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Commune de Ngmaba: A catastrophe

                           Image credit: Tonton Laval - YouTube In the heart of Kinshasa, commune de Ngamba stands as a stark testament to government neglect. Once a place of promise, it has become a community plagued by poverty, health crises, and a lack of basic infrastructure. The absence of essential services like electricity, clean water, and proper waste management has turned Ngamba into a symbol of despair. For the thousands who call it home, every day is a fight for survival.   A community on the brink Ngamba’s narrow pathway are choked with uncollected waste, creating an environment ripe for disease. Pools of stagnant water dot the landscape, becoming breeding grounds for mosquitos and waterborne illnesses. Families live in makeshift shelters surrounded by debris, cut from basic sanitation. Years of governmental mismanagement have left residents without the resources needed to lead dignified lives...

The Democratic Republic of Congo: Will the country still exist by 2025?

            Opinion/26 Jun 2024             By Dorcas Mbuyi     A woman was seen cleaning her toilet made from tin outside her home.   The horror story continues as there have been minor changes since the DRC's independence on the 30 th  of June 1960. The country has been under attack for many years and there seems to be no aid coming in. The Democratic Republic of the Congo is the second largest country in Africa. The country has 250 dialect languages and Kinshasa, the capital, is the second-largest French-speaking city in the entire world. There have been decades of war and conflict in the DRC which has taken over 5.4 million lives. The United Nations has reported that nearly 1,000 child soldiers are recruited yearly. The attacks are ongoing; most victims are women who are sexually abused by these soldiers. Besides, the negative aspects of the country, the DRC is enri...