New plan for fixing Congo (speaks only French)
The International Crisis Group just released a report recommending a new plan for dealing with the FDLR in Congo. It sounds a little like…
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Kinshasa's Symphony Orchestra
I was so excited to see this today on Wronging Rights, who got it via Congo Resources. There was a really nice guy who…
Read MoreWhat are Congolese troops shooting at now? UN peacekeepers
The FARDC is taking on MONUC…but not the FDLR. Which is, of course, exactly the opposite of what is supposed to happen. From BBC:…
Read MoreOkay, activists, here's your new problem: Congo is in the media, but not fixed. Now what?
I don’t have data on this–maybe my new heartthrob Ryan C Briggs can help–but I’ve just come across a trope I’m tired of. I…
Read MorePostpone that volcano hike, maybe?
On top of all the displacement, rebel attacks, and other insecurities, eastern Congo is apparently due for a volcano eruption. The good news? There’s…
Read MorePulitzers Take II: Congo wins (sort of)
So I took my Pulitzer-day swipe at newspaper publishers yesterday, and today I am in slightly better humor and want to congratulate Lynn Nottage…
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Ex-Combatants Return to a Changed Rwanda
A former ‘big man’ deserts his Congo-based militia after learning more about the country he left. Kigali, Rwanda – On a cool February afternoon,…
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Editorial Choices II, or, Good job, Parade, for not making rape victims all victim-y
Er, sort of. Parade Magazine is circulated in local American newspapers and claims something like 40 gajillion readers. It’s seriously huge, and pretty mainstreamy,…
Read MorePoints to the hubris patrol
A reader has pointed out an error I made last week, in a post about writing about rape in Congo. Having struggled with the…
Read More"Excuse me, but could you please push apart your thighs?"
I’m not a fan of making lives easy on my readers. I think the kind of bs we usually encounter in what fills our…
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