On NYT’s Misguided Nostalgia for Conrad
The smoked monkeys brought the point home. During my first day on a boat on the Congo River, I’d embraced the unfamiliar: how to bend under the rail to fill my wash bucket from the river, where to step...
View ArticleOn the promise and perils of the proliferation of provinces in the DRC
The DRC is huge. And so in 2015 the country saw an increase the number of provinces from 11 to 26. The provinces have elected assemblies (5 year terms) and governors & deputy governors (elected by...
View ArticleThe world’s largest measles outbreak has killed over 4000 people in the DRC
This is astonishing news: The world’s largest measles outbreak has killed more than 4,000 people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo this year, according to UNICEF. The agency found that 203,179...
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