Valorization in the Republic of Congo: Production of Electricity from National Gas Reserves

On 12 June 2002, the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Congo reported six suspected cases, including five deaths, of acute haemorrhagic fever syndrome in Mbomo district, near the Gabonese border (1). The first cases occurred in a group of people who had been working in a gold mining camp in a forest south of Oloba. It seems that they may have been exposed to the same source, a chimpanzee found dead in the forest.

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Presidential Tenure and Constitutional Provisions: Recent Evidence from Central Africa

Africa Spectrum ◽

10.1177/0002039720980457 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 55 (3) ◽

pp. 272-290 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Mark Dawson ◽

Daniel J. Young

Keyword(s):

Democratic Republic ◽

Democratic Republic Of Congo ◽

Central Africa ◽

Term Limits ◽

Republic Of Congo ◽

Term Limit ◽

Developing Democracies ◽

The Republic ◽

Constitutional Factor

Constitutions around Africa have been repeatedly tested on the issue of presidential term limits. We explore the four most recent cases of African presidents facing the end of their constitutionally mandated limit, all of which developed in Central Africa. Burundi, Rwanda, the Republic of Congo, and the Democratic Republic of Congo all adopted constitutions limiting presidential tenure to two terms; yet, in 2015, when these limits were approaching, none of the sitting presidents simply stood down. Our analysis focuses on the constitutional provisions meant to protect the two-term limit, the strategies employed by each of the four presidents, and the difficulty they faced in pursuing extended tenure. We find that constitutional provisions do constrain, but not always to the expected degree. Our analysis adds a consideration of a foundational constitutional factor to the growing literature on term limits in Africa, with implications for other regions of newly developing democracies.

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The Life History of Learning Subsistence Skills among Hadza and BaYaka Foragers from Tanzania and the Republic of Congo

Human Nature ◽

10.1007/s12110-021-09386-9 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Sheina Lew-Levy ◽

Erik J. Ringen ◽

Alyssa N. Crittenden ◽

Ibrahim A. Mabulla ◽

Tanya Broesch ◽

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Keyword(s):

Life History ◽

Task Difficulty ◽

Human Life ◽

Age Of Acquisition ◽

Cross Cultural ◽

Cultural Variation ◽

Republic Of Congo ◽

Cross Cultural Differences ◽

History Of ◽

The Republic

AbstractAspects of human life history and cognition, such as our long childhoods and extensive use of teaching, theoretically evolved to facilitate the acquisition of complex tasks. The present paper empirically examines the relationship between subsistence task difficulty and age of acquisition, rates of teaching, and rates of oblique transmission among Hadza and BaYaka foragers from Tanzania and the Republic of Congo. We further examine cross-cultural variation in how and from whom learning occurred. Learning patterns and community perceptions of task difficulty were assessed through interviews. We found no relationship between task difficulty, age of acquisition, and oblique transmission, and a weak but positive relationship between task difficulty and rates of teaching. While same-sex transmission was normative in both societies, tasks ranked as more difficult were more likely to be transmitted by men among the BaYaka, but not among the Hadza, potentially reflecting cross-cultural differences in the sexual division of subsistence and teaching labor. Further, the BaYaka were more likely to report learning via teaching, and less likely to report learning via observation, than the Hadza, possibly owing to differences in socialization practices.

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Diversity of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) cultivars and its management in the department of Bouenza in the Republic of Congo

Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution ◽

10.1007/s10722-012-9803-0 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 59 (8) ◽

pp. 1789-1803 ◽

Cited By ~ 26

Author(s):

G. R. Kombo ◽

A. Dansi ◽

L. Y. Loko ◽

G. C. Orkwor ◽

R. Vodouhè ◽

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Keyword(s):

Manihot Esculenta ◽

Manihot Esculenta Crantz ◽

Republic Of Congo ◽

The Republic

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Cultural comparisons for healing and exorcism narratives in Matthew’s Gospel

HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies ◽

10.4102/hts.v66i1.808 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 66 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Craig S. Keener

Keyword(s):

The West ◽

Republic Of Congo ◽

Majority World ◽

Cultural Comparisons ◽

The Republic ◽

Gospel Narratives

Majority World readings of Matthew (and the Gospels generally) often help us to appreciate the very sorts of stories that seem most alien to readers in the West: stories of unusual cures and exorcisms of hostile spirits. Rather than simply allegorising these narratives, many Majority World readers treat them as models for experiencing healing and deliverance. Accounts of these experiences appear in a wide variety of cultures; in addition to a range of published sources, the article includes some material based on the author’s interviews with people claiming first-hand experiences of this nature in the Republic of Congo. Such readings invite a more sympathetic hearing of some Gospel narratives than they often receive in the West.

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The Contribution of the International Organization of Francophonie in Cultural Matter in the Republic of Congo from 1981 to 2016

Randwick International of Social Science Journal ◽

10.47175/rissj.v2i4.315 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 2 (4) ◽

pp. 347-362

Author(s):

Hortense Kouya Kouya ◽

Dominique Oba

Keyword(s):

International Organization ◽

Common Language ◽

Technical Cooperation ◽

African Countries ◽

Republic Of Congo ◽

Intergovernmental Organization ◽

International Body ◽

The Subject ◽

The Republic ◽

Heads Of State

Colonization has had a lasting impact on African life. This movement instilled a new culture within these colonies. Among these African countries is the Congo. On the whole, these countries have experienced some disputes near where it was a question of meeting around an international body which is none other than the Francophonie for the countries or states colonized by France. It is in this sense that under the leadership of three African Heads of State,Léopold Sédar Senghor from Senegal, Habib Bourguiba from Tunisia and Hamani Diori from Niger, and of Prince Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia, the representatives of 21 states and governments signed in Niamey, on March 20, 1970, the convention establishing the Agency for Cultural and Technical Cooperation (ACCT). New intergovernmental organization based on the sharing of a common language, French. The Congo being colonized by France adheres to the International Organization of Francophonie on December 7 to 9, 1981, during the general conference held in Libreville, Gabon. And the Congolese government has come to understand that ensuring a better vision on culture and politics can lead the Congo to sustainable development. Hence the need for the Congolese state to cooperate with the International Organization of Francophonie for better visibility for the cultural and political promotion of the country. This is what the subject of our study is: the contribution of the OIF in cultural and political matters in the Republic of Congo from 1981 to 2016.

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