Actualite.cd is a Congolese media website specializing in political, security and economic information. It was launched in 2016 as part of Groupe Next Corp.(f
"Nouveau média: Actualité.cd remplace Politico.cd, oeuvre de Patient Ligodi"
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Overview

Actualite.cd was created following the impromptu closure of Politico.cd, another political news website in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The website was launched on August 4, 2016, by the journalist Patient Ligodi, co-founder of Politico, with the aim of making a site more powerful, captivating, more responsive and more complete. It mainly deals with three headings, politics, economy and security. The media employs more than fifty journalists covering the news throughout the Congolese territory and is the ninth most visited website in Democratic Republic of Congo according to

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Famous journalists

* Patient Ligodi : 2017

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and Director of the Univers FM radio station * Pascal Mulegwa : RFI and

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correspondent in the Democratic Republic of the Congo * Prisca Lokale : 2019 JDH Prize (Journalists for Human Rights Prize) * Stanis Bujakera Tshiamala : 2019 Patriotism gold medal by the New Dynamics of Civil Society * Ange Kasongo : Writer and RFI and

correspondent, author of the novel ''Les Femmes de Pakadjuma''https://www.leseditionsdunet.com/lang-en/novels/6278-les-femmes-de-pakadjuma-kasongo-adihe-ange-9782312066837.html, ''Les Editions DUNET'' (Retrieved May 13, 2020)

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* * * Mass media companies of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Companies based in Kinshasa French-language websites Internet properties established in 2016 {{DRCongo-stub