July 04

• Congo-Kinshasa: Media in the DRC - No Money, No Voice?

  Some thought that coupage would be an incentive for Congolese journalists to do their jobs better. In exchange for broadcasting a certain report or covering a particular event,... Read more »

July 03

• Uganda: DRC Refugees in Uganda (and What They Took With Them)

  If forced to flee your home in order to survive, what would you take? What could you take? Twenty-year-old Jean Claude 'Van Damme' Ndongizimana escaped from the eastern DRC with... Read more »

May 22

• Congo-Kinshasa: This Woman Means Business - Cynthia Jadot, DRC Shopowner [interview]

  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... Read more »

April 24

• Congo-Kinshasa: 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... Read more »

April 14

• Congo-Kinshasa: Post-Ntaganda, DRC Finds Itself Still in the Same Old Mess [opinion]

  Is long-wanted warlord General Bosco Ntganada's arrest a beacon of hope for a better life in the Democratic Republic of Congo? Our blogger in Rwanda thinks not. Last week, The... Read more »

April 09

• Congo-Kinshasa: 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... Read more »

March 25

• Rwanda: Bosco Ntaganda - a Monkey Off Rwanda's Back

  What might General Bosco Ntaganda's turning himself into the US Embassy in Kigali mean for Rwanda? Here's what our local blogger had to say. Read more »

March 11

• Uganda: North Kivu Refugees Seek Peace in Uganda

  As dawn rises over Nyakabande, a village in south-western Uganda, people line up in front of a reception tent, exhausted and carrying the few belongings they could bring. Most have... Read more »

February 11

• Congo-Kinshasa: 'Drone' - a Dirty Word in UN Lexicon

  The 'drone', one of the eminently controversial lethal weapons deployed by the United States in its war against terrorism, is a dirty word in the UN lexicon. Read more »

February 04

• Congo-Kinshasa: Hague Court Detains Witnesses After End of Case [interview]

  Last month the International Criminal Court (ICC) handed down the second verdict in its 10-year history: Congolese militia leader Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui was found not guilty of... Read more »

February 01

• Congo-Kinshasa: Double Life, Double Price for a Goma Sex Worker

  It is 6 p.m., time for Mira to get ready. Choosing what to wear is sometimes difficult for the 23-year-old prostitute. Each night she works Goma's streets, trying to make enough... Read more »

January 22

• Congo-Kinshasa: Giving Goma a Voice, No Words Needed

  Meschack Kadima takes it upon himself to give voice to the voiceless. That's a real challenge, considering the young illustrator lives in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo,... Read more »

January 11

• Congo-Kinshasa: A Condensed Guide to Corruption, M23 Style

  The M23 may officially claim to fight corruption, but abuses of power are not uncommon in territory controlled by the rebel movement. Read more »

December 21, 2012

• Congo-Kinshasa: Young Goma's Wish List

  Residents here are preoccupied by rumours that the M23 may recapture Goma this holiday season. On the street, very few signs advertise Christmas sales. Christmas trees and... Read more »

December 12, 2012

• Congo-Kinshasa: The M23 Funhouse, Where Congolese Youth Get in Free

  The M23 movement presents a conundrum to youth in North Kivu. Promised bright, lucrative futures, some young Congolese citizens have joined in the ranks of these rebels. Then there... Read more »

December 04, 2012

• Congo-Kinshasa: Being One At a Kinshasa Comedy Club

  Not really what I expect from my visit to Kinshasa. While the whole world is talking about a new war in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, young people in the capital... Read more »

November 30, 2012

• Congo-Kinshasa: Is Facebook Mobile Moving Youth in the Wrong Direction?

  The growing use of Facebook Mobile has many concerned in this city in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Now that young people have the social network literally at their... Read more »

November 24, 2012

• Congo-Kinshasa: A Rapper From Goma With No Time for Booty Shaking

  Shortly before the escalation of violence in North Kivu, RNW was in Goma, talking with one of the many young, talented and socially engaged rappers who have called this city home.... Read more »

November 21, 2012

• Rwanda: No Aid for M23, Says Dutch Minister [interview]

  Three days before M23 rebels took control of the Congolese city of Goma, RNW were speaking with the Netherlands new minister for foreign trade and development cooperation. On... Read more »

November 19, 2012

• Congo-Kinshasa: A Youth Demonstration to Support the M23?

  The M23 rebel movement is using youth in territories under their control to deny allegations of rape and forced enrolment of minors. This is a report from the heart of a... Read more »

November 17, 2012

• Congo-Kinshasa: How Congolese Yankees Use Cool to Conquer the City [opinion]

  Youth from the DRC city of Kisangani are embracing a newly found identity to survive - and succeed in - life, reports Catherina Wilson in her award-nominated thesis. Reader, meet... Read more »

November 16, 2012

• Congo-Kinshasa: A Red Armband for Dr. Mukwege

  The situation has been very tense at Panzi Hospital since the assassination attempt on Doctor Denis Mukwege that forced him to flee home in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo... Read more »

November 01, 2012

• Congo-Kinshasa: Goma Sex Workers 'Furious' Over Bike Taxis Curfew

  Prostitutes in the city of Goma, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, are furious. They say that since a curfew has been imposed in early October on the cheapest and most... Read more »

October 17, 2012

• Congo-Kinshasa: Getting Married in Congo - Mission Impossible?

  Aimé Kwete has been preparing to marry his fiancée for almost a year now. He attributes the delay to the fact that, so far, he hasn't been able to pay the dowry to... Read more »

October 13, 2012

• West Africa: Francophonie Summit Brings Sparks to Kinshasa

  This weekend, Kinshasa hosts the 14th Francophonie Summit. While leaders from French-speaking countries will meet to discuss political issues, the two-day event is also giving... Read more »