WEEK IN REVIEW: DRC President Félix Tshisekedi Officially Inaugurated a New Chinese-Built Dry Port

Zambian President Haikinde Hichilema together with his counterpart from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Félix Tshisekedi, lay the foundation stone for a new transport corridor to Tanzania. Image via the DRC Presidency.

Félix Tshisekedi, the president of the DRC, officially inaugurated a new Chinese-built dry port. The Sakania dry port is on the border with Zambia and will double as a border post and a nerve center in the countries’ cross-border mining industries. Built by Jiayou International Logistics, it is the largest dry port facility in Central Africa. It follows a 2019 Memorandum of Understanding according to which the Chinese company will also build a border post in Mokambo and a road connection with the border town of Kasumalesa. (SAHEL INTELLIGENCE – in French)

China is hinting that it will step up support for the G20’s stalled debt restructuring process for the world’s poorest countries. German Finance Minister Christian Lindner said Sunday Beijing backed a joint statement on the issue following talks in Berlin. (REUTERS)

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