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EU biofuel projects in the ‘breadbasket of Congo’ could threaten food security, investigation finds

Some fields are abandoned, others are being ploughed again by local families in Louvakou, in the Niari department of southwestern Congo. We fly a drone over rain-soaked lands, where until a year ago ...
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 ...
WVXU

World Food Program head says peace critical to solve hunger in Congo

A war between militants backed by Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo has plunged millions of people into one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world. Even though DRC has struggled with ...
Reuters

Beaten and discarded, Congo street children are strangers to mining boom

KINSHASA (Reuters) - Kevin Lusongo has been on the streets since he was 11. He sleeps on a piece of cardboard in an unlit parking lot in a poor neighbourhood of Kinshasa, behind trucks he hopes can ...