When I was travelling in Kenya recently, I had a graphic reminder that gender-based violence and HIV is right there in front of us in many African countries; we just don’t all notice it all the time. I went through …
Last week I went to see some road construction in a UK and World Bank joint-funded programme called ProRoutes. We headed out of Kisangani in DRC’s Oriental Province, driving some 270 km north of the Congo River through the tropical …
The Congolese really love to dance. If you haven’t had the good fortune to hear Congolese music or see some top notch DRC dancing, the mighty Papa Wemba is a good place to start. A few weeks ago, before the …
As we approach World AIDS Day 2012, on the 1st of December, I have paused to reflect on some of the country visits that I have made this year, which have highlighted the on-going impact of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus …
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