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Despite ongoing peace talks, fighting continues in parts of DR Congo between local forces and Rwanda-backed M23 rebels. The M23 has taken control of much of the eastern part of DR Congo since January – its first major advance being the capture of Goma in North Kivu province. Award-winning photojournalist Hugh Kinsella Cunningham has been documenting these takeovers as well as their impact on civilians. Speaking on FRANCE 24's Perspective programme, he described how civilians were ordered by the rebels to leave displacement camps and return to their villages, which had been ravaged by fighting.#Africa #Perspective #DRCongo #Rwanda #M23rebels #photography
Perspective - Photojournalist tells of 'shocking' reality for civilians displaced by DR Congo conflict
FRANCE 24 · Perspective - Photojournalist tells of 'shocking' reality for civilians displaced by DR Congo conflictBy Carys GARLAND
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A quotation from Molly Ivins

That’s why it’s called Establishment journalism. You concentrate on the people at the top, the people with power; you watch, you study how they make their moves, you get fascinated by it, and pretty soon you can’t see anything else — just the top, just the power. And the others, the people, the readers, matter so little that you don’t even bother to let them know what’s going on. You start to think like the people you cover. It can happen on any beat — business, police, politics, education. The stuff you want is from the top — you want to quote the chief, the superintendent, the chairman of the board. There are no reliable sources who earn less than $10,000 a year.

Molly Ivins (1944-2007) American writer, political columnist [Mary Tyler Ivins]
Essay (1973-01), “Pitfalls of Reporting in the Lone Star State,” Houston Journalism Review

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/ivins-molly/76404/

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Arthur Charpentier ⏚ 🇨🇦

"Après les attentats du 11 septembre 2001, George W. Bush avait établi un nouveau paradigme juridique. Il l’avait baptisé « guerre au terrorisme », vocable qui lui avait permis de tenter de s’affranchir du droit commun." lemonde.fr/idees/article/2025/ #perspective

Le Monde · De George W. Bush à Donald Trump, des étrangers visés comme « ennemis »By Corine Lesnes
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