Opinion

Kinshasa’s last baobab: how a tree designed for survival faces its biggest threat yet

In this week’s newsletter: nature’s last stand against the DRC capital’s rampant development, plus looking back on last year’s stories of hope ...

‘The soul of the city’: can Kinshasa’s last remaining baobab tree be saved?

Across Africa, baobabs have rich symbolic meaning, but the breakneck expansion of the DRC’s capital has reduced their number in the city centre to one ...
NPR

'You'll have a long life': In DR Congo, maggots and caterpillars are prized food

KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo — They're tastier than they look. Edible insects in the form of wriggling maggots or hairy caterpillars are both delicacy and staple in the Democratic Republic ...
Inverse

The Future of Kinshasa: A City With a Destination and a Transport Problem

Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is the third largest city in Africa and home to over 10 million people. Some scholars predict that, by 2050, the city’s population could ...
CNN

Congolese artists wear costumes made of trash to shine a light on Kinshasa’s pollution problem

One artist poses in a tangle of electrical wires; another stands in a surreal robotic uniform made entirely of discarded mobile phones. The two performers are taking part in the KinAct Festival, an ...
Radio France Internationale

Kinshasa, a megacity of traffic jams, potholes, transit chaos

Kinshasa (AFP) – Cable car, urban rail link or ring road -- Kinshasa has big plans for alleviating its traffic chaos but for now, travelling into the megacity remains a daily headache for millions of ...

Dashen bishiyo don yakar zaizayar kasa a Kwango

Yayin da duniya ke fama da barazanar sauyin yanayi, wata kungiya ta kaddamar da dashen bishiyoyin gora a Kinshasa don yaki da ...