These are a naive traveler's views of a mysterious land. The Democratic Republic of Congo was formerly called Zaire, meaning "the river that swallows all rivers", evoking the grand scale of the basin that drains tropical central Africa. Congo is home to vibrant cultures, unimaginable resource wealth and biodiversity. The history of the Congo is marred by dark colonial heritage, poverty, disease and war. The puzzle is that the problems exist because of its riches.
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Researcher found in the bush
After nearly 10 days in the bush, a bonobo chimp researcher was "found". The articles say that a 23 year old German lady separated from her teammate when they were looking for these rare monkeys near Salonga National Park. Articles say some priests apparently rescued her, but I may speculate that poachers found her...pretty amazing, to save themselves they could have done anything BUT bring her back to priests in their village (2 days away from where she was lost). This just gives me the sense that not all illegal poachers, artisanal loggers and miners are evil; they're humans just trying to get by.
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