Marc Hoogsteyns (49) is one of the last Belgian adventurer-journalists.

He worked and lived more than 20 years abroad as a war correspondent for several news agencies. He covered Latin America, South East Asia and Africa. But it is in Africa that he lost his heart.

 

 

Marc Hoogsteyns

Basic information

Name
Marc Hoogsteyns
Title
Filmmaker
Expertise
Afrika
Country
Rwanda
City
Kigali
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Half brother, half enemy

  • Human Rights
  • Politics

KINSHASA - The FDLR is a brutal militia made up of former Rwandese soldiers and Interharamwe operative in the area around the Rwando-Congolese border. Its role seems to be played out, but is it really?

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Heart of darkness revisited

  • Armed conflict

KINSHASA - More then a hundred years after the publication of Joseph Conrads’ book ’The Heart of Darkness”. Marc Hoogsteyns checks if the situation in Congo has changed. Despite all the trouble the author remarks that there is still hope for this country.

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