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October 25
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Congo-Brazzaville: Schools Still Shattered After Arms Explosion
Three weeks after the new school year began in Brazzaville, many students in the capital of the Republic of the Congo have yet to attend a single class. The city is still trying to... Read more »
March 13
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Congo-Brazzaville: Arms Explosion Displaces Children
Five-year-old Vianey hasn't seen his parents since a series of explosions ripped through an ammunition dump in Brazzaville on Mar. 4. A stranger, Jules Bomboko, said he found... Read more »
March 1
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Central Africa: Tentative Steps Towards Adaptation
Governments and civil society organisations in Central Africa are slowly developing strategies in response to global warming. But specialists say the steps being taken seem... Read more »
August 26, 2011
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Congo-Brazzaville: Poachers Feel the Long Arm of New Law
Authorities in the Republic of Congo are showing an encouraging new readiness to arrest and prosecute people trading in endangered species. Read more »
August 24, 2011
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Congo-Brazzaville: Many Indigenous Women Still Give Birth in the Forest
Marguerite Kassa feared she would find herself alone in the small crowd of a dozen other pregnant women at the integrated health centre in Mossendjo, in the southwestern Republic... Read more »
June 20, 2011
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Central Africa: Congo Basin Slow to Adopt Forest Conservation
Only two of the eleven countries that share the Congo Basin have validated their plans to participate in the forest conservation process known as REDD+. Read more »
June 8, 2011
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Africa: Africa Looks to a Green Future [analysis]
As G20 ministers met here Tuesday to discuss nuclear safety, another meeting has been taking place 6,000km away - to examine green business growth. Read more »
June 3, 2011
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Africa: Tropical Forest Summit Opens
Heads of state from the Amazon, Congo and Borneo-Mekong basins are meeting in the Congolese capital, Brazzaville: leaders hope to reach an accord on sound management of valuable... Read more »
May 11, 2011
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Congo-Brazzaville: School Lunches Make for Happy Pupils
It's noon at Jean-Félix Tchicaya Primary in Pointe Noire, the economic capital of Congo. Students are settling into their chairs, but not to resume their lessons. They are... Read more »
March 26, 2011
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Congo-Brazzaville: Agricultural Help From South African Farmers
In the hope of strengthening its agricultural production, the Republic of Congo has handed over 80,000 hectares of arable land to a company owned and operated by 14 South African... Read more »
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