Kinshasa

In the restless heart of eastern Congo, a powerful storm brews. Last week, a majority of Goma, the bustling nucleus of the region, came under the control of rebels believed to be backed by neighboring Rwanda. The U.N. reports that even the city’s pivotal airport is now in rebel hands. Uncertainty hangs heavy as Rwanda's President, Paul Kagame, joins the choir of international voices demanding a halt to hostilities. Yet, amidst the chaos, what truly drives this conflict that seems to defy resolution? Not since the 2012…

At least 129 people were killed during an attempted prison break at the central Makala prison in the Congolese capital Kinshasa late Sunday. The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo said the situation was now under control. In a statement published on X early Tuesday, Interior Minister Shabani Lukoo said a fire had also broken out in the prison's administrative building, its food depots and a hospital. About 59 people were injured, he added. "The mass escape attempt at Makala Central…

Le Journal, Kinshasa's news daily, reports on the Republic's return to the capital on Thursday. According to this tabloid, Felix Tshisekedi walked a bit with the crowd that came…

The students have been trying to demonstrate since Monday morning after the murder on Friday of one of their comrades by a police officer. Two of the police officers involved were arrested, the third, the shooter, is on the run. But that was not enough to calm the students' anger. There are clashes around the University of Kinshasa.…

A student was shot to death on Saturday, July 24 in Kinshasa by a police officer after a check went wrong. On Saturday afternoon, in the Liberation District of Selembao commune, a group of students film as part of a practical work when a police officer approaches them for the first time to ask them for bribes, an eyewitness…

This is the first major event organized by the DRC. The Francophonie Summit also had the same concern that the DRC would not be able to organize the Francophonie Summit. According to the minutes, the reports were apparently one of the largest summits since the creation of the Francophonie summits. Ivory Coast also has the same configuration as us. They took a year to build the village of La Francophonie and they got there. There is so far no question of suspension or cancellation of any kind.…

After a two-week stay in Kinshasa, Annie Chebeya left the capital of Congo on Friday, July 9th. The widow of the former executive director of the Voice of the Voiceless for Human Rights, murdered on June 1, 2010, had returned to the country after eleven years in exile in Canada. During her stay in Kinshaha, Annie Chebeya…

Laurent Gbagbo continues his stay in Kinshasa. The former Ivorian president met on Tuesday, July 6, in Kinshasa with his former comrades and prisoners from the International Criminal Court (ICC). A total of six Congolese, including former warlords, were invited to this reunion. as reported from Kinshasa, Patient LigodiLaurent…

The first voyage outside the Ivorian borders of former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo returned to Côte d'Ivoire on June 17, after ten years at the ICC. He arrived in Kinshasa on Friday, July 2, early in the evening. A discreet journey: no picture of his arrival has been leaked on social networks. Gbagbo's stay in the Democratic Republic of Congo responds to Jean-Pierre Bemba's invitation.…

Homemade instruments from recycled materials, no electronics, but a unique track: such is the recipe from Kinois of Fulu Miziki ("music from the bins" in Lingala). Meeting in Toulouse at the Rio Loco festival with an interdisciplinary and crazy collective, determined to conquer the world.