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  • Elfia Elesse, winner of the prize July Mark Twain Winner Announced

    On Friday August 14, 2009, the July Mark Twain Literary Prize was awarded at the American Cultural Center PD Auditorium

  • Official White House Photo by Pete Souza Hillary Clinton's Trip in Africa

    President Barack Obama is briefed by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton about her recent trip to Africa. Also attending, Vice President Joe Biden, National Security Council Advisor General Jim Jones, Deputy National Security Council Advisor Tom Donilon, and Deputy National Security Advisor to VP Biden, Brian Mckeon.

  • Thomas Sigler is accompanied natives of the region Summer Internship in the Congo Forest

    This summer was a very exciting one for Thomas Sigler, who worked with USAID in the Ituri region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Serving as a field intern for USAID’s Central African Regional Program for the Environment (CARPE) program, Thomas was posted in Epulu, Province Orientale, ...

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DRC Ministry of Foreign Affairs meeting Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at arrival at airport

Arrival at N'Djili Airport
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visited Kinshasa in the DR Congo on Monday, August 10. She visited the Biamba Marie Mutumbo Hospital, held a town hall meeting with 140 university students, and attended a state dinner hosted by the Prime Minister. She then went on to Goma on August 11.

Refugees boarding the Liemba

Refugee Camps Visited
Embassy POL Officer, Steve Kenoyer, and State Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM) Desk Officer Wendy Henning visited the Congolese refugee camps of Kala and Mwange in northeast Zambia on June 12-13. Then they accompanied a convoy of 511 returning Congolese refugees up Lake Tanganyika aboard the commercial boat S.S. Liemba.

Esperance Bayedila, member of AMICUS

"Anuarite Prize" Competition announced
Embassy Kinshasa announced the first annual Anuarite Woman of Courage in the DRC Prize on July 8 at the PD Auditorium. The prize is meant to recognize and honor the vital contribution of women to the development of democratic society in the DRC.

Honore Kitenge, winner of the first Mark Twain Literary Prize

First Mark Twain Award Winner Announced
The first winner of the monthly Mark Twain literary contest was announced on Wednesday, July 1. Honore Kitenge was awarded $500 for his story “Chronique d’une Chance.” Four semi-finalists were also honored.DCM Sam Brock made the announcement at a lively reception held at PAO Katya Thomas’ residence.

Local journalists ask questions at SGBV round table

Press Roundtable on Sexual Violence
Embassy Kinshasa held its monthly Press Roundtable on June 25 at the Ambassador’s Residence. The subject was Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV). Present at the roundtable were DCM Samuel Brock, USAID Chief of Mission Stephen Haykin, Office of Security Cooperation (OSC) director Colonel Thomas Crowder, PAO Katya Thomas,...