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How bushmeat, burial rites and disinformation make the DRC an Ebola hotspot
You have permission to edit this image. Live updates all day, breaking news as it happens and weather every 10 minutes Previous (CNN) — A record 274 climbers scaled Mount Everest on Wednesday, the highest num… Next Up (CNN) — In rural Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a letha…
Earth Day: Bolivia's Lake Poopo disappears amid 20-year drought
“Our ancestors used to say that the lake came back every 10 years, but so far it’s still gone,” says Erasmo Suna Flores, a leader from the local village Punaca Tinta Maria in the southwestern region of Oruro. Lake Poopo used to be the second-largest body of water in Bolivia. Without it, local communities which formerly relied on fishing have had to find new ways to earn a living. Many men have left to work in mines and the population in Punaca Tinta Maria has halved in the past 10 years.
Fight for justice: Peruvian women sterilised simply for being ‘poor’
In Peru, roughly 270,000 ladies and 22,000 males had been sterilised between 1996 and 2000 as the results of a controversial contraception coverage. The aim of ex-President Alberto Fujimori and his administration was to scale back poverty. However hundreds of indigenous ladies, who didn’t all the time communicate Spanish, say they had been forcibly sterilised. Greater than 20 years on, victims are nonetheless combating for justice. FRANCE 24’s Thomas Nicolon studies. Source link
Revisited - Victims of forced sterilisation in Peru still fighting for justice Original
According to Peruvian courts, former president Fujimori and his government simply intended to sterilise all the poor. Between 1996 and 2000, the government even offered free trips to health officials who carried out the most sterilisations. The association of Peruvian women victims of forced sterilisation (AMPAEF) is demanding justice for victims. But the women are also hoping to be heard and understood by Peruvian authorities.
Référendum au Chili : le camp du non continue de se mobiliser contre la nouvelle Constitution
Au Chili, à quelques jours du référendum du 4 septembre touche à sa fin, les opposants à la nouvelle Constitution ont organisé plusieurs rassemblements dans le centre de Santiago. L'instauration d'un état plurinational, l'inscription du droit à l'avortement ou encore la réforme du système judiciaire sont autant de bouleversements qui ne passent pas chez les partisans du non.
Focus - Chili : le combat féministe à l'épreuve de l'élection présidentielle
Grèce : le camp fermé de Samos, un "modèle européen" pour les demandeurs d'asile
Focus - Équateur : un "Toxic Tour" pour sensibiliser aux dégâts causés par la compagnie pétrolière Chevron
Espagne : les ours dans les Asturies, une cohabitation harmonieuse avec les hommes
Focus - Pérou : grâce au cacao, les Asháninka se réapproprient terres et revenus
Covid-19 : un an après l'hécatombe dans les maisons de retraite, le Canada tire le bilan
Focus - Peru's Asháninka people gain autonomy through cacao farming
/ Shows / Focus Issued on: 21/05/2021 - 16:04Modified: 21/05/2021 - 16:05 FOCUS © FRANCE 24 By: Thomas NICOLON 6 min In Peru's "Central Jungle" region, indigenous Asháninka people, who were traditionally hunter-gatherers, are increasingly turning to cacao farming. After years of selling their cacao to big corporations for little money, they have taken matters in their own hands. In this remote area, Peruvians from other regions have been hunting wild animals in large quantities for decades.
Mordeduras que matan
Una víbora arborícola saca la lengua para «olisquear» el entorno. Las serpientes venenosas matan cada año a unas 30.000 personas en el África subsahariana, pero muchas otras muertes no se registran. La cifra real puede ser el doble. Foto: Thomas Nicolon Simon Isolomo se despertó sobre las 5 de la mañana, se despidió de su esposa y sus siete hijos y embarcó en su canoa.
Focus - In Ecuador's capital Quito, Covid-19 brigades aim to test poorer residents
Rural families struggle with remote learning as Mexico’s schools remain closed amid Covid-19
Focus - Équateur : à Quito, des brigades anti-Covid-19
/ Émissions / Focus Publié le : 12/10/2020 - 15:33 FOCUS © France 24 Par : Thomas NICOLON 6 mn En Équateur, l'état d'urgence sanitaire a pris fin le 12 septembre dernier, afin de permettre au pays de retrouver un élan économique. Mais le taux de contagion reste élevé au sein de la population. Le ministère de la Santé a mis en place des brigades médicales afin de tester massivement les habitants de la ville et prendre en charge rapidement les cas les plus graves.
Snakebites are ‘neglected’ health crisis in Africa
Simon Isolomo woke at around 5 a.m., said goodbye to his wife and seven children, and hopped into his dugout canoe. That day, a Tuesday in December 2018, had begun like many others in Isolomo’s 30 years of fishing in the province of Équateur, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Paddling on the Likelemba River toward his fishing camp with a couple of friends, Isolomo, 52, snacked on kwanga, a popular manioc dish, and enjoyed the cool morning air.
