end of a head-to-head, this Monday, April 03, with the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of National Economy, Vital Kamerhe.
“The General Inspectorate of Finance is willing to support the economic, commercial and industrial inspection department of the Ministry of National Economy in the context of price control of products that are sold throughout the national territory.
It is a mission and a job that we have had to do in the past, so we are ready.” underlined Jules Alingete, Inspector General of Finance, Head of Services.
It was also a moment, for the two personalities, of sharing experience in dealing with economic and financial issues, but also and above all, of the expectations of the Ministry of National Economy vis-à-vis the General Inspectorate of Finances.
“We are also a working tool for the entire executive, it is quite normal that we can support the Ministry of National Economy in achieving its objectives.
We expect His Excellency the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of the National Economy, to boost the economy of our country, and that many of the economic parameters are now under control, in the general interest of our populations”, concluded the Inspector General of Finance, head of department.
It should be noted that the support and involvement of the IGF requested by the Deputy Prime Minister in charge of the Economy, Vital Kamerhe, will enable his portfolio to fight against the leakage of revenues in his sector, by strengthening economic control and supporting the Directorate responsible for it within the said Ministry.
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Food for thought
Frank
