Peter
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Tim Butcher:
Read both books ages ago, but thought they were worth a puff. I think we may have some links: I was assistant sports editor at the Telegraph from 1990-2013, worked at the Mail, People and Mirror (in its heyday), but I am a Zimbo having grown up in Rhodesia. Dad ended up as Mugabe's first chief justice (used to be a good thing) and uncle was rector at Peterhouse. Am having an outing to Kaap outing in November?
Tim Butcher
In which case our paths would have crossed at 1 Canada Square. I was in and out of the newsroom at the Telegraph for most of those years so we would have brushed shoulders in the Girovend queue. If you make it to Hout Bay in November get in touch and I will buy you a thank you beer. Vote early, vote often.
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Mark
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Tim Butcher:
Has the situation in the DRC improved since Blood River? I work as an Observer at the World Bank Forest Carbon Partner Facility trying to reduce deforestation. The DRC jut got approved for an $80 million project which we were objecting to as it does little for forest governance and has a huge chance of not helping the forests, result in the involuntary resettlement of indigenous people and forest dependent communities
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