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(Odonata, Anisoptera) 2. a Revision of the Genus Neurogomphus KAR.Sch, with the Description of Some Larvae
Belgian Journal ofEntomology 6 (2004) : 91-239 Taxonomic studies on African Gomphidae (Odonata, Anisoptera) 2. A revision of the genus Neurogomphus KAR.scH, with the description of some larvae Roger CAMMAERTS Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Service de systematique et d'ecologie animates, CP 160/13, 50 av. F.D. Roosevelt, B-1050 Bruxelles, Belgium(e-mail: [email protected]). Abstract A revision of the genus Neurogomphus is presented. Seventeen species and two distinct subspecies are recognised, i.e. N. fuscifrons KARscH, 1890, N. agilis (MARTIN, 1908), N. martininus {LACROIX, 1921), N. uelensis SCHOUTEDEN, 1934, N. vicinus SCHOUTEDEN, 1934, N. wittei SCHOUTEDEN, 1934, N. chapini {KLOTS, 1944), N. featheri PINHEY, 1967, N. pallidus CAMMAERTS, 1967, N. pinheyi CAMMAERTS, 1968, N. angustisigna PINHEY, 1971, N. a/ius sp. n., N. paenuelensis sp. n., N. cocytius sp. n., N. zambeziensis sp. n., N. carlcooki sp. n., N. chapini lamtoensis subsp. n., N. dissimilis sp. n. and N. dissimilis malawiensis subsp. n. The genus is divided into two subgenera, of which Mastigogomphus (type-species: Oxygomphus chapini KLOTS, 1944) is new. Of the former described species, all but one (Karschiogomphus ghesquierei SCHOUTEDEN, 1934) remain valid, but their names were often erroneously applied to unrelated taxa. Synonymy lists give evidence of this great amount of confusion. Nevertheless, the accurate status of five of the taxa here recognised as well as of some females (N. sp. cf zambeziensis from Tanzania and sp. indet. A, B, C, D) awaits further collecting of material. Generic larval characters are specified for the first time and the larvae of some species are described, among others that of N. -
Upstream Implementation of the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected
Upstream Implementation of the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas Final Report on one-year pilot implementation of the Supplement on Tin, Tantalum, and Tungsten January 2013 © OECD 2013 You can copy, download or print OECD content for your own use, and you can include excerpts from OECD publications, databases and multimedia products in your own documents, presentations, blogs, websites and teaching materials, provided that suitable acknowledgment of OECD as source and copyright owner is given. All requests for public or commercial use and translation rights should be submitted to [email protected]. Requests for permission to photocopy portions of this material for public or commercial use shall be addressed directly to the Copyright Clearance Center (CCC). This work is published on the responsibility of the Secretary-General of the OECD. The opinions expressed and arguments employed herein do not necessarily reflect the official views of the Organisation or of the governments of its member countries. This document and any map included herein are without prejudice to the status of or sovereignty over any territory, to the delimitation of international frontiers and boundaries and to the name of any territory, city or area. TABLE OF CONTENTS SECTION I: INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................. 4 SECTION II: METHODOLOGY ........................................................................................................................... -
Musebe Artisanal Mine, Katanga Democratic Republic of Congo
Gold baseline study one: Musebe artisanal mine, Katanga Democratic Republic of Congo Gregory Mthembu-Salter, Phuzumoya Consulting About the OECD The OECD is a forum in which governments compare and exchange policy experiences, identify good practices in light of emerging challenges, and promote decisions and recommendations to produce better policies for better lives. The OECD’s mission is to promote policies that improve economic and social well-being of people around the world. About the OECD Due Diligence Guidance The OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas (OECD Due Diligence Guidance) provides detailed recommendations