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...towns than it does in large cities. I spent the night in Hutchinson, Kans., at the home of John Scott, who was a missionary in what used to be Zaire and now runs a volunteer housing program. After dinner, I asked him what the latest news was in the Congo, and he turned on his computer to check out the Websites of people who were monitoring the situation. We surprised the manager of a Tyson chicken plant near Sedalia, Mo., by phoning from the bus and asking for a tour. After a flurry of calls to headquarters, he invited...
Just because a country has "democratic" in its official name doesn't mean that it is. The German Democratic Republic--the old communist East Germany--wasn't, for instance, nor is the new Democratic Republic of Congo yet. Herewith a comparison of five of the seven other "democratic" countries...
...London-based Environmental Investigation Agency: "Even a partial relaxation would send a message to poachers that ivory trade is back." Indeed, the message may already be out. David Barritt, African director of the International Fund for Animal Welfare, reports that elephant poachers recently arrested in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo, said they had been told the ivory trade would "soon be legal...
Only time will tell if the ousting of Mobutu Sese Seko from the presidency of Zaire was a blessing or a curse [WORLD, May 26]. Rebel leader and now President Laurent Kabila has promised democratic reforms in the newly renamed Democratic Republic of the Congo. We have heard all this before. If Kabila can do what he has promised, then the people of the Congo will be better off. He may not be perfect, but he has the potential to be better than Mobutu. CHRISTOPHER P. DOBES Toledo, Ohio...
BRAZZAVILLE, Republic of Congo: After airlifting about 100 foreign residents over the weekend to nearby Kinshasa, Congo, the U.S. Embassy is desperately trying to negotiate a cease-fire so that some two dozen American citizens holed up in the embassy compound can reach the airport and flights out. The evacuation efforts are taking place amid continued intensive fighting between militiamen loyal to deposed military leader Gen. Denis Sassou-Nguesso and beleagured troops loyal to President Pascal Lissouba who are struggling for control of Brazzaville. Bracing itself for the worst, France, which has already lost one soldier in the clash, today...