Over 100 inmates dead in DR Congo prisons since start of year, UN says
Congo's prisons are among some of the world's most overcrowded, and all have a problem with inadequate funding.
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Congo's prisons are among some of the world's most overcrowded, and all have a problem with inadequate funding.
KINSHASA - More than 100 inmates have died so far this year in Democratic Republic of Congo's underfunded and chronically overcrowded prisons, a U.N. human rights official said on Wednesday. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Carved wooden figure at Venice Biennale aims to spark debate about colonial blindspots in the art world
A Virginian museum will loan an ancestral wooden sculpture to the Democratic Republic of Congo for the duration of the Venice Biennale.
“People are living in the water; the water is still rising, every day it’s rising, rising… We don’t really know how it’s going to end,” said Father Louis Iyeli, who heads the Catholic charity Caritas in the most affected region.