Uganda should not license an oil exploration block close to
neighbouring Congo’s Virunga National Park because drilling would harm
the park’s ecosystem, 60 local and international environmental groups
said on Thursday.
The east African country of Uganda discovered crude reserves in its
Albertine rift basin near its border with the Democratic Republic of
Congo (DRC) in 2006.
In its latest licensing round, the first to be conducted
competitively, six blocks covering about 3,000 square kilometres (1160
square miles) are expected to be handed out early this year.
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Source: Africanews.
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