huge rise in #solar panel sales imported from #China in #Africa, especially in #Nigeria, #Algeria, and #Congo, according to Dave Jones of #Ember Energy.
on 02025-09-01#Pygmies were subjected to #cannibalism during the #Congo civil war. #human-rights #genocide
on 02024-09-11They’re mining #methane from Lake Kivu between #Rwanda and #Congo for #energy and to prevent a disastrous lake overturn with a potential death toll in the millions. Mazuku depressions are all around; historical limnic eruptions happen there about once a millennium. #geography
on 02016-08-12Apparently in #Vietnam there was a story that after reoccupying a town the NLF had cut off the arms of all the children the Americans had vaccinated, and it was immortalized in Apocalypse Now, but it didn’t happen, even though #Zizek believed it. Instead it came from Heart of Darkness, where the Belgians actually did do it in #Congo. #politics
on 02015-08-10