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Waiting For Electricity in the DRC

Source:International Rivers
When:Apr 21 2015
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In March I spent a week in Kinshasa, the capital city of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to celebrate the International Day for Action for Rivers with our local partners. I experienced first-ha [...]

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