Monthly Archives: May 2010

Back in Nairobi

After spending 12 days in Congo (DRC), I am back in Nairobi. IDPs, mines, MONUC activities, Congolese army, and Pygmy issues…etc, we tried to cover too much in such a short period of time. As result, we couldn’t do any in-depth reporting. Although that’s a bit disappointing, not much choice left as the time and...

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Congo’s war and mineral resouces

Went back to the mountains for a few days. This time to cover the mines. Again, we had to manage the wet, muddy mountain roads and it became a nightmare. First we visited a mine in South Kivu Province producing tin. Due to the muddy and a trail narrowed by small landslides, we had to...

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