Congo, now ready to do business with Trump, sacks American PR firm

The Congolese government has terminated a $5 million lobbying contract with an American public relations firm, opting for direct talks with the Donald Trump administration.

Kinshasa announced this week the suspension of all efforts aimed at facilitating closer relations and economic cooperation with the United States, and Tina Salama, President Félix Tshisekedi’s spokeswoman, said “in view of the mutually expressed desire to relaunch strategic partnerships between the two administrations, the Democratic Republic of Congo has retained in its approach the imperative of favouring direct exchanges with the new American administration, through official and authorised channels.”