URBAN LANDSCAPE

Over the last few years, something has changed about Kirumba. From the hills overlooking this rural town in DRC’s North Kivu province, one might spot a shop made of brick or a tile-roofed house. In Kirumba, brick buildings stand out. Most commercial buildings and houses in Kirumba, the largest commercial center in North Kivu’s Lubero territory, are made of mud and wood, prone to destruction. Only about one-third of houses in DRC (about 5 million)…