- The Independent Electoral Commission (CENI) announced that it needs 640 million USD in order to successfully execute its mission to hold elections in 2023. The Observatoire de la Dépense Publique, a civil society organization, cast doubts on this figure and pointed to the recent purchasing of a large number of new Toyota Landcruisers for members of the CENI as evidence of mismanagement. Separately, the General Inspectorate of Finance announced that it would audit the CENI’s books.
- La CENI plaide pour son autonomie financière afin de mener à bien sa mission (Radio Okapi)
- RDC : l’ODEP qualifie d’irrationnelle, la somme de 640 millions USD sollicitée par la CENI pour entamer les activités électorales en 2022 (Actualite.cd)
- RDC: l’IGF veut contrôler les fonds de la Céni après des propos du ministre des Finances (RFI)
- In Djugu territory (Ituri), new attacks by the CODECO militia group claimed the lives of 40 people in the Banyali Kilo Sector between Monday and Tuesday, and on Wednesday, the government task force led by Thomas Lubanga was taken hostage by the same group. Similar attacks have killed at least 165 civilians in February alone. This spiraling violence has led to calls for the sacking of the Military Governor of Ituri. On Friday, he was recalled to Kinshasa to provide an update to his command on the “worrying situation” in the province.
- Djugu : Des maisons « brûlées et près de 40 civils tués » en 2 jours d’attaques armées (Politico.cd)
- Ituri : les membres de la Task Force maintenus en captivité par la CODECO (Radio Okapi)
- Ituri :au moins 165 civils tués à Djugu en février (société civile) (Radio Okapi)
- Ituri : Situation sécuritaire toujours préoccupante, le Gouverneur militaire rappelé à Kinshasa (Politico.cd)
- The Government of the DRC announced that it would suppress further fees on mobile phone users from March 1.
- DRC announced the easing of COVID Restrictions: COVID-related curfews lifted across the country, no more mandatory pre-travel testing for internal travel for fully vaccinated individuals, no more required testing upon arrival in-country. État de siège curfews remain in place in Ituri and North Kivu.
- RDC : le gouvernement lève le couvre-feu (Radio Okapi)
- The Congolese Twitterverse had a cow this week over claims by William Ruto, the Deputy President of Kenya, that Congo has no cows and would therefore be a potential market for Kenyan cows upon the DRC’s ascension to the East African Community.
The Congo Report 
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