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.

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Name
Marc Hoogsteyns
Expertise
Africa
Country
Belgium
City
Brussels

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Heart of darkness revisited

  • Armed conflict
  • Politics

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO - 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.