The Democratic Republic of Congo purchased the John Deere tractors and delivered them to CEUM headquarters in Bokonzo, Gemena, on May 11. The government also paid all the delivery costs, says CEUM President Mossai Sanguma. The donation is part of a new government strategy to “kick-start the economy,” he added.
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The Central African Republic must focus on developing agriculture, energy and education to foster economic growth rather than exploiting the nation’s mineral resources, according to Obiageli Ezekwesili, the World Bank’s vice-president for Africa.
“Diamonds, timber, uranium and all of the ores here are non-renewable, they are depleting assets,” she told reporters today in the capital, Bangui
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The French are putting pressure on the Congo-Brazzaville government, a former French colony, because of plans to let South Africans farm in the central African country.
This is according
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In a report released earlier this week, Global Witness claims that multinational companies are furthering a trade in minerals at the heart of the hi-tech industry that feeds the horrendous civil war in the Democratic
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