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This woman means business: Cynthia Jadot, DRC shopowner
Thirty-year-old Cynthia Jadot is the woman behind Valancy. The store in Goma, in the DRC province of North Kivu, has done well, appealing to men and women with a penchant for quality clothes imported from
My Song: Gaïus Vagheni Kowene on 'Ndiyo mazao'
Looking at the dire situation around him in eastern DR Congo, rapper Gaïus Vagheni Kowene wonders why, even after all the election promises made through the years, life for many people is still harsh. In
WUA SPECIAL CHARACTERS EDITION
This week, Ikenna is speaking at TEDxLuanda in Angola. Regular episodes will be back in two weeks time. But, in the meantime, here is the Best of all the WUA special characters played by Ikenna over theRNW Africa on Facebook
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Article: This woman means business: Teta Isibo, Rwandan designer
Twenty-nine-year old Teta Isibo is a self-taught designer and the founder of Inzuki.
Article: My Song: Irene Ntale on 'Politiqx'
To get a job in Uganda, you’ve got to know somebody who knows somebody, says Irene Ntale. “High-class tribalism”, as she calls it, is what prompted the singer-songwriter to write ‘Politiqx’.
Video: BRITISH GOVERNMENT HIDING SECRETS??
This week, Ikenna probes into why the UK government is organizing its first-ever compensation for colonial abuses to Kenya’s Mau Mau. He introduces us to a couple hilariously geography-confused Nigerians in the US.
Article: DR Congo riskiest country for new mothers
The riskiest country in the world to be a new mother is the Democratic Republic of Congo. That's according to Save the Children's 2013 State of the World's Mothers report. By Nadia Samie-Jacobs as published by our partner allAfrica
Video: The truth about Europe, according to a Senegalese singer
In this 14th clip from the Surprising Europe video series, we meet Senegalese singer-songwriter Papy. Now living in Rome, he urges fellow African immigrants to tell folks back home about the hard realities of life in Europe.
Article: Unsung hero #3: yield for peace
Know someone who does an everyday task to improve your neighbourhood, your village or your city? Not all heroes have their names published in the newspaper or, for that matter, get public recognition.
Video: Mrs. Fatou Bensouda, are you a puppet of the West?
RNW recently spoke to Fatou Bensouda, the Gambian chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC).
Article: Rwandan journos, between free media and self-regulation
Nearly two decades after the genocide, Rwanda has enacted laws that guarantee freedom of information and the media's self-regulation. But, asks our blogger, where does this leave the country’s careful and considered journalists?
Article: Zimbabwe editor and colleagues arrested over MDC-T story
Dumisani Muleya, the editor of the Zimbabwe Independent, reporter Owen Gagare and company lawyer Nqobile Ndlovu were arrested Tuesday for publishing a story claiming Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s party was “engaged in sensi
Article: Uganda's donors ride sexy new bandwagon: gay activism
Why have gay rights become booming business in Uganda?
