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Article: 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 this edition of My Song,...
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 [The...
Article: Ntaganda trial revives nationality debate in DRC
Bosco Ntaganda’s laconic statement on 26 March at the International Criminal Court lasted less than an hour. But the little he said in The Hague courtroom managed to re-spark a heated nationality debate in the Democratic Republic of...
Article: What's at stake in the DRC
This is the last of six cartoons that Congolese artist Thembo Kash is unveiling exclusively for RNW. About the piece, he says: “Whenever Rwandan President Paul Kagame and his allies are in trouble, they evoke the threat of genocide...
Video: "When I think of Ntaganda, it's the end of the world"
The public reemergence of alleged war criminal Bosco Ntaganda has reawakened terrifying memories for some people in the Congolese diaspora. Sylvestre Bwira is one of them. In 2010, Bwira, a human rights activist, wrote an open letter to...
Article: Post-Ntaganda, DRC finds itself still in the same old mess
Is the arrest of long-wanted warlord General Bosco Ntaganda a beacon of hope for the Democratic Republic of Congo? Our blogger in Rwanda thinks not. By Sunny Ntayombya, Kigali Last week, The Guardian interviewed a Congolese soldier who...
Article: Young DRC refugees want work, not charity
At Mugunga 3 refugee camp in North Kivu, eastern DRC, displaced youth don’t want to be mere beneficiaries of the humanitarian efforts. They seek to be partners in its very administration, able to earn a living both now and in the...
Article: Life expectancy in DR Congo
This is the fifth of six cartoons that Congolese artist Thembo Kash is unveiling exclusively for RNW. About the piece, he says: “I did this drawing in honour of Pascal Kabungulu, a human rights reporter who was shot to death in...
Article: The Enough Project focuses on worst cases in Africa
There is good news out of Africa. Some of the world's fastest growing economies are African. International investment is growing. By our partner allAfrica Technology is driving massive changes. There have been several peaceful and...
Article: Ntaganda at ICC, while his loyalists seek asylum in DRC
As war crimes suspect Bosco Ntaganda appears today at the International Criminal Court, fighters still loyal to him seek asylum in the DR Congo. By Taylor Toeka Kakala, Goma, with additional reporting by Aimable Twahirwa, Kigali Ntaganda...
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