Society
Water shortage in Lubumbashi: why taps keep running dry in Congo’s copper capital
Up at 3 a.m., waiting until 11, heading home with two or three jerrycans: in Lubumbashi, fetching water sets the…
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Central Africa: ECCAS validates its common data governance framework in Brazzaville
Siloed systems and rules drawn up country by country have long held the region back, and Central Africa now wants to build an integrated regional digital…
Society
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MV MJP sinking on Lake Tanganyika: Congo and Tanzania clash over the death toll
The MV MJP went down near Kabimba on Wednesday while sailing from Kigoma to Kalemie. Congo counts dozens of dead,…
Economy
Public debt in West and Central Africa: a booming bond market meets mounting arrears
As the CEMAC bond market swells past 10.5 trillion CFA francs, Senegal faces a mounting pile of unpaid bills to…
Culture
DR Congo, La Sape takes center stage at the sixth DRC Fashion Week in Kinshasa
Sapeurs and fashion designers from Kinshasa and Brazzaville came together for the sixth DRC Fashion Week, turning a Kinshasa gallery…
Society
WHO sounds the alarm as DRC’s Ebola outbreak becomes the fastest ever recorded
Excerpt: Three weeks ago the death toll stood at 967. Today it has doubled, and the World Health Organization says…
Society
Congo Battles on Two Fronts as Fighting Rages in the East and Ebola Sparks Border Closures
The World Health Organization has called this reaction 'counterproductive,' warning it risks further isolating Kinshasa at a time when the…