Congo: Africa's oldest National Park under violent attack by UK oil company

The Ecologist
Sep 10, 2014, 8:16 am35 pts
UK oil company Soco is waging a war of violence and intimidation against those opposing its plans to drill for oil in Virunga national park, writes Gregory McCann. It has paid genocidal armed rebels, encouraged attacks on park rangers, financed phoney demonstrations, and is linked to the attempted murder of…

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