"There are times when work and leisure overlap, and last weekend was one of them." (Read more)
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The driver of the micro-bus crossed himself several times in the Catholic fashion as we crossed a mountain pass, around 4400 metres up in the Andes. Behind us was La Paz, and the steep rocks on either side of the road gave way to a magnificent valley below. The road dived down into steep kinks, and I hoped the driver would have more than his faith in God to get us down … (Read more: images and words from Bolivia's coca producing region)
Snapshots from La Paz, Bolivia, in between the real work.
Scribbles from a recent trip to Hell's Gate national park in Kenya, which is becoming a major source of electricity, but at what price?
The day after Kiwanja fell to the FARDC, I was in a UN helicopter, flying to Kiwanja and Rutshuru—a press junket organised to show the governor, Julien Paluku, back in the captured territory, and a photo-op for Martin Kobler, the United Nations' SRSG in Congo. Away from the furore of the ululating crowds, the flight time was an opportunity for contemplation, albeit less than quiet with the thud of the rotors cutting through the prevailing storms.
Congo has one of the most ...