March 2016 will be remembered as the first time – ever – that Congolese media met as a national group.
The team responsible? Freddy Mata, Munor Kabondo, Doudou Nziou and Papy Andonge of Journalists for Human Rights DRC.
It is extraordinary to think that this this is the first time Congolese journalists have met as a national sector.
Yet it becomes not so extraordinary when you sit down with the average journalist in the DRC, and hear what they have to contend with on a daily basis.
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