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21 janvier 2006

Pregnant at 13 / Enceinte à 13 ans

Pregnant at 13  /  Enceinte à 13 ans
That’s certainly one of the shocking and depressing images of Congo. Even when you know it happens, it’s always a shock when you actually see it. Whilst I visit a health centre in Eringiti, I meet a young girl, 6 months pregnant. She’s 13. She’s not an...
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20 janvier 2006

Eringiti

Eringiti
Waiting for the doctor in an medical emergency tent Monuc and the Congolese Army are conducting military operations in the Grand North Kivu (that’s how one calls the northen part of North Kivu ). People living around fled the fighting and took refuge...
19 janvier 2006

Tiger Woods vs Georges Foreman

Tiger Woods vs Georges Foreman
Irumu territory is a big area, on the west of Bunia. Its main city is Komanda that I have decided to visit today. This area is still quite unstable, militia quite active, and some fighting between the Congolese army and Monuc against militia still occuring....
18 janvier 2006

Kodikoca

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,...
17 janvier 2006

Le marché de Bunia / Bunia's market

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

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...
15 janvier 2006

Lake Albert

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...
14 janvier 2006

Gold Rush / Ruée vers l'or

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...
13 janvier 2006

Bunia

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...
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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