to help companies respect human rights and avoid contributing to conflict through their mineral purchasing decisions and practices. The OECD Due Diligence Guidance is for use by any company potentially sourcing minerals or metals from conflict-affected and high-risk areas. It is one of the only international frameworks available to help companies meet their due diligence reporting requirements. About this study This gold baseline study is the first of five studies intended to identify and assess potential traceable “conflict-free” supply chains of artisanally-mined Congolese gold and to identify the challenges to implementation of supply chain due diligence. The study was carried out in Musebe, Haut Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo. This study served as background material for the 7th ICGLR-OECD-UN GoE Forum on Responsible Mineral Supply Chains in Paris on 26-28 May 2014. It was prepared by Gregory Mthembu-Salter of Phuzumoya Consulting, working as a consultant for the OECD Secretariat. -
Kolwezi : L'espace Habité Et Ses Problèmes Dans Le Premier Centre
View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk brought to you by CORE provided by Horizon / Pleins textes KOLWEZI : L’ESPACE HABITfi ET SES PROBL’ÈMES DANS LE PREMIER CENTRE MINIER DU ZAÏRE Jean-Claude BRUNEAU et MANSILA Fu-Kiau Professeur ef Chef de frarraux à l’Université de Lubumbashi (Zaire] RÉsunrE Ville jeune, Kolrvezi fut créée en 1937 sur de très riches’gisements de cuivre et de cobalt, et reste le premier centre industriel et minier du Zaïre. La ville moyenne de l’époque coloniale, bien planifiée ef équipée, opposait les quartiers de cadres européens aux quartiers populaires africains (camps de la Société minière ef (1cifè indigène o), selon une struciure polynucléaire. Après un essor demographique et spafial impressionnant, Kolwezi est aujourd’hui une ville imporfante où les quartiers anciens sonf pris dans la marée de l’aufoconstruction qui envahit jusqu’aux concessions minières. Une part croissante de l’espace habité échappe à la GECAMINES, jadis Qproprièlaire o de la ville, et qui envisage de déplacer celle-ci pour exploiter les nouveaux gisements. Toul cela rend très nécessaire l’élaboration d’un schéma d’aménagement global de la ville de Kolwezi. MOTS-CL& : Zaïre - Centre minier - Croissance urbaine - Schéma d’aménagement. urbain. ABSTRACT KOLWEZI :THE INHABITED SPACE AND ITS PROBLEMS IN THE MAJORMINING CENTRE IN ZAIRE A Young town, Kolwezi was seftled in 1937 on very rich copper and cobalt deposits. It is still the major industrial and mining centre in Zaïre. In a mid-sized well-planned and equiped colonial fown, one could distinguish rvhile collar european districts and african rvorkers areas i.e. -
Artisanal Mining and Post- Conflict Reconstruction in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
SIPRI Background Paper October 2009 ARTISANAL MINING AND POST- SUMMARY w For at least two decades CONFLICT RECONSTRUCTION mineral resources have been a curse rather than a blessing for IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Although the civil war formally ended in OF THE CONGO 2003, armed conflicts continue in the east of the country while ruben de koning the country as a while remains highly militarized. This has severe repercussions for mineral resource governance. I. Introduction The ability of armed groups to access resource revenues slows The mining sector in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is increas- down and jeopardizes ingly regarded as the economic foundation for the country’s post-conflict peacebuilding efforts. reconstruction. Yet the sector, which largely relies on artisanal mining, still Meanwhile, artisanal miners, plays a critical role in local and regional conflicts.1 While much scholarly and who extract up to 90 per cent of donor attention has been focused on the role of mineral resource revenues in the minerals, are kept in financing and sustaining rebel factions in the east of the country, resource– poverty because of military extortion and other forms of conflict linkages are more complex and more widespread than this. Both labour exploitation. state security actors and non-state armed groups guard or infiltrate artisanal Re-establishing civil control mining areas across the country. The various parties—which often work in over militarized mining areas association with or on behalf of local government officials, customary must be a first priority for the authorities or private companies—move around these areas, demanding Congolese Government. -
