Month: May 2021

DR Congo: The drink ”Lotoko”, false remedy, but real poison

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By Badylon Kawanda Bakiman  More people in Kikwit, an economic town, Kwilu province, in the southwest of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), often take the drink “Lotoko”, a powerful traditional alcohol, under the pretext of curing certain diseases. But this, according to doctors, is a real poison that harms human health. Jean Mulaka, 42, is a consumer of ‘lokoto’, this powerful traditional alcohol. Very thin and suffering from rheumatism, hypertension and cirrhosis of the liver, he intends to cure his many ailments by taking this drink. “I often take…

RD Congo : Malgré la Covid-19, l’AIPD tient debout

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Découverte en Chine en 2019, la pandémie de Covid-19 continue à faire couler beaucoup d’encre à travers le monde. A part le fait que cette maladie a emporté plusieurs âmes, elle a également engendré des impacts économiques et sociaux. Plusieurs institutions ont été paralysées. La problématique des confinements a renvoyé plusieurs organisations et institutions tant étatiques que privées dans une paralysie sans précédent. Plusieurs institutions ont opté pour le télétravail, c’est ce qui n’était pas possible sous d’autres cieux. En dépit de ce vent violent, l’Appui aux initiatives paysannes pour…

Africa: A lack of basic agricultural data is holding African countries back

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Low-income countries are limited by gaping holes in agricultural and rural data that could inform planning, budgeting and policy making in this vital sector. $957 billion. That has just been confirmed by the UN as the average amount that low- and lower-middle-income countries invest annually in agriculture. So, if agriculture accounts for more than 25% of GDP in some developing countries, employs 63% of the world’s poor people and has the potential to improve food security for 80% of them, then why hasn’t this investment translated into stronger economies and better…