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DRC: Can a Finger Free the Congo?

Tuesday, July 18th, 2006 @ 06:37 UTC

by Alice Backer

Countries:: D.R. of Congo
Topics:: Freedom of Speech, Cyber-Activism, Governance, Human Rights, Law, Protest, Politics

UDPS Liege posts pictures (Fr) of Didier Bongeya and the finger which was allegedly severed from his body during a recent march in the DRC. The blog post is titled “The finger that will free the Congo.”

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Fred

In case you’d like to broaden your scope, some other blogs have also recently discussed the elections in DRC:

The Salon of News and Thought
Light in the Heart of Darkness
Fleur d’Afrique
Extra Extra

doubtless there are others too

thanks

# 2006-07-18 at 8:47 am

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Alice Backer

Thank you. Since I am francophonia editor those english language blogs will probably not be the ones I prioritize for coverage. I will pass them on though to the Africa Regional Editor and to Jen Brea who does a bilingual DRC roundup.

# 2006-07-18 at 10:32 am

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