The elections were postponed for three days and when they finally came out, I think people were already either bored or indifferent. Goma at least has been very quiet, save for a little celebrating yesterday evening, but hardly any protest (nothing I’ve caught on camera in any case). Below are pictures of mostly Kabila supporters exulting in the streets, until rain came pouring down and sent every one home.
Not everyone in the street was happy about the results however, some people came up to me asking to tell the world that their victory had been stolen.
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Très cool votre reportage photo. Vous permettez de reprendre vos photos, tout en vous mentionnant ?
Bien sûr Yves, envois moi juste le lien. Merci pour le compliment!
Good job done Melanie. Perhaps DRC is in dire need of a Tunisian Jasmine to usher a new political landscape.
That could never work here unfortunately, not now at least. Congolese are too divided as a people, there is no proper means of communication to organise a movement and people are too focused on surviving to care about politics.
That’s precisely why I salute your commitment Melanie. Surely the hard work that you’re putting in to educate and empower the Congolese women and the society as a whole through the media will bear fruit some day.