Stories written by Badylon Kawanda Bakiman

KIKWIT, DR Congo

Success of Remedial Education in DRC

By Badylon Kawanda Bakiman
The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo is enjoying success with the remedial education centres set up to give children from underprivileged backgrounds a free education and vocational training.
Farmers in the Democratic Republic of Congo are embracing a new variety of cassava. Credit: Credit: André Thiel/Flickr

DRC Cassava Farmers Reap Rewards from New Methods

By Badylon Kawanda Bakiman
Farmers in the Democratic Republic of Congo are embracing a new variety of cassava which, in combination with improved agricultural techniques, easily outperforms yields from other popular types of this important crop.
Forest elephants in the Mbeli River, Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park, Congo. Central African countries are developing strategies against climate change. Credit: Thomas Breuer/Wikicommons

CENTRAL AFRICA: Tentative Steps Towards Adaptation

By Badylon Kawanda Bakiman
Governments and civil society organisations in Central Africa are slowly developing strategies in response to global warming. But specialists say the steps being taken seem hesitant in the face of emerging realities.

ELECTIONS-DR CONGO: Will the Candidates Accept the Results?

By Badylon Kawanda Bakiman
While the Congolese are awaiting the official results of the late November presidential elections, three of the eleven candidates have already called for them to be annulled.

DR CONGO: Election Promises of Peace and Security

By Badylon Kawanda Bakiman
The 11 candidates contesting presidential elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo all pledge to improve peace and security in the country - promises received with varying degrees of scepticism by Congolese voters.
Drying cassava: improved seed varieties and agricultural extension are boosting farmers

DR CONGO: Sowing the Seeds of Food Security in Bandundu

By Badylon Kawanda Bakiman
Subsistence farmers in the Democratic Republic of Congo's southwestern Bandundu Province are seeing their harvests double, thanks to an ambitious programme of support by the government.
Mucuna pruriens var utilis Credit: Japan National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences

DR CONGO: Beauty of a Bean Wins Farmers’ Hearts

By Badylon Kawanda Bakiman
Smallholder farmers in Bandundu Province are boosting their harvests with the help of the sweetly-named velvet bean.