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Congo-Kinshasa: David Attenborough Joins Campaign to Protect Africa's Oldest National Park From Oil Interests
Global Witness, 2 November 2014
Filmmaker joins Tutu and Branson in speaking out as DiCaprio-backed film launches Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa: Secret Payments and Violence Help UK Firm Open African National Park to Oil
Global Witness, 4 September 2014
British oil company Soco Internationaland its contractors havemade illicit payments, appear to have paid off armed rebels and benefited from fear and violence fostered by… Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa: Investigate Attacks On Oil Project Critics - Virunga Park Staff, Activists Need Protection
HRW, 4 June 2014
Democratic Republic of Congo authorities should fully and impartially investigate threats and violence against Virunga National Park rangers and local activists, Human Rights Watch… Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa: Oil Company Soco Won't Drill in Virunga National Park
WWF, 11 June 2014
Soco International PLC will end its operations in Africa’s oldest national park and also is committing to remain out of all other UNESCO World Heritage Sites, the… Read more »
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Africa: British Oil Company's Back-Tracking On World Heritage Site Looks Like a Ruse
Global Witness, 13 June 2014
Soco's announcement indicating a pull-out from an iconic African park leaves too much wiggle-room Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa: Dispatches - Congo's Virunga Park Rangers, Activists Still Need Justice
HRW, 11 June 2014
The British oil company SOCO International and the wildlife conservation organization WWF announced an agreement today ending oil exploration for now in Virunga National Park, a… Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa: UN Applauds Decision By Oil Firm to Halt Exploration in DR Congo National Park
UN News, 12 June 2014
The United Nations agency that advocates for the protection of irreplaceable natural and cultural resources today welcomed as "a step in the right direction" the decision of… Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa: Film Exposes Shady Oil Deals
AlertNet, 1 May 2014
When British filmmaker Orlando von Einsiedel set off to eastern Congo to start filming a documentary about Virunga National Park, he wanted to tell a positive story of rangers… Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa: Mountain Gorilla Park Chief Attacked
UN News, 16 April 2014
A senior United Nations official today condemned the attack against the chief warden of Virunga National Park, and urged the international community to support the Democratic… Read more »
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Rwanda: Rwanda, DR Congo and Uganda Ink New 5-Year Strategic Plan for Virunga Transboundary
New Times, 29 March 2014
Rwanda, Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda on Thursday signed a five-year joint strategic plan aimed at protecting gorillas and pursuing promotional activities for Virunga… Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa: Critics of Oil Plans Threatened - Human Rights Watch
VOA, 4 June 2014
A rights group said park rangers and environmental activists in the DRC are receiving death threats, after criticizing plans for oil exploration. Human Rights Watch said a British… Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa: Last Chance to Fix Congo's Flawed Oil Bill
Global Witness, 14 January 2014
The Democratic Republic of Congo's lower house of parliament, the National Assembly, has begun to debate a new oil bill which has been criticised by campaigners, MPs in Congo and… Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa: Congo's Flawed Oil Law Should Be Put On Hold to Allow Time for Debate
Global Witness, 6 September 2013
The Congolese parliament should suspend the passage of a controversial oil bill and insert basic measures to prevent corruption and drilling in one of the world's most important… Read more »