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Equatorial Guinea polls begin, with little hope of change

afrol News - Campaigning in Equatorial Guinea began yesterday for the 29 November presidential elections. President Teodoro Obiang Nguema is challenged by opposition leader Plácido Micó Abogo, the latter having few illusions he will be given a fair chance.

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Equatorial Guinea pardons putschists

afrol News - Equatoguinean President Teodoro Nguema Obiang today issued a decree pardoning the five foreign masterminds behind an alleged coup attempt in March 2004. These include South African Nicolaas du Toit and Briton Thomas Mann, who will be freed during few days.

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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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