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• Donnybrook at Kampala

  

  (M23 delegation arriving at Speke Resort Conference Centre in Kampala, Uganda, Sunday, December 9, 2012) *** A donnybrook broke out at the start of the talks... Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2012 SOCIETY

• Dark Zero Thirty: "No Waterboarding, No Bin Laden" (Frank Bruni)

  

  (PHOTO: Jessica Chastain as CIA analyst Maya in "Dark Zero Thirty") *** Reading the reviews of the movie "Zero Dark Thirty"--the military... Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2012 SOCIETY

• National Conference of Catholic Bishops to DRC Negotiators at Kampala: "Beware o...

  

  (PHOTO: Mgr Nicolas Djomo, chair of DRC National Conference of Catholic Bishops) *** Anger is growing in the DRC about the negotiations with the M23 outfit at... Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2012 SOCIETY

• Paul Kagame: "Man of the Moment" (Alexis Okeowo)

  

  I just read this piece posted December 7, 2012, on The New Yorker by Alexis Okeowo and titled "The Eight Most Fascinating Africans of 2012. Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2012 SOCIETY

• Tintin War's Final Episode: Brussels Appellate Court Rules "Tintin in the...

  

  (IMAGE 1: A frame from "Tintin in the Congo") (PHOTO 2: Belgium-based Congolese Bienvenu Mbutu Mondondo, anti-Tintin in the Congo crusader) *** I... Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2012 SOCIETY

• My Previous Reports of the Early Demise of Blogger-journo Charly Kasereka Were...

  

  (PHOTO: An M23 goon about to carjack a Land Rover Defender belonging to the Congolese social security administration, one among the more than 300 official and... Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2012 SOCIETY

• Blaming the Messenger: Media Regulatory Body Has Radio Okapi Frequencies Jammed

  

  (Alain Nkoy, left, and Abbé Jean-Bosco Bahala Okw'Ibale, respectively vice-chairman and chair of CSAC, the DRC media regulatory authority) *** The... Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2012 SOCIETY

• A Racist Bastard Called J. Peter Pham Wants an M23-ruled Ethnocratic State Set u...

  

  (PHOTO: Dr. J. Peter Pham, Director of the Michael S. Ansari Africa Center, Atlantic Council) *** I got this very short impassioned and tearful email today... Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2012 SOCIETY

• Standoff Betweem MONUSCO and M23 at Goma Airport Over FARDC Weapons & Ammo

  

  (PHOTO: "MONUSCO Force Commander (front left) to a meeting on the security situation at Goma airport. Photo MONUSCO") *** Though long columns of M23... Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2012 SOCIETY

• Ben Affleck: "Congo Urgently Needs U.S. Help" (Washington Post)

  

  (PHOTO: TV screen grab of Ben Affleck testifying in Congress; date unknown) *** Ben Affleck penned a gripping pro-Congolese people advocacy op-ed on the crisis... Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2012 SOCIETY

• Dicey Near Future Prospects for Goma Residents as M23 Seal City Northwest and...

  

  (PHOTO: M23 casing the Goma branch of the Central Bank of Congo, on Monday, November 26, prior to their heist of the next day) *** Corroborative sources in... Read more

  Posted on 29 November 2012 SOCIETY

• MONUSCO Spokesman Madnodje Mounoubai: DRC Not Under Arms Embargo

  

  (PHOTO: Madnodje Mounoubai, MONUSCO spokesman) *** At the MONUSCO weekly press briefing of Wednesday, November 28, MONUSCO Spokesperson Madnodje Mounoubai... Read more

  Posted on 29 November 2012 SOCIETY

• Continuous Outrage as Congolesse Essence (New Yorker's Philip Gourevitch)

  

  I retweeted today this powerful exercise in self-reflexive journalism filed from Goma on November 27 by Philip Gourevitch and posted on the New Yorker Web site. Read more

  Posted on 28 November 2012 SOCIETY

• 1) Die Hard at Goma: M23 Bank Loot: $17m; & 2) Howard Buffet Restores Water...

  

  (PHOTO 1: Still of Hans Gruber [Alan Rickman], right, in "Die Hard" [1988]) (PHOTO 2: Howard Buffet "teaches Burundian farmers") *** 1) Die... Read more

  Posted on 28 November 2012 SOCIETY

• Wild Wild West: Highway Bandits of M23 Outfit Loot Goma Central Bank Branch

  

  (PHOTO: Jean-Marie Runiga, Bishop-Preacher of M23 bandits and looters) *** To those--including the IGLR heads of state at Kampala Saturday--who still believe M2... Read more

  Posted on 27 November 2012 SOCIETY

• Burundi Sources: Renegade Col. & Mass Murderer Jules Mutebusi About to Ignite...

  

  (PHOTO: Col. Jules Mutebusi) *** According to whistleblowers in the Burundian military and intelligence services, renegade Col. Read more

  Posted on 27 November 2012 SOCIETY

• Radio-Trottoir: North Kivu No More Part of DRC; It's a Franchise Granted to...

  

  (PHOTO: Prez Mwai Kibaki, Joseph Kabila, and Yoweri Museveni; Kampala, Uganda, Saturday, November 24, 2012) *** President Joseph Kabila may have squandered... Read more

  Posted on 26 November 2012 SOCIETY

• Kinshasa Female Demonstrators Join the Sisterhood of Bereavers at MONUSCO HQ

  

  (PHOTO 1: Female demonstrators at the gates of MONUSCO HQ, Friday, November 23, 2012) (PHOTO 2: I call these women the "Sisterhood of Bereavers."... Read more

  Posted on 24 November 2012 SOCIETY

• Amid Reports of Disappearances of Scores of Goma Residents, a Photo of Kabila &...

  

  (Photo: Prez Paul Kagame, Yoweri Museveni, and Joseph Kabila at press briefing in Kampala, Wednesday, November 21, 2012) *** Sources in Goma report that there... Read more

  Posted on 23 November 2012 SOCIETY

• Fallout from UN Group of Experts Report: Gen. Gabriel Amisi, FARDC Chief of...

  

  (Photo: Gen. Gabriel Amisi Kumba aka Tango-Four, suspended FARDC Chief of Land Forces) *** Readers of this blog were among the first to learn about the... Read more

  Posted on 23 November 2012 SOCIETY