How do you get from a dusty refugee camp to Atlanta, anyway?
This year, the Christian Science Monitor has been following Bill Clinton Hadam and his family, as LBC–“Little Bill Clinton,” as the series and the…
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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…
Read MoreKinshasa'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 MorePoorism vs. Tourism: A photographer's take
Hop over to Scarlett Lion’s blog and read today’s Context Africa piece, about photographer Samantha Reinders. She’s been photographing Township Tourism in South Africa…
Read MoreOn paying money to look at poor people
In a moment of serendipity, I published an article this week at the Christian Science Monitor at exactly the same time its topic, poverty…
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The Pity and Voyeurism — and Authenticity — Of Poverty Tourism
Does peeking at how the other five-sixths lives preserve culture – or commodify it? Mayange, Rwanda — Jeanne d’Arc Mukamurigo and her daughter sit…
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 MoreTop 10 Sad Things the Palin-Letterman Controversy Says about America
I had a nice little list going, centered on the most outrageous element of all: a form letter for anti-Letterman protestors–egged on, in spirit…
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The Teeth May Smile But the Heart Does Not Forget
The stunning story of a Ugandan man’s quest for the truth about the murder of his father, who was killed during the reign of…
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…
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