The Herpetological Journal
Volume 4, Number 1 January 1994 ISSN 0268-0130 THE HERPETOLOGICAL JOURNAL Published by Indexed in THE BRITISH HERPETOLOGICAL SOCIETY Current Contents HERPETOLOGICAL JOURNAL, Vol. 4, pp. 1-10 (1994) A REVISION OF THE AFRICAN GENUS SCAPHIOPHIS PETERS (SERPENTES: COLUBRIDAE) DONALD G. BROADLEY Natural History Museum of Zimbabwe, P.O. Box 240, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe Analysis of the geographical variation in the genus Scaphiophis suggests that S. raffreyi Bocourt should be reinstated as a full species, with S. calciatti Scortecci as a synonym. In s. albopunctatus Peters there are ring clines in counts of midbody scale rows and ventrals, the terminal populations in northern Zambia and south western Tanzania showing no overlap in these counts. INTRODUCTION Universities; BM = Natural History Museum, London; Peters (1870) described the new genus and species CM = CarnegieMuseum, Pittsburgh; FSM =University Scaphiophis a/bopunctatus on the basis of a single ju of Florida, Gainesville; IF AN = Institut Fondamental venile specimen fromKeta, Ghana, although Loveridge d' Afrique Noire, Dakar; IRScNB = Institut Royal des (1936; 1957) subsequently caused confusion by citing Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Brussels; MCZ = Mu the type locality as "Kita, Guinea" (= Kita, Mali) and seum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard; MNHN = led Villiers (1962) to give the range as extending as far Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris; MSNG = west as Mali. Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova "Giacomo Doria"; NHMAA =Natural History Museum, Addis Bocourt (1875) described S. raffreyi, based on a large adult specimen from Ethiopia, but Boulenger Ababa; NMK =National Museum of Kenya Nairobi·: (1894) placed it in the synonymy of S. a/bopunctatus. -
Jesus: God, the Only God, Or No God? a Study of Jehovah’S Witnesses’ and Branhamism’S Influence in Kolwezi, DRC
Jesus: God, the only God, or No God? A study of Jehovah’s Witnesses’ and Branhamism’s influence in Kolwezi, DRC MB MUFIKA Student ORCID.org/ 0000-0001-6004-2024 Thesis submitted for the fulfilment of the degree Philosophiae Doctor in Missiology at the Potchefstroom Campus of the North-West University Promoter: Prof. dr HG Stoker Graduation October 2017 http://www,nwu.ac.za/ PREFACE The Apostles’ Creed I believe in God, the Father almighty, Creator of heaven and earth; and in Jesus Christ, His only Son our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried. He descended into hell; the third day He rose again from the dead; He ascended into heaven, and sitteth at the right hand of God, the Father almighty; from whence He shall come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy Catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body and life everlasting. Amen And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be. I am the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last. Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city. For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie. -
Integrated Hiv/Aids Project Haut Katanga/Lualaba
USAID COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT NO. AID-660-A-17-00001 INTEGRATED HIV/AIDS PROJECT HAUT KATANGA/LUALABA Fiscal Year 2018 Quarter 2 Performance Report January 1–March 31, 2018 Submitted: May 15, 2018 This document was produced by the Integrated HIV/AIDS Project in Haut Katanga and Lualaba consortium through support provided by the United States Agency for International Development. The opinions herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the United States Agency for International Development or the United States government. Table of Contents Abbreviations ................................................................................................................................. iv Executive Summary ....................................................................................................................... vi Key Achievements and Program Progress ...................................................................................... 