{"id":577,"date":"2008-11-21T21:01:05","date_gmt":"2008-11-21T20:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ethicalsuperstore.com\/blog\/?p=577"},"modified":"2008-11-22T15:15:09","modified_gmt":"2008-11-22T14:15:09","slug":"do-they-know-it%e2%80%99s-christmas-timein-the-congo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ethicalsuperstore.com\/blog\/politics\/do-they-know-it%e2%80%99s-christmas-timein-the-congo\/","title":{"rendered":"Do they know it\u2019s Christmas time&#8230;.in the Congo"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_578\" style=\"width: 244px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ethicalsuperstore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/congo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-578\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-578\" title=\"people flee from violence in the congo\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ethicalsuperstore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/congo.jpg\" alt=\"People flee from violence in the congo\" width=\"234\" height=\"244\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-578\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">People flee from violence in the Congo<\/p><\/div>\n<p>During its years as Zaire and more recently as Congo, the people of this huge Central Africa republic have battled against many different types of adversity \u2013 everything from civil war to the eruption of Mount Nyiragongo that sent hot lava running through the streets of Goma. However, the new clashes between warring factions \u2013 once again on the streets of Goma \u2013 have led to thousands of people being displaced into temporary camps. Food is short. Water is contaminated. And there is the lurking nightmare that this might slip into a genocide reminiscent of horror that occurred just across the border in Rwanda during 1994.<\/p>\n<p>While the international community decides whether it has the guts to intervene and prevent further violence and bloodshed, the aid agencies are rapidly deploying programmes of aid. To help fund those initiatives the Disaster Emergencies Committee (DEC) has launched a co-ordinated campaign to raise the much needed funds. For more information see <a title=\"Disaster appeal for Congo\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ethicalsuperstore.com\/congo-appeal\" target=\"_self\">our main story<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During its years as Zaire and more recently as Congo, the people of this huge Central Africa republic have battled against many different types of adversity \u2013 everything from civil war to the eruption&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Do they know it\u2019s Christmas time....in the Congo - Ethical Blog from Ethicalsuperstore.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ethicalsuperstore.com\/blog\/politics\/do-they-know-it\u2019s-christmas-timein-the-congo\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Do they know it\u2019s Christmas time....in the Congo - Ethical Blog from Ethicalsuperstore.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"During its years as Zaire and more recently as Congo, the people of this huge Central Africa republic have battled against many different types of adversity \u2013 everything from civil war to the eruption&#046;&#046;&#046;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ethicalsuperstore.com\/blog\/politics\/do-they-know-it\u2019s-christmas-timein-the-congo\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ethical Blog from Ethicalsuperstore.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2008-11-21T20:01:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2008-11-22T14:15:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.ethicalsuperstore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/congo.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Peter Leatherland\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ethicalstore\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Peter Leatherland\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ethicalsuperstore.com\\\/blog\\\/politics\\\/do-they-know-it%e2%80%99s-christmas-timein-the-congo\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ethicalsuperstore.com\\\/blog\\\/politics\\\/do-they-know-it%e2%80%99s-christmas-timein-the-congo\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Peter Leatherland\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ethicalsuperstore.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/13882774b26c2b290f4498327d2053e9\"},\"headline\":\"Do they know it\u2019s Christmas time&#8230;.in the Congo\",\"datePublished\":\"2008-11-21T20:01:05+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2008-11-22T14:15:09+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ethicalsuperstore.com\\\/blog\\\/politics\\\/do-they-know-it%e2%80%99s-christmas-timein-the-congo\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":182,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ethicalsuperstore.com\\\/blog\\\/politics\\\/do-they-know-it%e2%80%99s-christmas-timein-the-congo\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.ethicalsuperstore.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2008\\\/11\\\/congo.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Politics\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ethicalsuperstore.com\\\/blog\\\/politics\\\/do-they-know-it%e2%80%99s-christmas-timein-the-congo\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ethicalsuperstore.com\\\/blog\\\/politics\\\/do-they-know-it%e2%80%99s-christmas-timein-the-congo\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ethicalsuperstore.com\\\/blog\\\/politics\\\/do-they-know-it%e2%80%99s-christmas-timein-the-congo\\\/\",\"name\":\"Do they know it\u2019s Christmas time....in the Congo - Ethical Blog from Ethicalsuperstore.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ethicalsuperstore.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ethicalsuperstore.com\\\/blog\\\/politics\\\/do-they-know-it%e2%80%99s-christmas-timein-the-congo\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ethicalsuperstore.com\\\/blog\\\/politics\\\/do-they-know-it%e2%80%99s-christmas-timein-the-congo\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.ethicalsuperstore.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2008\\\/11\\\/congo.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2008-11-21T20:01:05+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2008-11-22T14:15:09+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ethicalsuperstore.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/13882774b26c2b290f4498327d2053e9\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ethicalsuperstore.com\\\/blog\\\/politics\\\/do-they-know-it%e2%80%99s-christmas-timein-the-congo\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ethicalsuperstore.com\\\/blog\\\/politics\\\/do-they-know-it%e2%80%99s-christmas-timein-the-congo\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ethicalsuperstore.com\\\/blog\\\/politics\\\/do-they-know-it%e2%80%99s-christmas-timein-the-congo\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.ethicalsuperstore.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2008\\\/11\\\/congo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.ethicalsuperstore.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2008\\\/11\\\/congo.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ethicalsuperstore.com\\\/blog\\\/politics\\\/do-they-know-it%e2%80%99s-christmas-timein-the-congo\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ethicalsuperstore.com\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Do they know it\u2019s Christmas time&#8230;.in the Congo\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ethicalsuperstore.