Africa's neglected snakebite crisis kills tens of thousands a year
This story appears in the December 2020 issue of National Geographic magazine. Simon Isolomo awoke around 5 a.m., said goodbye to his wife and seven children, and climbed into his dugout canoe. That Tuesday in December 2018 had begun like many others in Isolomo’s 30 years of fishing in the province of Équateur, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
In Congo, part-time hunters boost income with bushmeat
World Reuters Oct 10, 2019 02:11:49 IST By Thomas Nicolon MBANDAKA, Congo (Reuters) - Once a month, Mohamed Esimbo Matongu leaves his home in the western Congolese city of Mbandaka and hunts for wild animals. Though he works for a government agency, he says he needs the income from selling most of what he kills to provide for his family. But bushmeat hunters like him are emptying Central Africa's forests at a high rate, researchers say.
In Congo, part-time hunters boost income with bushmeat
MBANDAKA, Congo (Reuters) - Once a month, Mohamed Esimbo Matongu leaves his home in the western Congolese city of Mbandaka and hunts for wild animals. Pascal aims his gun at a monkey as he hunts in the forest near the city of Mbandaka, Democratic Republic of the Congo, April 5, 2019. REUTERS/Thomas Nicolon Though he works for a government agency, he says he needs the income from selling most of what he kills to provide for his family.
In Congo, part-time hunters boost income with bushmeat
MBANDAKA, Congo (Reuters) - Once a month, Mohamed Esimbo Matongu leaves his home in the western Congolese city of Mbandaka and hunts for wild animals. Pascal aims his gun at a monkey as he hunts in the forest near the city of Mbandaka, Democratic Republic of the Congo, April 5, 2019. REUTERS/Thomas Nicolon Though he works for a government agency, he says he needs the income from selling most of what he kills to provide for his family.
In Congo, part-time hunters boost income with bushmeat
The Wider Image: In Congo, part-time hunters boost income with bushmeat By Thomas Nicolon MBANDAKA, Congo (Reuters) - Once a month, Mohamed Esimbo Matongu leaves his home in the western Congolese city of Mbandaka and hunts for wild animals. Though he works for a government agency, he says he needs the income from selling most of what he kills to provide for his family. But bushmeat hunters like him are emptying Central Africa's forests at a high rate, researchers say.
In Congo, Part-Time Hunters Boost Income With Bushmeat
FILE PHOTO: A dead red-tailed monkey hangs by its tail above the ground, in order to keep it away from ants, in the forest near the city of Mbandaka, Democratic Republic of the Congo, April 5, 2019. REUTERS/Thomas NicolonReuters By Thomas Nicolon MBANDAKA, Congo (Reuters) - Once a month, Mohamed Esimbo Matongu leaves his home in the western Congolese city of Mbandaka and hunts for wild animals.
In Congo, part-time hunters boost income with bushmeat
No results matched your search More More World6 minutes ago (Oct 09, 2019 03:11AM ET) By Thomas Nicolon MBANDAKA, Congo (Reuters) - Once a month, Mohamed Esimbo Matongu leaves his home in the western Congolese city of Mbandaka and hunts for wild animals. Though he works for a government agency, he says he needs the income from selling most of what he kills to provide for his family. But bushmeat hunters like him are emptying Central Africa's forests at a high rate, researchers say.
In Congo, part-time hunters boost income with bushmeat
News World In Congo, part-time hunters boost income with bushmeat Wednesday, October 09, 2019 2:04 a.m. CDT FILE PHOTO: A dead red-tailed monkey hangs by its tail above the ground, in order to keep it away from ants, in the forest near the city of By Thomas Nicolon MBANDAKA, Congo (Reuters) - Once a month, Mohamed Esimbo Matongu leaves his home in the western Congolese city of Mbandaka and hunts for wild animals.
In Congo, part-time hunters boost income with bushmeat
News World In Congo, part-time hunters boost income with bushmeat Wednesday, October 09, 2019 2:04 a.m. CDT FILE PHOTO: A dead red-tailed monkey hangs by its tail above the ground, in order to keep it away from ants, in the forest near the city of By Thomas Nicolon MBANDAKA, Congo (Reuters) - Once a month, Mohamed Esimbo Matongu leaves his home in the western Congolese city of Mbandaka and hunts for wild animals.
