The social history of the People's Republic of
Congo—Brazzaville
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- Kinshasa's Neighbour Braces for Refugee
Invasion
- By Lyne Mikangou and Patrick Okamba, IPS, 28 August
1998. The rebellion in the DRC which began in July has
mushroomed into a regional conflict involving six
countries, the government of the Republic of Congo
(Brazzaville) announces that seven sites had been prepared
for the expected refugees amid reports of heavy fighting
on the outskirts of Kinshasa.
- Downtrodden Widows Break Centuries-Long
Silence
- By Esther Pabou Mbaki, 28 October 1998. Women in Congo
have started speaking out against the humiliations they
endure in the name of custom when their husbands
die. Christian cultural imperialism and traditional
culture.
- Brazzaville's vanished
thousands
- By Bienvenu Mundala and Thomas Hirenee Atenga, 2 February
1999. Last December, civil fighting began again
southern Brazzaville between loyal supporters of President
Denis Sassou Nguesso and the Ninjas, a militia that
supports ex-prime minister Bernard Kolelas. Over 100,000
forced to flee and have disappeared.
- Church Takes In The Forgotten Senior
Citizens
- By Louis Okamba, IPS, 14 June 1999. Banished by society
and rejected by their kin, the abandoned elderly people of
the Congo are taken in by a special community at Kotolengo
run by a group of monks and nuns. In the Congo, the aged
are blamed for all the misfortunes that befall the
young. The chief complaint against them is that they
practice witchcraft.