DRC: COVID-19 pandemic changes cross-border trade
Benjamin Bahati is a Congolese businessman who has been selling eggs and chickens imported from Rwanda for the past nine […]
DRC: E-commerce develops because of COVID-19 crisis
It is 5:30 a.m. in Goma, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, or DRC. Chris Ayale is a young entrepreneur […]
Radio Communautaire Salama—FRI COVID-19 support funds recipient and voice for women during the pandemic
Radio Communautaire Salama is known locally as “the voice of women,” says Jeremi Kyaswekera. Located in Butembo, Democratic Republic of […]
DRC: Farmers work together to keep animals out of their fields
This story was originally published in November 2017. Beatrice Semahane is up early. The sun is barely above the horizon […]
How stations have changed their program schedules to address coronavirus
People around the world have been affected by and preoccupied with coronavirus for most of this year. It has suddenly […]
CORACON brings together radio stations in Central Africa
Journalists from seven countries in Central Africa are collaborating with Collectif des Radios et Télévisions Communautaires du Nord-Kivu (CORACON), an […]
DRC: Ban on bushmeat consumption affects community diets
This story was originally published on May 25. It’s 7 a.m. and a fine rain is falling in Virunga National […]
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 […]