Prime

Tshisekedi pulls a Papa Wemba move; dances to another tune

By  Charles Onyango-Obbo

Columnist

In these virus-wracked times, some pleasantly surprising news came to us from the Democratic Republic of Congo.

President Félix Tshisekedi said the government plans to buy musician Papa Wemba's (Jules Shungu Wembadio Kikumba), home and turn it into a museum.

Be the First to Know

Get the stories shaping East Africa — delivered straight to your inbox

Conflict

  1. PRIME A regional war: Ethiopia troop pullout plan puts Somalia security under new strain

  2. Explainer: Why new war in Ethiopia’s Tigray threatens to trigger wider conflict

  3. PRIME Ethiopia, Sudan junta bicker again over RSF support claims

  4. PRIME East Africa’s oil rivalry is missing the bigger energy security question

Latest

  1. PRIME Why Kenya’s film stars are quitting acting

  2. PRIME Tiff over Nile adds to Red Sea access frictions

  3. PRIME How scammers are stealing from Ugandans

  4. PRIME Currency, fuel, incomes test Museveni’s $500b economy ambition  

In the headlines

View All