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Kodikoca

You'll have little chance of hearing one day about Kodikoca, or to be able to point this village on a map. So what is so special about it? well, I guess because this is where I went today. Kodikoca lies in northern DRC, very close to the border with Uganda,...

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17 janvier 2006

Le marché de Bunia / Bunia's market

One of Africa's highlights certainly is its markets. I took the opportunity of a two hours break to wander into Bunia's. That's the most important one of this district. People come all over Ituri to sell their production. Ituri is a huge agricultural...

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16 janvier 2006

Tché

Today I went to Tché, a camp for displaced people. It is an hour and a half drive from Bunia. People fled the war several months ago and took refuge here because it is close to a MONUC camp. There used to be 50,000 people living here. Since the security...

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15 janvier 2006

Lake Albert

Today was a mix of work and leisure. I went to Albert Lake with AAA, a German NGO that is involved in relief assistance to displaced people and those who return home, once their village is deemed safe. The aim of our trip is to get familiar with the context...

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14 janvier 2006

Gold Rush / Ruée vers l'or

Today I went to Djugu Territory, on the north-west of Bunia. This territory was until very recently a no-go area for relief organisations. Heavy fighting took place here between different militia and massive displacement of population occured as a result...

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13 janvier 2006

Bunia

No, Bunia is not the name of a special meal, or a typical congolese expression. Bunia is the capital city of the district of Ituri, Province Orientale, in the north of North Kivu. a street in Bunia The district of Ituri is 60,000 km2 (six times the size...

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11 janvier 2006

What will this next trip be?

well... definitely not what we originally planned. Which does not come much as a surprise (my 'special power' seem to work full speed those days...) okay at least, we can give you the solution to the December 22nd posting. The trip we originally planned...

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10 janvier 2006

Meet the neighbours 2

This time, we REALLY met one of our neighbours. A story I can't resist to tell. The guy is Belgian, has been living in Goma for about 20 years and has 2 businesses here. Looks like he's been quite successful with this. He lives in a huge mansion that...

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9 janvier 2006

Meet the neighbours

Pics taken yesterday in our garden. Pris hier dans notre jardin. Envie de faire connaissance ?

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7 janvier 2006

Mech Ma32oul !!!!

That was our reaction when we saw our new house for the first time. The house is big, I mean really big. It's just by the lake Kivu's shores, with direct access from our garden if we feel like swimming. Our bedroom is on the first floor, with great views...

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