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Congo Brazzville enacts landmark children laws

afrol News - President Denis Sassou-Ngesso of Congo Brazzaville has announced one of Africa's toughest child protection law packages, being hailed by international institutions.
Congo gets US$ 2.4 billion debt relief

afrol News - Congo Brazzaville was today given a debt cancellation of US$ 2.4 billion by its main creditors. This amounts to 100 percent of all Congolese bilateral debts and will significantly lower budget costs.

» Tribal clashes uproot over 21,000
» Embezzlement case against Africa trio overturned
» Brazzaville calls on US to support preservation of the Congo Basin
» Congo Basin forest management "successful"
» Congo spirits win environmental battle
» Poor debt cancellation deal for Congo Brazzaville

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Forests and deforestation in Africa
- the wasting of an immense resource


afrol News - Except for the Congo Basin, Africa's frontier forests have largely been destroyed, primarily by loggers and by farmers clearing land for agriculture. In West Africa, nearly 90 percent of the original moist forest is gone, and what remains is heavily fragmented and degraded. Today, West African unspoiled forests are restricted to one patch in Côte d'Ivoire and another along the border between Nigeria and Cameroon.

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