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Grassroots mobilisation is key to fighting an outbreak

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As health workers in the DRC deal with the news that Ebola has not yet been defeated, they reflect on the lessons the epidemic has taught them
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Soundtrack to a pandemic: Africa’s best coronavirus songs

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Drawing on lessons from Ebola, African artists are using music to convey public health messaging. And they are doing it in style
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JP Mika is a Congolese artist in full bloom

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The painter, who hails from the DRC, is currently presenting his first solo exhibition outside his home country in Paris
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Dictators expand their toolbox

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An update of How to Rig an Election is a guide to new strategies used by authoritarian leaders to stay in power
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DRC authorities ban Kinshasa rallies over tensions

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Tshisekedi was elected in December to replace Kabila who presided over sub-Saharan Africa's biggest country for nearly two decades
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It’s closing time in Kinshasa

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In less than a month, the bars spilling out on to the city’s highways and byways will no longer be allowed to serve customers before 6pm
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Kinshasa is drowning in waste

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The Congolese capital does not have a functioning garbage collection system. Consequences for the health of the "Kinois" are catastrophic
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Campaigning for critical election opens in crisis-wracked DRC

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At stake in the vote is political stewardship of a mineral-rich country that has never known a peaceful transition of power since independence
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DRC opposition Kinshasa rally authorised for Friday — candidate

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Political tensions are rising in the DRC before the long-delayed December 23 election to select a successor to President Joseph Kabila
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How Kinshasa’s markets are captured by powerful private interests

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The majority of the “formal” and officially acknowledged taxes aren’t fed into the formal hierarchy and revenue flow as they are supposed to be
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Gearing Africa’s cities for the future

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By 2030, 15 cities in Africa will have populations over 5 million, most of whom will live in informal settlements.
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A huge mobilisation in DRC aims to vaccinate millions against yellow fever

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The world’s largest yellow fever vaccination effort has come to the urban sprawl that is the Democratic Republic of Congo’s capital, Kinshasa
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Protesting DRC students tell Kabila to ‘get out’

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Shots rang out as dozens of students shouting "Kabila get out!" faced off against police officers at Kinshasa's university.
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Kinshasa: Heavy gunfire, hostage scenario wreaks panic among residents

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Residents in the capital of the DRC have been left to feel uneasy after gunfire erupted throughout the city and several reporters were taken hostage.
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DRC army launches attack on last M23 rebel holdout

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DRC soldiers are fighting off some 200 M23 rebels who are hiding after being ousted from their last stronghold.
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