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In the DRC, around 74% of the population lives in extreme poverty, living on less than $2.15 per day. Photo: Alexis Huguet/AFP

Translating peace into shared prosperity in the Great Lakes region

Economic integration would lead to trade and economic growth and contribute to social stability

  • Eyaaz
6 min read
More than history: A scene from Katanga, January 17, which tells the story of Patrice Lumumba, the first prime minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Oupa Bopape)

Actors carry Lumumba’s story in their bones

Katanga, January 17 is a recounting of martyr for African unity Patrice Lumumba’s life

  • Eyaaz
4 min read
Our grief for people we have not personally known is informed by the narratives and stories we are exposed to – but these stories are not equally told

The weight of the dead

Our grief for people we have not personally known is informed by the narratives and stories we are exposed to – but these stories are not equally told

  • Umamah Bakharia
9 min read