‘I’ve never been counted’: DR Congo’s first census in 42 years
The 28-year-old resident of Bunia, the capital of Ituri province in northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, has never appeared in a national census and has no official document confirming his Congolese citizenship.
The country is preparing for its first national census since 1984, a long-delayed count that could reshape identity records and public planning [File: John Wessels/AFP]“The census is digital.
According to the United Nations Population Fund, more than 65 percent of the country’s population is under the age of 25 [Prosper Heri/Al Jazeera]Gedeon Katembo, a 36-year-old father of three, hopes the census will help create a stronger system for issuing identity documents.
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