Writing Rwanda: cognitive dissidents
Writing about Rwanda is a perilous exercise, tweeting about it more so. Does the reporting of the Trevidic investigation signify the triumph of PR…
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Tshisekedi & Congo
Planning for disaster
With presidential election results expected to be violently contested, international support has been inadequate. As the citizens of the Democratic Republic of Congo await…
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Alesh: Reveil- The Awakening On November 28, 2011, Congolese voters go to the polls to vote for the country’s next president and legislative representatives…
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Controversial sales of $5.5bn DR Congo assets revealed just before elections
Allegations of a DRCongo mining fire sale raises more questions than answers just as the country faces elections, no wonder Joseph Kabila is 100…
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The Ambassador
It puts new meaning into the expression ‘Docu-drama’ and is probably going to cause hot debates but Max Brugge’s form of journalism certainly gets him places that would be closed via the usual routes. Donning the identity and credentials of a Liberian diplomat by purchasing a passport, Brugge goes into the murky world of diamond dealing in Central Africa posing as a Liberian Consul.
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