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EITI report shows the peak of the iceberg 27 Mar 2010 | 04:58 am
The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, EITI, recently published its first report on the DRC. According to Price Waterhouse Coopers, who audited the figures, there were discrepancies amount...
Kris Berwout´s article on the situation in Rwanda (in French) 25 Mar 2010 | 05:35 am
“Une grande partie de l’importance du Congo pour le Rwanda se trouve bien sûr dans le passage du trafic illégal des ressources du Congo par le Rwanda. Ce trafic se passait en dehors du contrôle de l’E...
Thoughts on Global Witness´press release 14 Mar 2010 | 12:10 pm
I find Global Witness´recent press release very revealing. In retrospective, it helps me understand what has been going on in the Kivus since January last year. As those who follow the situation in ...
New website: Fishing in troubled waters 2 Mar 2010 | 07:32 am
I have just released a new website on the situation of IDPs in North Kivu. The new website, “Pescando en río revuelto”, (“fishing in troubled waters”) is available in Spanish. The English version will...
OCHA: 1.06 million displaced persons in North Kivu 6 Aug 2009 | 04:41 am
“The humanitarian situation in the eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo has deteriorated dramatically in the last months. In South Kivu, an estimated 536,880 people are currently disp...
NYT: Male rape victims 6 Aug 2009 | 04:33 am
“I understand the world feels guilty about what happened in Rwanda in 1994,” said Denis Mukwege, the lead doctor at Panzi Hospital, referring to Rwanda’s genocide. “But shouldn’t the world feel guilty...
Lax 29 Jul 2009 | 12:48 am
Lax (adjective): lacking care, attention or control; not severe or strong enough: He took a gun through baggage control to highlight the lax security. The subcommittee contends that the authorities ...
Umoja Wetu, part 2 28 Jul 2009 | 06:31 pm
I have just read this Reuter´s dispatch: KIGALI, July 27 (Reuters) - Rwanda is prepared to take part in further joint military operations in the Democratic Republic of Congo to root out rebels operat...
Adam Hochschild´s article in the New York Review of Books 26 Jul 2009 | 10:17 pm
“There are even dilapidated court buildings in towns large and small, but, a lawyer tells us over dinner, with great feeling, “I’ve never, ever, seen a judge who wasn’t corrupt.” This is so routine, h...
Adam Hochschild´s article in the New York Review of Books 26 Jul 2009 | 06:17 pm
“There are even dilapidated court buildings in towns large and small, but, a lawyer tells us over dinner, with great feeling, “I’ve never, ever, seen a judge who wasn’t corrupt.” This is so routine, h...
