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Protecting the peacekeepers in Congo

Our Congolese correspondent Petna filmed the police in his home town of Goma for a day. It seems a cop's life there never has a dull moment: on the day Petna was filming, the cops had to protect a group of U.N.-soldiers who had been in an accident with a Congolese against a furious crowd.

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Profile: Petna Ndaliko Katondolo

Name: Petna Ndaliko Katondolo Location: Goma, Congo Read more...

Profile: Petna Ndaliko Katondolo

March 18, 2010

Petna Ndaliko Katondolo
Petna, our Congo correspondentName: Petna Ndaliko Katondolo

Location: Goma, Congo

Age: 33

What are you doing ten years from now?

Filming, telling stories, filming…

What is your image of Holland?

Holland used to have this image of a free country. It used to be a symbol of freedom. Now I’m surprised when I am walking in the streets there I have to look over my shoulders to see if nothing is wrong. I think we are losing our community values. If we could retrieve the same Holland I knew, that would be nice.

What national politician do you want to interview, and why?

The minister of education. I would like to know what his priority is.

If you would be able to export a characteristic of your country, what would it be?

Our hospitality and generosity.

If you would be able to ban a characteristic of your people, what would it be?

Their prejudice.

Metropolis Cribs: Petna in Congo

Today, meet Petna in Kinshasa, Congo. Read more...

Metropolis Cribs: Petna in Congo

January 22, 2010

What’s it like to be a Metropolis correspondent? From Sana’a to New York and from Beijing to Ouagadougou: in this series of portraits our correspondents tell about the city they live in, they show us around in their home and their workplace. Today, meet Petna in Kinshasa, Congo. His favorite report is the one on obesity in his country.

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Cops

In Holland, the cops are your best friends. Well, at least that’s what we are told, but what does the rest of the world think about the police? Read more...

Cops

April 9, 2008

In Holland, the cops are your best friends. Well, at least that’s what we are told, but what does the rest of the world think about the police? The correspondents of Metropolis find out for themselves as they walk the beat with a cop for one day in twelve different spots in the world.

In Congo we see how heavily armed policemen guard a U.N. ambulance from an angry mob. In Sierra Leone people lack respect for the police as well: our correspondent reports that this is mainly a result of the corruption in the police force. And as we see in video-footage of police aggression shot by the organization I-Witness, we find out that in America the police are not always your best friend.

We encounter more respect in Israel, were we follow a member of a highly appreciated bomb squad. And in Central America, the narcotics brigade has certainly won the respect of at least two people. Our correspondent in Nicaragua comes face to face with two drug dealers who have just been busted by undercover agents with more than 3,000 pounds of pure cocaine.