DIAMOND FOR HILLARY AND MEMBERS OF CONGO GOVERNMENT?

I just spoke with somebody who is currently in Kivu and they told me that recently less than a month ago, there was soil erosion in a village called Luwija. Curiously, after the erosion, the local saw diamond surfacing here and there. Is this part of the puzzle explaining the current visit of Hillary to the Congo? Or the multiple trips of member of the governments who for most is there first time to the region?

HILLARIOUS HILLARY

Talking about Hillary Clinton losing her cool in the DRC, here's how one of our members puts it. Your comments?

"This is all good to see her loose her temper over a student's question but the real question should have been, if we had the right leadership in the DRC that cared about the congolese people: " Madam Secretary, what are you planning to do to clean up the mess that your husband has created in the Great Lakes region which generated the deaths of more than 5 millions people, that has caused the rape of hundred of thousands of congolese women and children and today is leading to the rape of congolese men?"

Do we wonder sometimes how Rwanda could have invaded the DRC and is looting our natural resources?
The answer is found in the scriptures, Matthew 12:29 It reads: .." ..How can anyone invade the house of a strong man and seize his movable goods, unless first he binds the strong man? And then he will plunder his house".

THE DIASPORA SHOULD SHUT UP AND NOT LECTURE THE CONGOLESE IN CONGO

Here's what one of our members posted on our group email:

"Everyone is very skeptical about the diaspora. They think that we in the diaspora like to lecture them on how to live their lives and govern the country but we are not doing enough to help develop and invest in the country. So, people in Congo want us to just shut up and enjoy life in Europe and USA and other parts of the world. To a certain extent I agree. I believe there is something we in the diaspora can do to help alleviate the pain and suffering of people without lecturing them."

Does this observation have merit or is it due to hopelessness from the part of our brothers and sisters in the country due to the diaspora's lack of action to make the situation better for them?

LA SECRETAIRE D'ETAT AMERICAIN, MME HILLARY CLINTON VISITERA LA RDC

Chers freres et soeurs,

Le 5 aout 2009, Mme Hillary Clinton, Secretaire d'Etat Americain, commencera une visite en Afrique. Elle et sa delegation visiteront egalement notre pays, la RDC.

Quelle est, selon vous, UNE et UNIQUE demande que Mme Clinton peut soulever lors de sa rencontre avec le Gouvernement Kabila a Kinshasa? Soyez bref.

LA DIRECTION

DIFFICULTES ET PROPOSITION DES PISTES DE SOLUTION

Le Ministère des Affaires Etrangères par le biais de la Maison des Congolais de l'Etranger et des Migrants en sigle « MCDEM », en collaboration avec l'Organisation Internationale pour les Migrations « OIM », l'Ambassade de la Grande Bretagne en RDC et les autres partenaires, a le réel plaisir de vous informer de la tenue au cours du mois d’août 2009 du «Forum économique de la Diaspora Congolaise ».
Ce forum se tiendra dans la salle des Conférences Internationales du Ministère des Affaires Etrangères.
Il sera question lors de ce forum d'évaluer l'apport de la Diaspora Congolaise au développement de la RDC, d'analyser les difficultés rencontrées par les Congolais de l'Etranger ayant investi au pays, de formuler non des recommandations mais des propositions concrètes pour relever les défis, assainir les milieux des affaires et promouvoir leurs activités.
Car, pour lutter efficacement contre les migrations irrégulières, il convient également de travailler activement pour la promotion de la migration de développement
En vue de la préparation de ce forum, la MCDEM attend de la diaspora congolaise les éléments ci-après :
1. La Présentation par la diaspora des difficultés personnellement rencontrées pour entreprendre en RDC (migration, douane, fiscalité etc.);
2. La Proposition des pistes de solution pour le Gouvernement Congolais.

Veuillez presenter la liste des difficultes pour investir au Congo et proposer des pistes des solutions concretes.

APPEL DU PRESIDENT OBAMA AUX AFRICAINS DE SE PRENDRE EN CHARGE

Chers freres et soeurs,

Dans son discours prononce au Ghana, le President Barrack Obama a appelle les Africains de se prendre en charge et d'arreter de blamer le colonialisme pour ses problemes. Cet appel est maintenant interprete de diverse maniere par des Congolais. Quel est la signification profonde que vous accorderz personnellement a l'appel lance par le President Obama?

TO CELEBRATE OR NOT TO CELEBRATE

There are those who feel that the Congolese should not celebrate the 49th anniversary of their country's independence. They believe that the DRC has been going backward rather than moving forward. Just for this reason, there is nothing to celebrate. Do you agree?