Prime Minister Adolphe Muzito tendered his resignation to President Joseph Kabila on Tuesday. The procedural move will allow President Kabila to form a new government following the Nov. 28 presidential and parliamentary elections, Mr. Muzito told reporters after the meeting.

The Minister of Communication and Media, Lambert Mende, said on Wednesday that the government will ensure peace and security during the upcoming elections.

Judges across the country say they will remain on strike until they start getting paid the $1,600 President Joseph Kabila claimed they earn each month in his speech to the nation last Wednesday.

President Joseph Kabila has sacked Minister of Transportation Marie-Laure Kawanda after two boat accidents left dozens killed and others missing in a span of a little over a week.

During a press conference on Thursday in Kinshasa, Government spokesman Lambert Mende blasted what he called an “avalanche of corrosive reports being poured lately” by NGOs about the situation in eastern Congo.

In an interview on Top Congo FM on Thursday, Government spokesman Lambert Mende said, in response to the latest Human Rights Watch report on the Democratic Republic of Congo, that the NGO risks loosing all its credibility by issuing sensational reports on the situation in the DRC to make headlines.

President Joseph Kabila announced the names of ministers in the new Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Antoine Gizenga today. Most key ministers of the previous cabinet retained their positions. The number of ministers in the new cabinet is down from 40 to 33. A shift has been anticipated for months to improve the effectiveness of the government. Many ministers were left anxious about their future employment after being put on notice that a review of their work was in progress. Among those making their entry in the new cabinet are José Endudo Bononge (environment),Emile Bongeli (Press and Communication), Mutombo Bakafwa [...]