Africa: Mpox Is Infecting Children in DRC - and Spreading to Uganda and Beyond

Health officials in Uganda told Global Press Journal to ignore information provided by health workers at the border. Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Serious Consequences As Private Medical Labs Skirt Regulations in DRC

Between 2020 and 2023, more than 60% of patients tested at private laboratories in DRC's Tshopo province were misdiagnosed. Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Violence in DRC Has Forced Hundreds of Students Out of School. They May Never Return.

A land conflict in Kisangani has shuttered schools and forced thousands to flee their homes. For children, the effects could last a lifetime. Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: 'We End Up Slowly Dying' - the Struggle for Water in DRC's Displacement Camps

Hundreds of thousands of people have fled violence in eastern DRC and crowded into camps that fail to meet their basic needs. Here, residents wait in long lines for limited water… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Once 'Masters of the Forest,' DRC's Pygmy Community Is Being Forced Out of National Park

Despite a 2022 law that protects indigenous land rights, evictions from Virunga National Park leave little access to traditional ways of life. Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Thousands Have Taken Refuge Near DRC's Virunga National Park. Can the Park Survive?

Deforestation threatens the park's future -- but the people cutting its trees are fighting for survival themselves. Read more »

Africa: Tragic Floods Demonstrate the Lifesaving Power of Trees

After disastrous flooding and mudslides, the Kalehe government launched a reforestation campaign to help spare future generations from the same overwhelming grief. Read more »

Africa: 25 Years, 224 Abuse Allegations, No Peace - DRC Kicks Out UN Peacekeeping Mission

The longtime mission leaves a complex legacy, providing safety to displaced populations even as some peacekeepers stood accused of sexual abuse. While some celebrate their… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: To Treat Cavities, DRC's Traditional Healers Turn to a Surprising Ingredient

Traditional healers harness generations-old treatments to provide relief for cavities and toothaches. Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: A DRC Town Struggles As Fighting Closes Key Route for Pineapple Trade

An armed group's reemergence has led to the suspension of traffic along a major highway -- and devastated the farmers in Kanyabayonga who sell their fruit along the road. Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: DRC's Underage Metal Collectors Fend for Themselves

In Kisangani, a growing number of children are risking stigma, injury and arrest in the pursuit of income. Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Prayer Camps Flourish As Psychiatric Patients Lose Faith in Hospital Care

The Hospital Generale de Reference Makiso has Tshopo province's only psychiatric unit -- but severe shortages of staff and medication are forcing desperate patients to seek care… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: In Urban DRC, Chaos Reigns As Mourners Abandon Funeral Traditions

For many, party-like funerals in urban DRC signal the loss of traditional African ways of life. Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: In Kisangani, 1.4 Million Residents and No Firetruck

An unstable power grid puts homes and businesses at risk for electrical fires, but residents must fight the blazes with ineffective, makeshift methods. Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Key Component of Traditional Medicine in Short Supply

In DRC, where health care facilities are scarce and often inaccessible, many residents rely on traditional medicine -- but one essential ingredient is getting harder to find. Read more »

Africa: 'They Sing Out Loud What We Are Whispering'

Young musicians risk arrest and death threats as they give voice to frustrated residents in a region wracked by violence. Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Revivalist Churches - Places of Healing or Local Nuisance?

Kisangani, one of DRC's biggest cities, is now home to hundreds of Revivalist churches, the product of a pandemic boom that has come with serious side effects. Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: DRC Has Vast Water Resources, but Kisangani's Taps Run Dry

Kisangani residents pay their water bills, only to receive sporadic service and contaminated water. Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: 'I Watch My Children Starve' - Conditions Deteriorate At Displacement Camp

Many families expected a short stay, but the days have turned into months, and there's not enough food to go around. Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Meet Kasingiri's Pioneering Motorcycle Taxi Driver

As her village's first woman in the job, Esther Katungu Kisumba confronts danger and sexism daily. Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Food Crisis in Goma As M23 Fighting Intensifies

The Congolese army has clashed with M23, an armed group, in North Kivu province, where residents face food scarcity and high prices. Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Mutual Aid Organisation Transforms Kirumba's Urban Landscape

Over the last few years, something has changed about Kirumba. From the hills overlooking this rural town in DRC's North Kivu province, one might spot a shop made of brick or a… Read more »