DRC natural resources press review of Thursday, October 10, 2013

"Exploitation of oil in the Virunga National Park: the controversy is growing between Soco and WWF" reports the Potentiel newspaper which speaks of statement released by the British company Soco. According to the statement, the newspaper said, Soco working with authorities also known as the Congolese Institute for the Conservation of Nature (ICCN), the manager of the Virunga National Park and the Environmental Studies Group Congo national parks (GEEC) who approved the basic studies of molluscs and the impact of potential exploration area. The newspaper also picks Lumbuenamo About Raymond, National Director of WWF DRC, who was interviewed by Radio Okapi: "Oil production pollutes the environment pollution can lead to the contamination of the lake that serves as the primary resource. to feed more people around and inside Virunga, "he has said. In the same article, the newspaper reports that the potential Gaius Kowene, freelance journalist and correspondent for Radio Netherlands, was attacked Friday, 4 October 2013 to 13 hours at his home by a group of six armed people in military uniforms. According to testimony received by the NGO Journalist in Danger (JED), the reporter had to do in the day, a report on oil exploration in Virunga National Park, when he was attacked in front of his home .
 
Radio Okapi reports that the 9th edition of the Partnership for Infrastructure Development in Africa (Ipad) opened on Wednesday, August 9th in Kinshasa. During the opening session of the forum, participants discussed the issue of electrification of the DRC. They felt it was more electrify the country to support the mining sector, the lungs of the Congolese economy. The Ipad meets since 2005 African businessmen to discuss development issues. This forum also allows participants to optimize relationships and business contacts, to explore and identify investment opportunities. The 8th edition in October 2012 was devoted to oil sector.
 The Congolese News Agency (ACP) states that the delegates to the national consultations that have just finished reading as a major stimulus to the national economy prior reorientation and the emergence of economic activity, putting them in line with social needs, the requirements of national defense and aspirations to progress. They believe that to achieve a better development of the country, the government should implement a particular socio-economic policy oriented agribusiness and promotion of the middle class