News | Lambert Mende
| Kabila Is Open to Dialogue with Tshisekedi, Government Spokesman Says | |
ACP - February 22, 2012 | |
 | Information Minister Lambert Mende told a news conference on Tuesday that the door for dialogue with opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi remains open. “Mr. Tshisekedi is a valid spokesman for the opposition and its most important leader,” Mr. Mende said. However, he deplored the fact that Mr. Tshisekedi’s party, the UDPS, has asked its newly-elected Members of Parliament to boycott the body or risk being expelled. |
| Tshisekedi's New Tactics Bring Back Old Memories | |
Congo News Agency - November 12, 2011 | |
 | Etienne Tshisekedi's calls to violence, made three weeks before presidential and parliamentary elections set to take place on Nov. 28, have surprised many Congolese who have admired him for his non-violent fight for democracy for nearly three decades. They have also brought back memories of sometimes unpredictable behavior by the veteran opposition leader. |
| Tshisekedi's Mental Health Called into Question after Incoherent Statements | |
Congo News Agency - November 8, 2011 | |
 | Government spokesman Lambert Mende called into question the mental health of veteran opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi on Monday, a day after the main challenger to President Joseph Kabila in the November 28 presidential election made incoherent and incendiary statements during an interview. |
| The Government Will Ensure Peaceful Elections, Says Spokesman | |
ACP - October 6, 2011 | |
 | The Minister of Communication and Media, Lambert Mende, said on Wednesday that the government will ensure peace and security during the upcoming elections. “We have all the resources we need to ensure peaceful elections,” Mr. Mende told reporters during a press conference in Kinshasa. |
| Controversy over "conflict minerals" law | |
IRIN - August 2, 2011 | |
 | Major industries are seeking to alter the proposed US reporting rules on “conflict minerals” mined in the Democratic Republic of Congo. In a bid to stem the flow of money from minerals mined in eastern Congo, widely seen as fuelling the ongoing conflicts, the US government included a clause in the financial reform legislation of July 2010, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. |
| Minister Sacked over Boat Accidents | |
Radio Okapi - May 4, 2011 | |
 | President Joseph Kabila has sacked Minister of Transportation Laure-Marie Kawanda after two boat accidents left dozens killed and others missing in a span of a little over a week. Government spokesman Lambert Mende said that Kawanda was ultimately accountable for the negligence in the sector that led to the accidents. |
| Investigation to Follow Presidential Residence Attack | |
VOA News - February 27, 2011 | |
 | A top official says the government is waiting for the judiciary to officially launch an investigation after assailants attacked President Joseph Kabila's residence Sunday in the capital, Kinshasa. |
| Six killed in 'coup bid' against Kabila | |
BBC News - February 27, 2011 | |
 | Six people have been killed in an attack on a residence of the president of the Democratic Republic of Congo. An "unidentified group of armed men" attacked the residence of President Joseph Kabila in the capital, Kinshasa, a government spokesman said, describing the raid as an attempted coup. |
| Opposition Mounts Against Proposed Change to Electoral Law | |
Congo News Agency - January 10, 2011 | |
 | The leaders of the main opposition parties met in Kinshasa on Sunday and vowed to put up a united front against a government proposal to limit presidential elections to just one round of voting. |
| DR Congo Decries Loss of Favored US Trade Status | |
VOA News - December 22, 2010 | |
| The Democratic Republic of Congo is criticizing the loss of its status as a favored U.S. trading partner. An order from President Barack Obama Tuesday stripped the DRC of its status as a beneficiary of the African Growth and Opportunity Act. |
