Palais du Peuple (Kinshasa)
The People's Palace or Palace of the People (French: Palais du Peuple) is the seat of the
Construction
The structure (along with a sugar refinery built in Kisanga and destroyed in the
Post-Zaire period
In June 1997, after the
Laurent-Désiré Kabila, president of the DRC, had overthrown United States' ally Mobutu, who died in exile in Morocco. After his assassination by a bodyguard in January 2001, Laurent-Désiré Kabila lay in state at the People's Palace for three days before being interred.[12]
In December 2013, famed African rumba musician Tabu Ley Rochereau, sometimes known as "the African Elvis", lay in state at the People's Palace.[13]
On 19 January 2015, after appeals from opposition parties standing against Laurent-Désiré Kabila's son and elected president Joseph Kabila's proposed plan to delay the scheduled 2016 elections until after a burdensome national census had been held, protesters gathered in front of the People's Palace. They were subsequently attacked with tear gas and live ammunition by government security forces.[14] At least 42 people were killed in the violence.[15]
See also
- Parliament of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- National Assembly of the Democratic Republic of Congo
- Senate of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0810863255.
- ^ "RDC : le débat sur la réforme de la Commission électorale se poursuit". PRESSAFRIK.COM, Premier journal en ligne au Sénégal et en Afrique de l'ouest (in French). Retrieved 2023-05-19.
- ^ AFP, Source (2023-03-05). "Macron à Kinshasa : débat présidentiel sur la Françafrique". Le Point (in French). Retrieved 2023-05-19.
- ^ https://www.facebook.com/RFI (2014-09-10). "Révision constitutionnelle en RDC: la société civile dans les débats". RFI (in French). Retrieved 2023-05-19.
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- ^ https://fr.allafrica.com/stories/200910121306.html
- ^ a b c Hon, Tracy; Jansson, Johanna; Shelton, Garth; Liu, Haifang; Burke, Christopher; Kiala, Carine (2010). "Evaluating China's FOCAC commitments to Africa and mapping the way ahead" (PDF). Centre for Chinese Studies, University of Stellenbosch. p. 43. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 August 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2011.
- ^ Mianzenza, Aimé D. (10 October 2007). "Percée Tonituante de la Chine en République Démocratique du Congo: 6 milliards de US$ de prêt qui rend nerveux les Europeens" [Thunderous Breakthrough of China in the Democratic Republic of Congo: US $6 billion dollar loan makes Europeans nervous]. Centre d'études stratégiques du bassin du Congo (in French).
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- ^ a b "Points d'intérêt" [Points of Interest] (in French). Tourisme RDC Congo. Archived from the original on 2015-01-28.
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- ^ "Zaire: Relations with the Communist World". Library of Congress Country Studies. December 1993. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
- ^ Simmons, Ann M. (24 January 2001). "Kabila's Funeral Held Amid Tight Security". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
- ^ Kimani, Sheila (30 November 2013). "Legendary Congolese Musician Tabu Ley Rochereau passes on". Standard Digital News.
- UNNews Centre. 20 January 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- ^ Ross, Aaron (21 January 2015). "UPDATE 2-Congo protests enter third day, rights group says 42 dead". Reuters. Archived from the original on 21 January 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2015.