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Gabon, Equatorial Guinea resolving border dispute

afrol News - The border dispute between Gabon and Equatorial Guinea is at the brink of being resolved, with both countries making "substantial progress" towards referring the case to the International Court of Justice (ICJ).

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Equatorial Guinea gets new Prime Minister

afrol News - Ignacio Milam Tang, until now Equatoguinean Ambassador in Spain, has been named new Prime Minister of Equatorial Guinea, according to government sources in Malabo. He replaces what the President has called the "worst government ever" in the country.

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» Equatorial Guinea coup plotter gets 34 years
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» Simon Mann trial underway in Equatorial Guinea

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Deforestation of African rain forest

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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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