Abortion is highly stigmatised in the DRC. JOHN WESSELS/AFP via Getty Images March 15, 2021 Attitudes towards abortion in the DRC suggest there are ways to overcome stigma Sara E Casey, Columbia University Though initial reactions towards abortion were negative, there were displays of understanding and empathy when discussing why women have abortions.
Hybrid forms of governance in DRC allow public services to work. Julien Harneis/Flickr September 25, 2019 Failed state? How the DRC continues to deliver public services Kristof Titeca, University of Antwerp and Tom De Herdt, University of Antwerp The DRC’s state and public administration didn’t disappear, but changed: they were being built from the ground up, tailor-made to local actors’ interests.
Supporters of the DRC’s opposition candidate, Felix Tshisekedi. EPA-EFE/Stefan Kleinnowitz January 8, 2019 The DRC’s election was flawed. But it still offers signs of hope Reuben Loffman, Queen Mary University of London The DRC could be the exception after a year in which opposition parties fared badly across East and Central Africa.
Mining company Banro closed artisanal mining sites like this one in the DRC. USAID U.S. Agency for International Development/Flickr August 30, 2017 Shedding light on why mining companies in eastern Congo are under attack Judith Verweijen, Ghent University Industrial gold mining companies in eastern Congo have faced violent attacks over friction between industrial and artisanal mining.