Festival of sex in congo posts
The Wall Street Journal A wave of killings reflect the unraveling of a complex network of power trading and patronage, backed by amateur fighters unchecked by the official security apparatus, that has helped secure President Joseph Kabila’s rule over Congo for the past 16 Read more ... years.
Congo’s Escalating Political Crisis Sends Millions Into Exile
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Thousands die in Congo violence
96 months ago
Washington Post Cobalt is essential for the batteries found in laptops and smartphones. Sixty percent of the world's cobalt supply comes from Congo.
Apple cracks down further on cobalt supplier in Congo as child labor persists
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Apple gets tougher on those who employ child laborers in the mines of Congo.
99 months ago
The Economist Stef seeks to raise awareness about suffering in the Democratic Republic of Congo through the "Congo Voice" festival. But it emerges as little more than a vanity project, “forty thousand pounds for dancing and poems, when women lie wounded and dyin Read more ... g”
New play “They Drink it in the Congo” poses difficult questions about Western philanthropy
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Rich-world donors and volunteers undercut their own aid with self-centred behaviour "They Drink It in the Congo"
105 months ago
Alexis Mangongo Qui parle de moi ? toi ,tu n,a pas des parents direct au Congo ? ta bouche est ouverte pour professer la guerre civile au Congo . La guerre est un concept qui n,a pas un état âme ni cause juste,qui laisse les veuves et orphelins les familles sépar Read more ... ée. Également je prends mon temps d, écrire auprès de chef de l, État de vouloir restauré la démocratie pour que la paix soit au Congo. La rd Congo manque de dialogue qui tue la nation .
108 months ago
Mike Tshimanga http://www.rescue.org/special-reports/congo-forgotten-crisis
Still not talking about us
Congo Crisis | International Rescue Committee (IRC)
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A series of landmark and peer-reviewed studies by the IRC and some of the world’s leading epidemiologists conclude that an estimated 5.4 million people died from conflict-related causes in Congo since 1998. The vast majority were not killed in comb Read more ... at.
109 months ago
CNN International The Kinshasa cowboys: How Buffalo Bill started a subculture in Congo.
How Buffalo Bill became a hero in Congo - CNN.com
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Inspired by Buffalo Bill, youths in 1950s Congo began donning Stetsons and defending their turf. What happened next changed the country's history for ever.
114 months ago
National Geographic Our editor's video of the day: Get a quick glimpse into daily life on the Congo River, where passengers travel by overloaded freight barges on 1,000-mile (1,609-kilometer) journeys that can take months.
60 Seconds of Life on the Congo River
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The Congo River is the main road through the heart of Africa—for those who dare to travel it.
116 months ago
National Geographic The Congo River connects nine African countries along its nearly 3,000-mile (4,828-kilometer) journey to the Atlantic Ocean, but its identity is inseparable from that of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: staggering under the weight of lawlessness Read more ... and corruption.
The Main Road Through the Heart of Africa Is the Congo River—For Those Who Dare to Take It
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Passengers travel by overloaded freight barges on 1,000-mile journeys that can take months.
117 months ago
Slate.com “We want to give the possibility to the viewers to build their own story, stimulate their own idea from what they see.”
These Untitled Photos of the Republic of Congo Leave Viewers to Find Their Own Interpretations
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Compared to its larger Central African neighbor, the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Republic of Congo has not been widely documented. Alex Majoli and Paolo Pellegrin provide plenty of visual records in their book, Congo, which Aperture published i Read more ... n May, but they don’t seek to illuminate much, at least in...
118 months ago
CNN International What's it really like to live in the Congo? Photographer reveals how war affects daily lives cnn.it/18hOFDM
A personal look at life in the Congo
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Leonard Pongo documented daily life in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which has struggled over the years with civil war and election violence.
123 months ago