CelloMomOnCars, 1 month ago to Albania

Unsung heroes.
"Seven countries now generate all of their energy from renewable sources."
None are the ones you'd think of first.

"More than 99.7 per cent of electricity in #Albania, #Bhutan, #Ethiopia, #Iceland, #Nepal, #Paraguay and the #DemocraticRepublicOfCongo comes from geothermal, hydro, solar or wind power.

Another 40 countries got at least half of their electricity from #renewables in 2021 and 2022 including 11 in Europe."

https://www.euronews.com/green/2024/04/17/wind-energy-saw-record-growth-in-2023-which-countries-installed-the-most

Democratic Republic of Congo president (Felix Tshisekedi) compares Rwanda's Paul Kagame to Hitler (www.africanews.com)

On the campaign trail in the troubled east of his country, the Democratic Republic of Congo, President Félix Tshisekedi on Friday compared his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame to Adolf Hitler and his "expansionist aims"....

VICENews, 6 months ago to worldwithoutus

As people in the Western world look for ways to help Congolese people from afar, calls to limit electronic waste have gone viral on TikTok.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/4a35qg/people-on-tiktok-are-quitting-vaping-to-protest-child-labor-in-congo?at_medium=Social%20media&at_campaign=Mastodon
#africa #quittingvaping #vaping #congo #DemocraticRepublicofCongo #DRC #TikTok #protest

Congolese official says East African troops to leave Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) by December (nation.africa)

Officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo say the East African Community Regional Force (EACRF) will leave the country by December 8, signalling a refusal to extend the troops' mandate....

Congolese dandies: Meet the stylish men and women of Brazzaville – in pictures (www.theguardian.com)

Since the 1920s, the sapeurs of the Congo have been making sartorial statements on the streets of Kinshasa and Brazzaville. Tariq Zaidi shot them in their home communities

thejapantimes, 10 months ago to news

From Zimbabwe's lithium-rich rocks to Democratic Republic of Congo's cobalt, minerals critical for clean energy technologies are increasingly in demand from Africa's trade partners. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/07/19/world/africa-control-green-mineral-rush/?utm_content=bufferca7cf&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #news #worldnews #africa #mining #batteries #nigeria #zimbabwe #namibia #democraticrepublicofcongo