Mutombo’s 375 kilograms of gold

March 2, 2012 By 4 Comments
NBA and UNICEF Launch Campaign for "Unite for Children, Unite against AIDS"

The Houston Chronicle was first to cover the bizarre story of former NBA star Dikembe Mutombo’s botched gold job (after the UN published a report on it in December). Now The Atlantic also has a piece. The main players are Mutombo himself, a Houston businessman, a former West Point football player and Congolese army general […]

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‘The Price of Gold’

May 17, 2011 By 1 Comment
A miner has his face spattered with mud from working in a small scale gold mine

From photographer Robin Hammond’s images of Zimbabweans working at small scale, illegal gold mines in neighboring Mozambique. The full set on his website, which also includes series on South Africa, the DRC, and the mentally ill in South Sudan. H/T Jonathan Faull

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‘… An AK-47 For Every Citizen’

January 20, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Brutul spoof on the international war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo from The Onion.  I like how the newsreader’s use of French add to the ‘authenticity” of the news report. BTW, can you spot the 1980s African leader spliced in with the rest of the footage. Via Texas in Africa.

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