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Idjwi island in DRC: 300,000 residents without electricity for sixty years

Idjwi island, in the middle of Lake Kivu in the Democratic Republic of Congo, has approximately 300,000 residents but has had no access to electricity for six decades.

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This chronic lack of electrification severely isolates the island's population.

The situation raises major questions about energy equity and development in Central Africa.

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