March 2026 - Country/Regional News
- friendsofcongo
- 3 days ago
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Country News
'You take what you can and run’: families describe harrowing journey to escape fighting in DRC
Thousands who fled the advance of M23 rebels now face the threat of disease and shortages in Burundi’s overcrowded refugee camps. Read the full Guardian article.
‘The soul of the city’: can Kinshasa’s last remaining baobab tree be saved?
Across Africa, baobabs have rich symbolic meaning, but the breakneck expansion of the DRC’s capital has reduced their number in the city centre to one. Below is an AI generated image, not the actual tree, which is photographed in the Guardian article.
Ride for Survival - The Esther Project
Dr. Paul Law, Chris, Jason, Dr. Matthew, Dr. Sem, and Dr. George travel 1,000 km on motorcycles in the jungles of the Congo. Riding in an effort to save children's lives.
Jim's YouTube Links
Jim Herne has collected and shared a trove of DRC/ Zaire YouTube videos that may be of interest to this group. They are sorted into Travel related, Congo River expeditions, History Related, Modern Day, Mobutu era and many other Miscellaneous entries. You may see them all by visiting this link to ALL of them on our website. Enjoy!!
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