Congo, Generation Y

ANTWERP/BRUSSELS - How is it that we know so little about Africa yet still have such strong opinions about it? This ABC book takes a close look at the existing clichés.

KINSHASA - In July 2009, the American magazine Foreign Policy published its annual list of failed nation-states. The Democratic Republic of Congo occupied fifth place, after notoriously dysfunctional states like Somalia, Zimbabwe, Sudan, and Chad, and ahead of war-torn countries like Iraq and Afghanistan. This performance was particularly depressing, given the high hopes that surrounded the presidential election of 2006, the first democratic ballot since the country gained independence in 1960. In fact, a few years into the new administration, the country seems to be doing even worse, despite its immense natural resources.

LEUVEN - Een compleet naslagwerk is de tweede editie van het handboek voor onderzoeksjournalisten geworden. De ruim dertig ervaren auteurs hebben hun best gedaan de vorige editie te overtreffen met nóg meer praktische adviezen en de laatste inzichten.