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In 2004, Bakody spent nine months in Kindu, a provincial capital in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, managing a radio station set up by the UN peacekeeping force at a time when the country’s ...

As the Democratic Republic of Congo struggles to recover from a five-year civil war, one priority of international relief agencies is to restore a vital rail link in the central African nation's ...

KINDU, Congo – The highway out of town is a single dirt motorcycle track. The colonial-era railroad finally has broken down. The last of the mighty river barges lies rotting on shore with weeds ...

KINDU, Congo - When a notorious rebel commander showed up leading a crackdown on pro-government tribal fighters in eastern Congo, it ended in the cold-blooded murder of more than 50 civilians. Coming ...

KINDU, Congo — The highway out of town is a single dirt motorcycle track. The colonial-era railroad has finally broken down. The last of the mighty river barges lies rotting on shore with weeds ...

Passengers on an Air Congo flight experienced significant disruption at Kindu Airport in the Democratic Republic of the Congo after being left waiting inside the aircraft for hours. Frustrated by the ...

(JED/IFEX) – On 20 July 2004, journalists Brahimu Mohamed Kambumbu and Losatcha Omenguo, host and editor-in-chief, respectively, of Congolese National Radio-television’s (Radiotélévision nationale ...

It began as just another week of heat and torpor in the Congo. Sweating natives, as usual, loaded palm kernels into boats at upcountry river stations, while understaffed United Nations teams passed ...