1 Objective One: Continuum of care for HIV/AIDS services ensured .......................................... 1 Sub-objective 1.1: Increased availability of comprehensive HIV prevention services. .......... 1 Sub-objective 1.2: Expanded comprehensive HIV/AIDS care and treatment services. .......... 9 Sub-objective 1.3: Improved integration of HIV/TB services. ............................................. 12 Sub-objective 1.4: Expanded network and referral systems for other health and social services. ................................................................................................................................ -
Katanga - Contraintes D'accès Et F ZS Kansimba H K a B O N G O Kayabala Zones De Santé, 16 Octobre 2018
RN Kyofwe 33 ZS Ankoro R E P U B L I Q U E D E M O C R AT I Q U E D U C O N G O ZS Manono T A N G A N Y I K A Kiluba Province du Haut - Katanga - Contraintes d'accès et f ZS Kansimba h K A B O N G O Kayabala Zones de Santé, 16 Octobre 2018 Echelle Nominale: 580.000 au format A0 ! Kabonge KABUMBULU ! Kabongo Nganye \! Capitale Nationale #0í Bac - Ordre de Marche ZS KinkonNodnj amotorisé Réserve Naturelle!h ZS Kabongo ZS Mulongo ZS Moba ! H Plan d'eau K Mayombo \ Chef lieu de Province #0í Bac - Panne Réparable Moto-Velo/ 2 roues a M O B A Kipetwe b ! ! al Mutoto I Kalaba Kabwela o ! ! ! ! Badia Fontière Internationale - M ! Ville de taille Majeure #0Hí Bac - Panne Définitive Vehicule 4x4 <3.5 MT ! ! Pande ! al Kasongo a e u Lyapenda f ! Kilongo m i b Mulongo k a u ! Lubika ! ZS Kiyambi L Ville de taille Moyenne 0#í Bac Privé Camion léger <10 MT MULONGO h Gwena Kabongo M A L E M B A - N K U L U ! ! Manda !\ Chef lieu de Territoire #0í Bac Disparu Camion lourd <20 MT M A N O N O Kasimike ! ! ý Pont détruit Nondo Localité Remorque >20 MT Mwanza Museka (!o Aéroport International ÿ Pont en bon état Non specifié ! Kapela R ! P Katemesha ZS Lwamba 6 L 2 ! u ! ! Aéroport Domestique û Pont en projet / réhabilitation Voie ferrée 9 Mwenge k Lusanange Katanti o Luvua u m ! ! o Kasongo b Kaulu ! i ! Mutiti ! Piste û Pont avec restriction Limite Internationale Kisola Mafuta ZS Songa ! Bempe !h Kabanza ! ! i KABALA Katumba h s H ý Limite de Province ! li ! ! Hélipad Pont en état non connu u ( Kasumato l Mboko i 3 K Kizabi o 3 ! ! Kasumpa N ZS Mukanga -
Democratic Republic of the Congo Since the Beginning of the Year
Democratic Republic of the Congo Humanitarian Situation Report No. 08 @UNICEF/Tremeauu © UNICEF/Tremeau Reporting Period: August 2020 Highlights Situation in Numbers 15,000,000 • Four provinces alone account for 90% of cases of Cholera (12,803 children in need of suspected cases), namely North Kivu, South Kivu, Tanganyika and humanitarian assistance Haut-Katanga.14,153 suspected cases, of which 201 deaths, have been (OCHA, Revised reported across the Democratic Republic of the Congo since the beginning of the year. Humanitarian Response • In South Kivu province, UNICEF continues to face continuous Plan 2020, June 2020) challenges to provide humanitarian assistance to people displaced due to conflicts in Mikenge, Minembwe and Bijombo (Haut Plateaux). 25,600,000 Security and logistical constraints are important and limit the access of humanitarian actors. people in need • 57,499 people affected by humanitarian crises in Ituri and North-Kivu (OCHA, Revised HRP 2020) provinces have been provided life-saving emergency packages in NFI/Shelter through UNICEF’s Rapid Response (UniRR). 5,500,000 st • As of 30 August, 109 confirmed cases of Ebola, of which 48 deaths, IDPs (OCHA,Revised HRP have been reported as a result of the DRC’s 11th Ebola outbreak in 2020*) Mbandaka, Equateur province. UNICEF continues to provide a multi- sectoral response in the affected health zones 14,153 cases of cholera reported UNICEF’s Response and Funding Status since January (Ministry of Health) 35% UNICEF Appeal 2020 11% US$ 318 million 56% 17% Funding Status (in US$) 25% Funds 18% received in 2020 88% 28.4M Carry- forwar 34% d 39.7M 12% Fundin 10% g Gap $233.9 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% M 1 Funding Overview and Partnerships UNICEF appeals for US$ 318 million to sustain the provision of humanitarian services for women and children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). -
