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  • failed states panel

    Posted: June 30, 2010, 11:32 pm by kenopp
    FP has a live stream discussion on the issue of failed states. Catch it here Update: Texas in Africa has a post on the conflict in eastern Congo. Filed under: africa Tagged: Bukavu, drc, eastern Congo, Kigoma, Kivu, lake kivu, lubumbashi, Nkunda, north kivu, Texas in Africa, Zaire

  • The DRC is 50 today

    Posted: June 30, 2010, 11:16 pm by kenopp
    The Democratic Republic of Congo is 50 years old. The last 50 years (after they killed Lumumba) have been absolutely disastrous for this vast country in the middle of the Continent; Independence merely replaced the brutality, cruelty and pillage of King Leopold’s men (King Albert II attended the independence day “festivities”) with the brutality and [...]

  • Kenyan MPs raise their salaries, again

    Posted: June 30, 2010, 10:13 pm by kenopp
    Being a member of parliament in Kenya is one of the most lucrative jobs on the Continent. The men and women of the August house unanimously voted to raise their salaries to US $174, 400 a year – which puts them at par with what US congressmen make. Most of this money will not be [...]

  • economic history… and some people’s lived experience

    Posted: June 30, 2010, 7:17 am by kenopp
    I am currently doing some research on the economic history of medieval Europe and came across an interesting quote from one Francesco Guicciar commenting on 16th century Spain: ... poverty is great here, and I believe it is due not so much to the quality of the country as to the nature of the Spaniards, [...]
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