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==Kidnapping in Congo DR== | ==Kidnapping in Congo DR== | ||
In1998 in the outskirts of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), | |||
Maureen Nkandu by the arm and tells her that he is ready to have a 'good time' with her. Victor, the cameraman, is in tears. He pleads with their aggressor to let her go claiming that Maureen has a terrible disease that makes her shake and sweat all the time. Miraculously, he backs down but minutes later they are locked up in a damp dark cell littered with human faeces. | |||
"I was working for the SABC and had gone to interview Laurent Kabila at the height of the civil war following a rebellion in the east," Maureen recalls as we sit poolside at her Sunninghill residence. "We happened to catch on camera some of his security forces beating up innocent people which is what landed us in trouble." | "I was working for the SABC and had gone to interview Laurent Kabila at the height of the civil war following a rebellion in the east," Maureen recalls as we sit poolside at her Sunninghill residence. "We happened to catch on camera some of his security forces beating up innocent people which is what landed us in trouble." | ||
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Maureen confesses that she has a few profound regrets which she will reveal in a book about her life that she hopes to pen at the appropriate moment. | Maureen confesses that she has a few profound regrets which she will reveal in a book about her life that she hopes to pen at the appropriate moment. | ||
, where my TV crew and I were kidnapped by government soldiers, robbed and nearly raped!…during the war in 1998 ,” Maureen evokes. | |||
That is not enough, | |||
==Awards== | ==Awards== | ||
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* At BBC she was awarded the Best Presenter in the Africa Service accolade based on audience research. | * At BBC she was awarded the Best Presenter in the Africa Service accolade based on audience research. | ||
* She was recently awarded as Zambia’s Media Ambassador. | * She was recently awarded as Zambia’s Media Ambassador. | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
