Congo-Kinshasa: Photographer Brent Stirton Celebrates DR Congo’s Virunga National Park
[RFI] Perpignan – Virunga, Africa’s first national park, is home to endangered wildlife, including the world’s largest population of mountain gorillas. Situated in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the park is marking its centenary despite cont…
Congo-Kinshasa: Naxx Bitota – Making Modern Mutuashi
[Afropop] Having covered both the Montreal International Jazz Festival and Montreal’s Nuits d’Afrique Festival for over a decade, we can say it’s very rare for an artist to play at both festivals in the same year. Especially when it comes to filling a …
Africa: All of Africa Today – September 5, 2025
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Africa: All of Africa Today – July 31, 2025
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Africa: All of Africa Today – July 25, 2025
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Congo-Kinshasa: The Smallest Ones – – Fleeing Rebels and the Darkest Corners of Human Experience in the DRC
[Daily Maverick] The Smallest Ones by Popina Khumanda tracks two sisters’ escape from rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo and their pursuit of freedom. Read an extract below.
Congo-Kinshasa: Congolese Rapper Aand Influencer Joins WFP DR Congo Family As Champion For Nutrition
[WFP] KINSHASA — The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) announces its partnership with rising Congolese music star Sista Becky (Rebecca Kalonji) as a High-Level Supporter, advocating for nutrition and healthy eating in the Democratic Republic o…
Africa: All of Africa Today – April 25, 2025
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Congo-Kinshasa: Unicef Distances Itself From Congolese Musician’s April 7 Paris Concert
[New Times] The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has requested the organisers of a Congolese musician’s concert due in Paris on April 7 to postpone it as the date coincides with the International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide against th…
Congo-Kinshasa: Congo’s Stylish Sapeur Movement Goes Beyond Fashion – 5 Deeper Insights
[The Conversation Africa] In the two Congos, there’s a cultural movement by the Society of Ambience-Makers and Elegant People (Sape), known as “sapeurs”, who blend fashion, culture and social resistance. Though it was rooted primarily in the Democratic…