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The Christian Science Monitor – Death toll from blasts in Congo Brazzaville reflects bad urban planning

March 5, 2012
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The high death toll shows what happens when countries don’t take urban planning seriously, says Nicolas-Patience Basabose, editor of the French-language news weekly LeCongolais, based in Johannesburg, South Africa. “This disaster could have been prevented,” he says in a phone interview. “Twenty or 25 years ago, that area around the depot was an open place, […]

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The Christian Science Monitor – Why so much is at stake as Congo goes to polls

November 28, 2011
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“The Congo has been without proper infrastructure for decades under Mobutu, but the Congolese have never felt any poorer and unsafe than they do now,” says Nicolas-Patience Basabose, a Congolese political editor for LeCongolais, a weekly magazine based in Johannesburg, South Africa. Many Congolese blame Mr. Mobutu for having used Congo’s riches as his personal […]

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