Congo, the Democratic Republic of the
Dans le camp de Mugunga 3, dans le Nord-Kivu, à l'est de la RDC, des déplacés souhaitent être impliqués dans les interventions humanitaires comme partenaires plutôt que bénéficiaires. Ils dénoncent l'exploitation de leur souffrance par les ONG.
Pour encourager les journalistes congolais à bien faire leur travail, les professionnels des médias avaient imaginé le coupage. Cette pratique consiste pour les médias à recevoir de la source d’information des présents en espèces ou en nature. Aujourd’hui, ce système conduit à de nombreuses dérives.
Pour encourager les journalistes congolais à bien faire leur travail, les professionnels des médias avaient imaginé le coupage. Cette pratique consiste pour les médias à recevoir de la source d’information des présents en espèces ou en nature. Aujourd’hui, ce système conduit à de nombreuses dérives.
Some thought that coupage would be an incentive for Congolese journalists to do their jobs better. In exchange for broadcasting a certain report or covering a particular event, media houses in the DRC began accepting ‘gifts’ in cash. Coupage isn’t new, but the system has led to many abuses and some believe the practice is altogether unlawful.
En RDC, la nomination d'un proche de Joseph Kabila à la tête de la Commission électorale attise les critiques. Un président pas vraiment nouveau, puisque l'abbé Apollinaire Malu Malu a déjà occupé ce poste.
Dufina Tabu défend les droits de l’homme depuis 27 ans dans la ville de Goma, à l’est de la RDC. Sept fois emprisonné, il a permis l’amélioration des conditions de vie des détenus de la prison centrale Munzenze.
The M23 may officially claim to fight corruption, but abuses of power are not uncommon in territory now controlled by the rebel movement.
At Mugunga 3 refugee camp in North Kivu, eastern DRC, displaced youth don’t want to be mere beneficiaries of the humanitarian efforts. They seek to be partners in its very administration, able to earn a living both now and in the future.
Meschack Kadima takes it upon himself to give voice to the voiceless. That’s a real challenge, considering the young illustrator lives in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, in a society he feels is too repressed to condemn the troubling political situation.
Residents here are preoccupied by rumours that the M23 may recapture Goma this holiday season. On the street, very few signs advertise Christmas sales. Christmas trees and ornaments still sit in shops waiting to be bought. However, not everyone has lost a holiday spirit of hope.
Shortly before the escalation of violence in North Kivu, RNW was in Goma, talking with one of the many young, talented and socially engaged rappers who have called this city home. Meet Fabrice Masimango.
Prostitutes in the city of Goma, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, are furious. They say that since a curfew has been imposed in early October on the cheapest and most popular mode of transport, the motorcycle taxis, they are running out of business.
The M23 has been accused of many human rights violations in North Kivu, including rape, abduction and murder. But some say the notorious rebel group in the DRC are not the only ones committing such atrocities. According to young men in the provincial capital of Goma, national police and FARDC soldiers are persecuting innocent people under an egregiously false premise – being allied with the M23.