On 28 February, NGO Global Witness claimed that the world’s largest tropical peatlands – and one of the world’s biggest carbon sinks – is under threat from oil drilling by a company with close links to Republic of Congo’s ruling family. It reported that, in August 2019, a company controlled by one of Africa’s richest men, Claude Wilfrid Etoka, announced the discovery of a reportedly vast oil reserve.
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