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Kayaking tragedy in the Congo Basin

I just saw this story on the AP wires:Kayakers recount deadly crocodile attack in Congo. Yowza.

The boaters –two Americans and a South African –traveled some 1,000 miles of river this way,through some of the densest concentrations of man-killing wildlife in the world. They were on a quiet stretch of [...]

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Dugout canoe from the Congo River basin

One of my favorite web sites is that for the African Wildlife Foundation (full disclosure:it was designed and build by my company,Forum One Communications). It is packed full of gorgeous images,but I kept running into one that stuck with me,for obvious reasons.

This,my friends,is a lovely dugout canoe [...]

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Canoes bring democracy in the Congo

I love these stories,like this one from Reuters or this one from the UN about dugout canoes bring ballots to parts of the Congo. Who says traditional boats don’t still have important geopolitical roles to play?

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