Democratic Republic of Congo

Felix DRC President Félix Tshisekedi is running for a second term in the presidential election on 20 December 2023. He is pictured during an interview in Kinshasa, 13 December 2019 ©Robert Carruba for Jeune Afrique

still in prison

Tshisekedi answers questions on jailed journalist Stanis Tshiamala

The Congolese head of state met with the press during a lunch on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. Discussions focused...

© The Congo Basin rainforest absorbs the equivalent of all of Africa’s carbon emissions. (Jens Grossmann/LAIF-REA)

Fair pay

Premium badgeUN joins Congo basin presidents in call for higher carbon-credit prices in Africa Developing African countries are asking for larger pollution offsets in order to preserve their environments.
The Husab uranium mine in western Namibia. 11 May 2018. Wu Changwei/Xinhua/REA

multiple agreements

From DRC to Madagascar, Japan weaves its web with critical metals From exploration to exploitation, Japan has signed a series of contracts with three African countries to secure its supplies of critical minerals.
Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi © Presse présidentielle RDC

press freedom

No, Mr. Tshisekedi, a democracy does not imprison journalists The imprisonment of Stanis Bujakera Tshiamala, our correspondent in Kinshasa, is a severe breach of the press freedom that the Congolese president cla...

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© The Congo Basin rainforest absorbs the equivalent of all of Africa’s carbon emissions. (Jens Grossmann/LAIF-REA)

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The president of the Commission électorale nationale Indépendante (CENI), Denis Kadima, on 1 September 2023. ©TWITTER CENI-RDC

On track

Premium badgeDRC elections will be held 20 December, come what may, agency says By convoking voters to the December presidential election, DRC’s electoral commission has committed to respecting the constitutional timeframe despite...
© Locomotive D-133 arrives at the railway station in Benguela, Angola. Opened in 1902, the Caminho de Ferro de Benguela originally ran to Lubumbashi in the Belgian Congo but currently only operates from Lobito. (WikimediaCommons/CC/David Stanley)

Back on track

Premium badgeUS and EU join forces on rail corridor in play for African minerals Western investments in rail links between Angola, DRC and Zambia aim to secure greater access to the raw materials powering the green energy revolutio...

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© The Congo Basin rainforest absorbs the equivalent of all of Africa’s carbon emissions. (Jens Grossmann/LAIF-REA)

Fair pay

Premium badgeUN joins Congo basin presidents in call for higher carbon-credit prices in Africa Developing African countries are asking for larger pollution offsets in order to preserve their environments.
The president of the Commission électorale nationale Indépendante (CENI), Denis Kadima, on 1 September 2023. ©TWITTER CENI-RDC

On track

Premium badgeDRC elections will be held 20 December, come what may, agency says By convoking voters to the December presidential election, DRC’s electoral commission has committed to respecting the constitutional timeframe despite...
© Locomotive D-133 arrives at the railway station in Benguela, Angola. Opened in 1902, the Caminho de Ferro de Benguela originally ran to Lubumbashi in the Belgian Congo but currently only operates from Lobito. (WikimediaCommons/CC/David Stanley)

Back on track

Premium badgeUS and EU join forces on rail corridor in play for African minerals Western investments in rail links between Angola, DRC and Zambia aim to secure greater access to the raw materials powering the green energy revolutio...

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jad20230905-eco-rdc-compagnies-minieres-dechues-1256×628-1693996369 © The Frontier copper mine at Sakania, on the border with Zambia in Haut-Katanga province. Gwenn Dubourthoumieu for JA

huge blow

DRC: Cancelling operating rights of 29 mining companies stirs controversy The Congolese government’s decision, for which no reasons were given, raises many questions, causing great concern in localities.
Stanis Bujakera Tshiamala, correspondent for Jeune Afrique in Kinshasa. (Photo: JA)

free stanis

Stanis Bujakera Tshiamala held in detention in DRC Our correspondent in Kinshasa, DRC, now faces pre-trial detention in Makala prison, after his request for release was turned down. Jeune Afrique and T...
The president of the Commission électorale nationale Indépendante (CENI), Denis Kadima, on 1 September 2023. ©TWITTER CENI-RDC

On track

Premium badgeDRC elections will be held 20 December, come what may, agency says By convoking voters to the December presidential election, DRC’s electoral commission has committed to respecting the constitutional timeframe despite...
© Locomotive D-133 arrives at the railway station in Benguela, Angola. Opened in 1902, the Caminho de Ferro de Benguela originally ran to Lubumbashi in the Belgian Congo but currently only operates from Lobito. (WikimediaCommons/CC/David Stanley)

Back on track

Premium badgeUS and EU join forces on rail corridor in play for African minerals Western investments in rail links between Angola, DRC and Zambia aim to secure greater access to the raw materials powering the green energy revolutio...
eacopmap1 © Satellite image provided by by the Earth Insight research group in the US shows EACOP environmental impacts in Uganda’s Murchison Falls National Park.

Ripple Effect

Premium badgeNew satellite images show potential EACOP impact may be worse than feared Satellite images chart EACOP oil pipeline impacts in Uganda, Tanzania and the DRC.
Planet Earth, illustration. (Photo by Visible Earth, NASA/JOHAN SWANEP / JSW / Science Photo Library via AFP)

digging deeper

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