Focus Africa
Political stakeholders, scientists and experts from the Congo Basin region, met for the Third Partners Meeting of Global Peatlands Initiative held in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo.
Top of the discussion menus were environmental conservation issues, as well as the need for international community to draw up compensation mechanisms for the benefit of governments and local communities.
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The Democratic Republic of Congo celebrates the centenary of Patrice Lumumba's birth
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In Goma, solar power brings light and hope in Ndosho neighbourhood
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Cameroonian marine conservationists trained as scientific divers
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Vatican beatifies Congolese customs worker killed in 2007 for refusing bribe
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UN warns of impact Sudan's humanitarian crisis is having on Chad
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New documentary shines light on plight of pangolins, one of the world's most trafficked mamals