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Gabrielle Nina Mitch

Gabrielle Nina Mitch is a freelance journalist based in the Democratic Republic of Congo. She started her journalism career in 2006 as a full-time reporter, language translator and TV and radio news presenter at Mwangaza Radio and TV. She was previously a fellow for the International Journalism Program, spending two months in Germany, and was an intern at Deutsche Welle in Bonn. She reports on politics, justice, health, agriculture, energy and environment, economics, mining and human rights issues.

Gabrielle's Latest Articles

Reporting in the DRC: ‘As soon as I started…the lights went out’

By Gabrielle Nina Mitch ● Energy ● December 30, 2017 August 5, 2022

Gabrielle Nina Mitch describes the struggle to keep her phone charged, while reporting on energy access in remote regions of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Mining for energy: The DRC’s unlikely power solution

By Gabrielle Nina Mitch ● Energy ● September 26, 2017 August 5, 2022

The Democratic Republic of Congo has abundant natural resources, but only 13.5 per cent of the population has access to energy.