Tag: ground floor
Trésor Mputu, Congolese legend of TP Mazembe, ends his career
Congolese international striker Trésor Mputu is ending his career at 37. He will remain as an immense talent who preferred to turn his back on the sirens of European clubs,…
DRC, Algeria, Hong Kong… World tour of humor at the Lillarious festival
/ Podcasts / Cultural meeting Can humor save the world? A vast question that the Lillarious festival, in Lille, in the north of France, has been trying to answer for…
Angola tries to maintain a process of dialogue between the DRC and Rwanda
Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi was received this Monday, February 6 in Luanda by his Angolan counterpart João Lourenço. The two men discussed the persistent tensions between Kinshasa and Kigali and…
Emmanuel Macron in March in Gabon, Angola, Congo-Brazzaville and the DRC
Four countries in which the French president has so far never visited. Two of them, Gabon and the DRC, are in an election year. Emmanuel Macron will begin this tour…
in Kinshasa, Pope Francis denounces the “economic colonialism” which “is unleashed” in Africa
Pope Francis landed on Tuesday, January 31 in the early afternoon, at Kinshasa airport, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The pontiff is in the country for a four-day visit,…
media silence of journalists in Kwango province
Media silence for the media in Kwango province for three days since this Friday. The decision of the National Union of the Press of Congo, Kwango section, was taken to…
Cobalt, the electric dream in the West and the reverse in Africa?
From extraction to sale, the history of the cobalt industry – essential for running the batteries of smartphones and electric cars – is riddled with scandals. And 70% of world…
start of registration of Congolese voters in three countries
The registration of voters continues before the electoral deadlines, in particular the presidential election on December 20, 2023. As a reminder, the country has been divided into three main zones.…
the crusade of the “Evangelicals to conquer the world”
The Biarritz International Documentary Film Festival (Fipadoc) has selected series for the first time for its demanding programming. A relevant choice allowing to understand in depth historical and political the…
the extension of voter registration worries some of its observers
In the DRC, the Independent National Electoral Commission (Céni) has announced that it has extended by 25 days an operation to identify and register voters in the western provinces of…