On the Congo
Winding my way home yesterday afternoon on the bus, idly watching the world go by out of the window, I chanced on a demo of about 60 people marching over the Squinty Bridge. I couldn’t hear much of...
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Tomorrow there will be a further protest in London over the re-election of Kabila in dubious circumstances. This follows on from a week of protests including 143 arrests at a similar protest on...
View ArticleThe Congo and Conflict Minerals
On December 9th, Joseph Kabila was re-elected President of the Democratic of the Congo. Overseen by international observers, this was the first ever election organised from with the DRC… and it was a...
View ArticleChildren, the Congo and the new Konys
People may remember the Kony 2012 campaign back in March and the slick video which accompanied the campaign launch produced by a charity called “Invisible Children”. Despite an initial explosion all...
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