Stories written by Prosper Heri Ngorora

Day Laborers, Trapped in a Complex War Between M25 Rebels and the DRC, Return Home

By Prosper Heri Ngorora
Fulgence Ndayizeye, a Burundian bicycle taxi driver who used to cross the Congolese-Burundian border every day to support his family, wanted to return home. He and more than 500 other Burundians, including women, men, and children, stranded in Uvira on the border between the DRC and Rwanda, were finally allowed to return to their country on Sunday, December 14, 2025, by M23-Congo River Alliance (AFC) rebels after being stuck in the DRC due to an M23 rebel offensive that had taken the town a few days earlier.

DRC: Reforesting Sites Once Used by War Displaced People

By Prosper Heri Ngorora
The Youth Circle for Nature Conservation and Community Development is working toward the reforestation of sites where displaced people lived near the town of Goma.

Should King Baudouin, DRC’s Last Sovereign, Be Beatified?

By Prosper Heri Ngorora
During his visit to the Kingdom of Belgium in September 2024, Pope Francis was full of praise for King Baudouin, who ruled Belgium for more than 40 years. The pontiff announced the start of the beatification process for the man who, on the Belgian side, ratified the Congo's act of independence on June 30, 1960.
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