"We know that one day, our partners will leave." The Congolese government has already set aside three million dollars to support school lunches. AllAfrica publishes around 500 reports a day from ...

Brazzaville — The promise of a free meal at lunchtime has over the past few years seen up to 39,000 children going to school in the Republic of Congo, according to the UN World Food Programme (WFP).

Until the start of the 2019 school year, the Democratic Republic of Congo was one of the few countries in the world where primary schools still charged fees. Thanks to the introduction of free primary ...