Fiche du Congo – en
Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo
from the blog : "Dogs of War"
Read MoreMedia ignores Canada's record in the Congo
by Yves Engler
The mainstream media’s hypocrisy during the Olympics would be funny if it weren’t so ignorance-producing.
So many words written or spoken about human rights violations, lip-synching, suppression of Tibet, taped fireworks, Communist dictatorship, evil Chinese nationalism and yet what about context? Or what about how Canada might seem to them?
Read More2000 Battle in Kisangani
08Jun2000 CONGO: War-wounded crowd Congo hospital in chaotic scenes. 19:30 GMT
By Todd Pitman
Read More1994 to nowadays… THE FORGOTTEN WAR – THE CAUSES
For a decade, one of the nastiest and bloodiest wars and humanitarian catastrophes since World War II has pounded one corner of Africa –the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
Read MorePopular Christian Art : church decoration
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Read MoreOld Slave Capitals on the Upper Congo River
This note is from the far southeast corner of the TL2 “Wilderness” where the internet connection is as fickle as the electricity. I am in Kindu. From the viewpoint of “government” hill I have a panorama of the Lualaba (=Upper Congo); in the foreground red brick walls of new government buildings rise against crumbling old colonial structures.
Read MoreSome remarks on Jacques de Dixmude (D. Vangroenweghe)
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Read MoreColonial Violence (D. Vangroenweghe)
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Read MoreMining map, end of May, 2008
BLUE : Searching licences. Hired yearly 2,55 US$ the "mining square" ( 85 Ha) – called "taxe superficiaire annuelle"
YELLOW Licence to exploit Hired yearly 424,78 US$ far 85 Ha. – called "taxe superficiaire annuelle"
BROWN : Carreers for building stones
WHITE : No mining work allowed (National parks)
Read MoreWhere did Aids really come from?
A 10-year investigation suggests that HIV can be traced to polio vaccine. But the theory is fatally weakened by new evidence, says Roger Highfield.
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