DRC natural resources press review of Wednesday, August 21, 2013

The Observateur newspaper reports that "Oil of Congo announces the end of the exploration phase of oil in Lake Albert," and notes: "the research phase and oil exploration conducted on blocks 1 and 2 of the Albertine Graben Lake Albert by the company Oil of Congo ended Thursday, August 15, 2013. This phase involved the drilling of rocks on earth especially in the towns of Kasenyi and Shomiya. Samples collected will be sent to a laboratory in Britain for analysis ". "These laboratory tests will help to check if there are pockets of oil in rocks collected," said geologist Oil of Congo.
The Avenir newspaper says that the Minister of Water Resources and Electric introduced Inga3 project. On the occasion, he presented a number of options and option was chosen, which allows the Congolese government to keep control of the project by providing public funding for 3,430 billion Us dollars, out of a total 12 billion Us It was in the productive sector thematic meeting held after the meeting of the Strategic Troika, the newspaper notes. During the same meeting, another record was made, the progress and challenges in the implementation of the roadmap for the development of the EITI report 2011. In this regard, it was noted that much progress has been made, but a no less important challenges still lie ahead.
Forum des AS newspaper reports that the Congolese Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Jean Chrysostome Vahamwiti takes part in the second meeting of Ministers of Agriculture Argentina-Saharan Africa, which runs from 19 to 24 August 2013 in Santiago del Estero, Argentina. The big event of the agricultural world luminaries theme is "efficient agriculture for sustainable agricultural development."
The same media reports that the Congolese Institute for the Conservation of Nature (ICCN) in collaboration with the Kinshasa zoo exhibits in its stand an okapi. Kinshasa's population has the privilege of seeing for the first time a rare species. For everyday, this is a first in the organization of the International Fair of Kinshasa.
Radio Okapi reports that in the area of ​​Pandu, Bosobolo territory, 300 km from Gbadolite (Ecuador), most students attend classes sitting on the floor. Others, on pieces of wood. Lack of chalk, teachers use lime to write on the board. As we approach the 2013 -2014 school year, local school officials have launched an SOS Monday, August 19 public authorities. Sector Pandu has 15 secondary schools and 25 primary schools which are facing several difficulties. They are devoid of educational and instructional supplies.