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PM to resign after late Bongo’s burial
afrol News - Gabonese Prime Minister Jean Eyeghe Ndong is expected to resign this week with several members of his government, after the burial of President Omar Bongo who died at a Spanish hospital last Monday, the office of the presidency has said in a statement. Read more
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Environment - Nature | Science - Education
The Mangroves
an undervalued ecosystem
afrol News - Historically classified "unhealthy wastelands" or "useless swamps" by development-eager authorities and businesses, the mangrove forests actually are one of the most fascinating resources in tropical Africa. The trees manage to live on the edge between flooding rivers, tidal waves intruding with salt water and the drylands, where they create new land and environs rich in fish, birds, wood and other resources. Finally, their value is being discovered.
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Environment - Nature
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. Read more
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