That all changed with the installation of a water supply system, initiated by World Health Organization (WHO), in partnership with national and local authorities. Set up to support the Ebola response ...

Earlier this year, Donald Trump admitted he didn’t know “what the Congo is” – and the American President is far from alone ...

In the past, life in Kasaï was subject to painful compromises: "We used to drink water that was full of germs, which caused a lot of suffering for all of us," recalls Papa Mutombo Tambwe, who proudly ...

Current political and economic issues succinctly explained. The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is auctioning the licensing rights for dozens of oil and gas blocks, opening up parts of the world’s ...

WASHINGTON, June 14, 2023 — The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved financing for two projects that seek to increase access to drinking water and sanitation in selected provinces and to ...

Travis Drake received funding from the Swiss National Science Fund. Johan Six received funding from Swiss National Science Fund. Matti Barthel receives funding from Swiss National Science Fund. The ...

The Republic of Congo set up a REDD+ program in the Sangha and Likouala regions, aiming to reduce deforestation and store carbon from 2020 through to 2024. However, in the Sangha region alone, the ...

Callum Smith receives funding from the European Research Council under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (DECAF project, grant agreement no. 771492) and the Newton ...

Every day, everywhere, people need to eat. In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), this often means preparing fufu, a mixture of cassava flour and cornmeal stirred into boiling water over a source ...

In the Congo River Basin, people who collect bundles of wood to make charcoal are playing a surprisingly large role in the deforestation of a region that rivals the Amazon in importance. A kiln for ...

Drinking clean water, receiving treatment in a modern health centre or seeing your children study in bright classrooms is no longer a dream in Kasaï province, in the centre of the DRC. Today, it's ...