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ethicalsuperstore.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ethical Blog from Ethicalsuperstore.com\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ethicalsuperstore.com\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ethicalsuperstore.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/13882774b26c2b290f4498327d2053e9\",\"name\":\"Peter Leatherland\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/764997a9f7749cd3e0af0c6793596efc7b59f107d07c2e2b1292fa302e38ecdd?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/764997a9f7749cd3e0af0c6793596efc7b59f107d07c2e2b1292fa302e38ecdd?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/764997a9f7749cd3e0af0c6793596efc7b59f107d07c2e2b1292fa302e38ecdd?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Peter Leatherland\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/www.ethicalsuperstore.com\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/ethicalstore\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ethicalsuperstore.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/peterl\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Do they know it\u2019s Christmas time....in the Congo - Ethical Blog from Ethicalsuperstore.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ethicalsuperstore.com\/blog\/politics\/do-they-know-it\u2019s-christmas-timein-the-congo\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Do they know it\u2019s Christmas time....in the Congo - Ethical Blog from Ethicalsuperstore.com","og_description":"During its years as Zaire and more recently as Congo, the people of this huge Central Africa republic have battled against many different types of adversity \u2013 everything from civil war to the eruption&#46;&#46;&#46;","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ethicalsuperstore.com\/blog\/politics\/do-they-know-it\u2019s-christmas-timein-the-congo\/","og_site_name":"Ethical Blog from Ethicalsuperstore.com","article_published_time":"2008-11-21T20:01:05+00:00","article_modified_time":"2008-11-22T14:15:09+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.ethicalsuperstore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/congo.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Peter Leatherland","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@ethicalstore","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Peter Leatherland","Estimated reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.ethicalsuperstore.com\/blog\/politics\/do-they-know-it%e2%80%99s-christmas-timein-the-congo\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ethicalsuperstore.com\/blog\/politics\/do-they-know-it%e2%80%99s-christmas-timein-the-congo\/"},"author":{"name":"Peter Leatherland","@id":"https:\/\/www.ethicalsuperstore.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/13882774b26c2b290f4498327d2053e9"},"headline":"Do they know it\u2019s Christmas time&#8230;.in the Congo","datePublished":"2008-11-21T20:01:05+00:00","dateModified":"2008-11-22T14:15:09+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ethicalsuperstore.com\/blog\/politics\/do-they-know-it%e2%80%99s-christmas-timein-the-congo\/"},"wordCount":182,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ethicalsuperstore.com\/blog\/politics\/do-they-know-it%e2%80%99s-christmas-timein-the-congo\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/www.ethicalsuperstore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/congo.jpg","articleSection":["Politics"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.ethicalsuperstore.com\/blog\/politics\/do-they-know-it%e2%80%99s-christmas-timein-the-congo\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ethicalsuperstore.com\/blog\/politics\/do-they-know-it%e2%80%99s-christmas-timein-the-congo\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ethicalsuperstore.com\/blog\/politics\/do-they-know-it%e2%80%99s-christmas-timein-the-congo\/","name":"Do they know it\u2019s Christmas time....in the Congo - Ethical Blog from Ethicalsuperstore.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ethicalsuperstore.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ethicalsuperstore.com\/blog\/politics\/do-they-know-it%e2%80%99s-christmas-timein-the-congo\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ethicalsuperstore.com\/blog\/politics\/do-they-know-it%e2%80%99s-christmas-timein-the-congo\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/www.ethicalsuperstore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/congo.jpg","datePublished":"2008-11-21T20:01:05+00:00","dateModified":"2008-11-22T14:15:09+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ethicalsuperstore.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/13882774b26c2b290f4498327d2053e9"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ethicalsuperstore.com\/blog\/politics\/do-they-know-it%e2%80%99s-christmas-timein-the-congo\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ethicalsuperstore.com\/blog\/politics\/do-they-know-it%e2%80%99s-christmas-timein-the-congo\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.ethicalsuperstore.com\/blog\/politics\/do-they-know-it%e2%80%99s-christmas-timein-the-congo\/#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/www.ethicalsuperstore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/congo.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/www.ethicalsuperstore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/congo.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ethicalsuperstore.com\/blog\/politics\/do-they-know-it%e2%80%99s-christmas-timein-the-congo\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.ethicalsuperstore.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Do they know it\u2019s Christmas time&#8230;.in the Congo"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ethicalsuperstore.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ethicalsuperstore.com\/blog\/","name":"Ethical Blog from Ethicalsuperstore.com","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ethicalsuperstore.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.ethicalsuperstore.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/13882774b26c2b290f4498327d2053e9","name":"Peter Leatherland","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/764997a9f7749cd3e0af0c6793596efc7b59f107d07c2e2b1292fa302e38ecdd?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/764997a9f7749cd3e0af0c6793596efc7b59f107d07c2e2b1292fa302e38ecdd?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/764997a9f7749cd3e0af0c6793596efc7b59f107d07c2e2b1292fa302e38ecdd?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Peter Leatherland"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/www.ethicalsuperstore.com","https:\/\/x.com\/ethicalstore"],"url":"https:\/\/www.ethicalsuperstore.com\/blog\/author\/peterl\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ethicalsuperstore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/577","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ethicalsuperstore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ethicalsuperstore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ethicalsuperstore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ethicalsuperstore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=577"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.ethicalsuperstore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/577\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":581,"href":"https:\/\/www.ethicalsuperstore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/577\/revisions\/581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ethicalsuperstore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ethicalsuperstore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ethicalsuperstore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}