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Ruth Alonga: report or flee?

15 January 2026Photos and text: David Allignon9 images

01 / 09 · 15 January 2026David Allignon / Collectif DR

Ruth Alonga is a journalist in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. After repeated threats, she fled the country in 2025, before returning a little later, when the armed conflicts had eased. But reporting remains a daily battle for her. Our reporter David Allignon met her.

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