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47 drown in DRC

afrol News - At least 47 passengers were killed and 100 more missing after a motorised boat sank on a remote stretch of river in Democratic Republic of Congo, officials said.

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DRC stabilisation plan to be assessed

afrol News - Top United Nations official and Congolese minister are planning to review implementation of security and stabilisation plan for eastern DR Congo. The plan will also include improvements to roads, police stations and other priority infrastructural projects.

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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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