A few days ago, I was asked to cover a trial in the Yolo neighborhood of the municipality of Kalamu in Kinshasa. Two men were appearing in court, one for stealing 56 meters of cable belonging to the National Electricity Board (SNEL) and the other one for buying the stolen cable.
This kind of theft is [...]
The series about Smart Congolese is a great success! The traffic police post attracted more than 200 comments and more than 1600 clicks in 4 days, a record number! Today it’s child traders. I always said that the Congolese were the smartest in the world but today I am adding a line inspired by a [...]
I have been asked by many of you to write about good things or about those Congolese who manage to get along in a country without any formal structures. I am therefore starting this series on ‘Smart Congolese‘ and the first ones today will be the traffic police, more commonly called ‘roulages’.
The job
Their role is [...]
I broke into a cold sweat a few days ago, when I looked at my home electrical wiring system. Do we need to ask about the source of the sudden power cuts and many fires happening in Kinshasa and in the rest of the country?
I should not complain, and I had better think myself lucky [...]
One journalist was arrested more than a week ago in Kinshasa as his newspaper was investigating some mining deals in DRC.
Excerpt of an official statement published by the NGO Journalist in danger:
MAURICE KAYOMBO, a journalist for “LES GRANDS ENJEUX”, a monthly investigation and analysis magazine that is printed in South Africa and distributed in Kinshasa [...]
Each and every officer who has been at the head of the city of Kinshasa these last few years has given us an idea of their understanding of ‘cleanliness’. Some restricted their action to demolishing a few shaky buildings and others proudly pointed to a bunch of sweepers on the main thoroughfares of the city.
I [...]
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