UN troops bring a taste of India to a lawless DR Congo

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  1. Owen

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    Interesting article I've just read on BBC website.


    BBC News - UN troops bring a taste of India to a lawless DR Congo

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    few extracts that made me smile.

    "It's the mangoes," he said. "They grow everywhere. They are good ones too. And you know what?"
    He sighed deeply, almost unable to articulate this outrage against all reason.
    "The local Congolese people here - they do not even know how to make mango chutney."


    "A little happiness on the face of a single villager," the platoon commander said, "that's a kind of victory."



    But, the children were laughing. And in the midst of this war zone, I, too, felt a little safer to have the blue-helmeted soldiers alongside me.
    I thought of the Kingfisher beer waiting back at base and we carried on walking.
     

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