Administrative authorities in Congo Brazzaville have launched operations to track down bush meat traders in markets throughout the country. In one of such operations, Baron Frederic Bousock, the Prefect of Niara in the south of the country Saturday descended on the central market of Dolisie accompanied by the forces of law and order and agents […]
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Four persons were reported dead and several properties damaged after torrential rainfalls in the Kalehe territory in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo. The rains also rendered the Bukavu-Goma road in the territory impassable. According to Delphin Birimbi, president of the Kalehe civil society discussion group, several rivers in the village of Bushushu in the […]
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In order to stop the illegal and wanton destruction of its immense forestry resources, the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2002 decreed a moratorium on the issuance of new timber exploitation licences. The intention was that with the support of the World Bank, Congo would transform its forestry sector into a durable […]
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