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Concerns over Congo's ill-prepared elections

afrol News - Congo Kinshasa (DRC) authorities plan to hold the 5 December constitutional deadline to hold elections, but observers warn the vast country is in no way prepared to do so.
Congo halts oil exploration in Virunga Park

afrol News - The government of Congo Kinshasa (DRC) has suspended the highly controversial oil exploration programme in the unique Virunga National Park, a World Heritage Site.

» Large-scale logging underway in DR Congo
» Mountain gorilla population recovering
» DR Congo gets US$ 7bn debt cancellation
» Congo Kinshasa discusses criminalising gays
» Trial against Congolese ex-VP confirmed
» Wanted Congo warlord "walks freely in Goma"

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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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