WIDER IMAGE-In Congo, part-time hunters boost income with bushmeat
* Photo essay https://reut.rs/2nisNoE By Thomas Nicolon MBANDAKA, Congo, Oct 9 (Reuters) - Once a month, Mohamed Esimbo Matongu leaves his home in the western Congolese city of Mbandaka and hunts for wild animals. Though he works for a government agency, he says he needs the income from selling most of what he kills to provide for his family. But bushmeat hunters like him are emptying Central Africa's forests at a high rate, researchers say.
In Congo, part-time hunters boost income with bushmeat
News World In Congo, part-time hunters boost income with bushmeat Wednesday, October 09, 2019 2:04 a.m. CDT FILE PHOTO: A dead red-tailed monkey hangs by its tail above the ground, in order to keep it away from ants, in the forest near the city of By Thomas Nicolon MBANDAKA, Congo (Reuters) - Once a month, Mohamed Esimbo Matongu leaves his home in the western Congolese city of Mbandaka and hunts for wild animals.
In Congo, part-time hunters boost income with bushmeat
MBANDAKA — Once a month, Mohamed Esimbo Matongu leaves his home in the western Congolese city of Mbandaka and hunts for wild animals. Though he works for a government agency, he says he needs the income from selling most of what he kills to provide for his family. But bushmeat hunters like him are emptying Central Africa’s forests at a high rate, researchers say. “When I was a teenager, I had to travel no more than 10 km (6 miles) upriver to find animals.
In Congo, part-time hunters boost income with bushmeat
MBANDAKA, Congo (Reuters) - Once a month, Mohamed Esimbo Matongu leaves his home in the western Congolese city of Mbandaka and hunts for wild animals. A dead red-tailed monkey hangs by its tail above the ground, in order to keep it away from ants, in the forest near the city of Mbandaka, Democratic Republic of the Congo, April 5, 2019. REUTERS/Thomas Nicolon Though he works for a government agency, he says he needs the income from selling most of what he kills to provide for his family.
DR Congo on edge as deadline for election result looms
DR Congo was on edge Saturday, just 24 hours ahead of a deadline for announcing preliminary results from last week's crucial presidential election as world powers heaped pressure on Kinshasa to respect voters' wishes. Despite the January 6 deadline, the election commission chief warned earlier this week that publication of the provisional results may well be delayed in a move likely to stoke further tension in this notoriously unstable central African nation.
Billet Retour à Gbadolite : la nostalgie de l'ère Mobutu en RD Congo - France 24
Plus de 20 ans après la chute du charismatique dictateur congolais, beaucoup dans le pays-continent d'Afrique centrale continuent de regretter celui que l'on surnommait "Papa Maréchal", qui a régné sans partage de 1965 à 1997. Vingt-et-un ans que le maréchal Mobutu Sese Seko a été chassé du pouvoir en République démocratique du Congo. Vingt-et-un ans que ce pays géant d’Afrique centrale a troqué la dictature pour une supposée démocratie.
Zaire Revisited: Congolese nostalgic for era of dictator Mobutu
It’s been 21 years since Marshal Mobutu Sese Seko was ousted as leader of the Democratic Republic of Congo, meaning 21 years since the large African country swapped dictatorship for supposed democracy. And although the country seemed to suffocate under Mobutu’s autocratic regime, many Congolese now look back with nostalgia on the Zaire years, as the country was called at the time.
DR Congo churchgoers plan political protests in August
A group of Roman Catholic lay movements in Democratic Republic of Congo has announced three days of nationwide "major actions" in August aimed at forcing President Joseph Kabila to resign. "Times are serious -- the peace and stability of the country as well as that of the region are under threat," the Lay Coordination Committee (CLC) declared in a statement released after weekend planning.
L'orchestre système D de Kinshasa
Unique ensemble philharmonique d'Afrique subsaharienne, l'orchestre de la République Démocratique du Congo répétait ce jeudi 2 août au crépuscule.
Protecting gorillas at all costs: park rangers of the Congo
EXTRACT FROM THE FOLLOWING THIRD PARTY SOURCE: Written by Thomas Nicolon for Mongabay In the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, the government is trying to develop tourism. But the lives of rangers who patrol areas popular for rare gorillas are on the line. KAHUZI-BIEGA NATIONAL PARK, Democratic Republic of the Congo – I came out of my room and a park ranger was standing just outside the door with an AK-47 in his hands.
Protecting Gorillas at All Costs: Meet the Fearless Park Rangers of the Congo
In the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, the government is trying to develop tourism. But the lives of rangers who patrol areas popular for rare gorillas are on the line. I came out of my room and a park ranger was standing just outside the door with an AK-47 in his hands. “You don’t have to worry, Monsieur, the base is totally secured,” he said. I actually wasn’t worried at all: I just wanted to have a nice cold beer before going to bed.
Rumba king Papa Wemba posthumously decorated in DRC
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