A Competent Person's Report and Valuation
APPENDIX V COMPETENT PERSON’S REPORT AND VALUATION REPORT A COMPETENT PERSON’S REPORT AND VALUATION REPORT ON THE MINERAL ASSETS OF METOREX (PTY) LTD IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO AND THE REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA Prepared for Jinchuan Group International Resources Co. Ltd Report Prepared by SRK Consulting (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd Project Number 453459 30 August 2013 (Effective date: 30 June 2013) V - 1 APPENDIX V COMPETENT PERSON’S REPORT AND VALUATION REPORT EXECUTIVE SUMMARY [18.05(1), 18.09(2)(3), SV2.1] ES1 Introduction SRK Consulting (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd (“SRK”) is an associate company of the international group holding company, SRK Global Limited (the “SRK Group”). SRK has been commissioned by Jinchuan Group International Resources Co. Ltd (“Jinchuan”, also referred to as the “Company”) to prepare a Competent Person’s Report (“CPR”) and Competent Valuation Report (“CVR”) on the operations and projects of Metorex (Pty) Ltd (“Metorex”) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (“DRC”) and Republic of Zambia (“Zambia”) according to the requirements of Chapter 18 of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (respectively the “Listing Rules” and the “HKSE”). Both the CPR and CVR have been consolidated into this single report (the “CPVR”). ES2 Mineral Assets and Legal Status [18.05(3), SV2.3] Metorex is a private company registered in the Republic of South Africa and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Jinchuan Group Company Limited. Metorex’s interests in the operations and projects in the DRC -
World Bank Document
RESTRICTED Report No. PA-118a Public Disclosure Authorized This report is for official use only by the Bank Group and specifically authorized organizations or persons. It may not be published, quoted or cited without Bank Group authorization. The Rank Group dosnot acenp resnonshibiliy for the ---ray orcr.ltn f th rpot INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENr INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION Public Disclosure Authorized AGRICULTURAL SECTOR SURVEY REPUBLIC OF ZAIRE (in three volumes) VOLUME II Public Disclosure Authorized ANNEXES 1 THROUGH 6 June 19, 1972 Public Disclosure Authorized Aogri niut ulr P =lnt-r DoTpon rtment BACKGROUND DATA US$1 = 0.5 zaires (Z) or i0 ri-La'ruta (1x) One zaire = 2.0 US$ Total Land Area 234.5 million ha (905,000 square miles) of which (i) Forests 102.3 million ha (ii) Cultivated land 2.3 million ha (iii) Permanent pasture 2.3 million ha (iv) Savannahs, mountains, rivers and lakes 127.6 million ha Population (Official estimate, 1970) 21.6 million Distribution: Rural 70% : Urban 30% Annual rate of growth, 1958-70: 3.9% Gross Domestic Product Total, 1970 (est.) Z 1,014 million (US$2,028 million) Per canita. 1970 (est.): Z 47 (US$94) Agricultural output as % of GDP, 1969: 18% Commercialized production: 10% Subsistence production: 8% Agricultural Exports and Imports Value of Agricultural Exports, 1969: US$97 million Share of Total Exports: 14.5% Principal export products: palm oil, coffee, rubber, wood products, tea Value of Agricultural Imports, 1968: US$56 million Share of Total Imports: 11% Principal imports: cereals, fish and fish products, meat and dairy products, fruit and vegetables, tobacco Cnn9u.mpr Prrire Index (IRES - Kinsghaa) June 1970 (June 1960 = 100) 1,454 GENER.AL NOTE ON DATA The statistical data available on most facets of the economy and population of the Republic of Zaire are quite unreliable for the post--Independence periods -- a fact which official publications readily acknowledge.