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alexengwete ranks 436 in Africa and 1 in DRC. According to site visitors it ranks 394, and 359 according to page views:
According to blogroll links it ranks 1741 and 1997 according to the amount of links within Afrigator blog posts
Dr Peter M. LewisDirectorThe African Studies ProgramThe Johns Hopkins SAS Washington, D.C.(All photos by Alex Engwete) On Wednesday, March 10, between 12:30 and 2:30 p.m., I attended a conference on the theme "Conflict in the Democratic of the Congo and the Role of International Actors: An NGO Perspective." The conference was held
Ilse and Femke Van Velzen (Credits) Today, March 8, is the International Women's Day 2010. And I warmly welcome the suggestion of Lorraine M. Thompson to devote a post to this global event, with a special focus on the harrowing sexual terrorism meted out against Congolese women in the eastern
Beverly Hills, September 17, 2009 Montblanc and UNICEF Charity AuctionFrom left to right and quoting the legend of photo on Montblanc website: "Madame Inge Bongo, YAV Marylin, Billy Zane, and Morena Baccarin" This photo was taken within days of Inge Lynn Collins being featured in an ABC report soliciting
An interface between the Congolese diaspora and American and world policymakers will be facilitated by the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) at their headquarters in Washington DC this March 18. I never heard of such an interface taking place before. Neither has Lorraine M. Thompson who
(Credits) Today is the French version of "A Day Without Immigrants" of Monday, May 1, 2006 organized by Latino immigrants in the United States. That day, Latino immigrants rocked the U.S., with: "hundreds of thousands of peaceful protestors who turned out in major cities across the country on
I was thrilled when Lorraine M. Thompson, as usual when I miss something "tendance" ("in"), alerted me to the 4 Congolese documentary filmmakers who were featured at the Berlinale this month. Lorraine also sent me the poster of the screenings (above) as well as the booklet of the
I thought the political lampoon series ZA NEWS (a fixture on the left column of this blog), a contraption from the brains of the irreverent South African cartoonist Jonathan Shapiro aka ZAPIRO, was canned this time for good. (SABC canceled ZA NEWS last year though it had paid R1m
Poster by Barly Baruti After grooving for lovebirds on Valentine’s Day, Barly Baruti and his band Congo Nostalgia now become a Friday evening fixture at the VIP bar-restaurant Chez le Poète on Rue Mongala in Gombe, Kinshasa. They’ve been signed on. Rue Mongala, which already boasts the
I was in Edinburgh for a week to visit Elikia (cities I've seen following this girl: Boston, Yaounde, Mbalmayo, Nadi, Suva, Nairobi, to name just a few wonderful places; she'd followed me three times: to Kinshasa)… I got back Friday evening… Bear with me on this
From Oxfam U.K. website:Famous for his portraits of Kylie Minogue, Kate Moss and the Queen, portrait photographer Rankin presents images from his visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo with Oxfam. Rankin's photographs currently feature in a huge exhibition on London's South Bank. Entry is free. The images
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