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Nile Perch

. Lake Albert (like Lake Victoria) hosts the famous fish: the Capitaine - or Nile Perch. Those massive fish that can reach 2 metres long and weight up to 200 kgs are very popular in the region and Europe. The Nile Perch is a controversial fish. It is...

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8 décembre 2006

Landscape of Ituri

. Ituri is infamous for its ugly war. When Ituri comes to mind, tales of mass rapes, burnt villages, ethnic rife come to mind. That is true. Though the situation in 2006 has nothing to compare with the horrors of 2003-2005. The situation is still tense,...

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7 décembre 2006

How do you know it's grasshopper season?

- Employees jump from their offices to the gardens, shake trees to see if there are any inhabitants - People start asking for empty bottles - People finds excuses not to go out for lunch (hey! because they're cooking the stuff!!) Mmmmh, it's definitely...

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6 décembre 2006

Jeremie and the Mamas

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5 décembre 2006

Children at the Wedding

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4 décembre 2006

My Big Fat Congolese Wedding

Olivier and Mimi got married. We skip the early morning ceremony at the cityhall for the civil wedding. At 11 am we are all at the church, waiting for the big event. As we arrive, two cars are parked just in front of the entrance. And people gathering...

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3 décembre 2006

Nyiragongo is fine

In the meantime, Nyiragongo volcano is fine, still heavily smoking but no worries.

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1 décembre 2006

Eruption of Nyamulagira Volcano

Mount Nyamulagira, the smaller of the two volcanoes near Goma, erupted at 9:30 pm on November 27. The eruption occured at two points on the flanks of the volcano, and not from the summit crater itself. Although the volcano is in the Virunga park and the...

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