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Buena Vista Social Club - Congolese syle!!!

It's not often we have the chance to have a band playing in Goma. Last night was somewhat a great event. Our friend Nono, owner of Chez Nono (former Coco Jambo- an open air restaurant and nightclub) decided to gather old Congolese musicians to play live....

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16 novembre 2006

Friendship

On my way back to Congo. I love this photo. Africa at its best.

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15 novembre 2006

An encounter

On the way back from the sites where new comers have just settled, I encounter an Impala. There is so little space left in Rwanda, that people are being installed just by the Akagera National Park. Needless to say this will seriously impact on wild animals...

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13 novembre 2006

Children of Rwanda

Some photos of children in the transit camp. . . . .

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11 novembre 2006

Life in the camp

Here are some photos taken in the transit camp. A new life starting for the new comers. A new born Queuing at the health post Food distribution A Red Cross Volunteer Children fetching water at a resettlement site

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9 novembre 2006

Forced repatriation from Tanzania

Today we'd like to talk about the situation in Rwanda and Tanzania. A highly touristic country, little is known about the current forced repatriation of rwandophones and other refugees there. Jeremie was asked to have a look at the situation there, and...

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7 novembre 2006

Ice cream anyone?

Did you know? Only 5 billion dollars is spent on humanitarian crisis each year. This amount is double what europeans spend on ice cream and nearly half of what americans spend on their pets annually. So boys and girls, what do you fancy? a pet or an ice...

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6 novembre 2006

Good News from Congo

DRC gets the headlines those days, mainly because of the elections. Despite this apparent good news, let's shed a light on what the country still is: "The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) continues its failure to demonstrate significant improvement...

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4 novembre 2006

So what does Jeremie do in DRC????

no, no, no, let me reassure you.... Jérémie does not work for the UN... Though this story rings a bell somehow...

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2 novembre 2006

What does Rita do in DRC????

We're often asked what we do for a living, especially in DRC. Today you shall know more about what keeps Rita busy everyday. Rita works for the Jane Goodall Institute. This is what JGI does in DRC: JGI launched a community-centred conservation program...

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