In the Democratic Republic of Congo, access to quality healthcare is expensive and tedious. But Bienvenue Zigabe has managed to create an application to facilitate quicker access to medical services.
"Wiiqare" helps patients pay for treatment and drugs using their savings or…
As the winds
of change began to blow across the African continent it became evident that
freedom and independence were the way forward. The colonial powers wanted to
ensure that African countries that became independent would continue to
struggle so that others would not strive for…
Ebola can no longer be called an incurable disease, scientists have said, after two of four drugs being trialled in the major outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo were found to have significantly reduced the death rate.
From now…
When the Democratic Republic of Congo's government under President Laurent Kabila was under attack from rebels, Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe decided to send troops in August 1998. Earlier in 1996, Robert Mugabe had become the chairman of the defense arm of the…
Next time you hear western countries especially England, France, Belgium and Portugal discuss how much money they give in aid, ask when they will pay back what they stole. Over the next few months we will explore how history can help us…
Globalization continuously transforms the things we thought we knew or valued. Most stories we hear are about the Chinese doing business in Africa but now more stories are emerging about Africans consistently going to China to work, for education, business and so…
Rachel Mwanza
Rachel Mwanza is going to the Oscars on Sunday February 24, 2013 as the leading star of the Best Foreign Language Film nominee War Witch. The Congolese actress was only granted a visa a few days ago. The young actress was “discovered” by…
My beloved companion, I write you these words not knowing whether you will receive them, when you will receive them, and whether I will still be alive when you read them. Throughout my struggle for the independence of my country, I have…
The International Criminal Court (ICC) decided unanimously that Thomas Lubanga Dyilo is guilty, as a co-perpetrator, of the war crimes of conscripting and enlisting children under the age of 15 and using them to participate actively in hostilities from 1 September 2002…