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Ben Cooke

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Democratic Republic of Congo
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  • Africa

A thoughtful stay in the not-so-Democratic Republic of Congo

  • 08/01/2019
  • Ben Cooke
The DRC is a strikingly mis-named country, finds Ben Cooke. It's undemocratic, for a start, and a republic only in name. He starts in Lubumbashi, heads into the hinterlands of small-town Kipushi and then braves the capital, Kinshasa. He finds the Congo's reputation for being dangerous has been superseded by its capacity to relentlessly hassle any visitor - especially if carrying a camera - and he finds the unremitting focus on a lone white traveller forces his mind into solitary reflection.
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  • Editorials

Discursive thoughts on war and peace

  • 30/05/2015
  • Ben Cooke
As the cold war chills once more and the Middle East burns again, Ben Cooke has some thoughts on the nature of conflict and the possible opportunities.
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