DRC: New hotline helps families survive abuse (Trust)
Caution: Details in the first three paragraphs may be disturbing to some readers. Four days after the Congolese government shut […]
DRC: Ban on bushmeat consumption affects community diets
It’s 7 a.m. and a fine rain is falling in Virunga National Park in North Kivu, in the eastern Democratic […]
Waking up to agriculture and equality on Mama Radio
Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu province, is more than 2,000 km from Kinshasa, the capital of DRC. Here, violence […]
Modeste Shabani Bin Sweni, Radio Sauti ya Mkaaji, DRC, journalist and team leader
Modeste Shabani Bin Sweni was born in Kibango, in the chiefdom of Kawange, Kasondo territory in DRC. At the time […]
Personal reflections on the state of science journalism—from the World Conference of Science Journalists
Patrick Kahondwa is the program manager at Radio Universitaire ISDR (Institut Superieur de Developpement Rurale) in Bukavu, DRC. After reading […]
DRC: Small-scale miner turns to oranges for profitable, safer career
In the cold, high-altitude mountainous area of Nyabibwe, in DRC, Ajuwa Bertin and his two young brothers head to the […]
DRC: Farmers come together to better market their maize
Henriette Sahengema exits a big cinderblock building happily counting new bills. In the midst of several farmers, she smiles. This […]
DRC: Farmers use local herb to fight weeds, restore land, increase production
Sylvestre Muhindo thrusts his right hand into the soil in the middle of his field and pulls out a handful […]
DRC: Conservation agriculture reduces labour costs, but farmers must still deal with weeds
It’s Sunday afternoon and John Kakule Toly stands like a teacher at the front of a classroom, facing the many […]
DRC: Farmer raises his goats well by practicing good hygiene
After a fierce rain, Bahati Assani waits hours until the sun is shining brightly before bringing his goats to pasture, […]