Goma!Danger
Jan. 31st, 2006 12:28 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
amalthyaTuesday 12:16 pm
Well, it's not all bad, but it's certainly not good. Delphine heard from ECHO and some other people (ECHO is the humanitarian wing of the EU)
Planes have been flying overhead all day long and we were told that the government is sending troops in from Kinshasa (the capital city in the west).
There's some general who's causing trouble in the outer regions, and people think that he's bringing in troops to take over Goma, starting with the airport.
Either way, nothing here is good, and we'll probably go back to the Kivu Sun today and stay in Gisenyi again tonight.
No one is sure what'll happen, that's for sure. Or how long we'll have to stay in Gisenyi. I'm increasingly worried about the chimps. I feel bad for Delphine too, because she's really in her last week here.
It's not exactly a bon voyage, is it? I'll admit that I never noticed so many of the random people on the streets with guns before yesterday.
During our great gorilla conversations last night, Stuart from DFGFI also mentioned that he's been hearing a lot of gunfire north of Hotel Karibu too.
So, I'm not using the "e" word but I'll be at the Kivu Sun in Gisenyi until further notice -- we'll probablyevacuate leave the office around 2 pm today. If their internet is working, I'll post from there.
Well, it's not all bad, but it's certainly not good. Delphine heard from ECHO and some other people (ECHO is the humanitarian wing of the EU)
Planes have been flying overhead all day long and we were told that the government is sending troops in from Kinshasa (the capital city in the west).
There's some general who's causing trouble in the outer regions, and people think that he's bringing in troops to take over Goma, starting with the airport.
Either way, nothing here is good, and we'll probably go back to the Kivu Sun today and stay in Gisenyi again tonight.
No one is sure what'll happen, that's for sure. Or how long we'll have to stay in Gisenyi. I'm increasingly worried about the chimps. I feel bad for Delphine too, because she's really in her last week here.
It's not exactly a bon voyage, is it? I'll admit that I never noticed so many of the random people on the streets with guns before yesterday.
During our great gorilla conversations last night, Stuart from DFGFI also mentioned that he's been hearing a lot of gunfire north of Hotel Karibu too.
So, I'm not using the "e" word but I'll be at the Kivu Sun in Gisenyi until further notice -- we'll probably
