African Artists, Activists to Highlight Dangers of Oil Exploration in Virunga allafrica: Africa
8 December 2022Today, artists, musicians, poets, community members, and climate activists in Kinshasa, in the Democratic Republic of Congo are joining forces to raise awareness of the dangers of oil exploration in Virunga National park. The group is hosting a creative arts space aimed at highlighting the , which faults the government for issuing licenses for oil exploration in the park, which is Africa's oldest national park and calls for a halt to oil development activities in the area.
It is thus regrettable that the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo opened up the Virunga National Park, an area composed of unique ecosystems and home to rich biodiversity, to oil exploration activities by issuing licenses to fossil fuel companies. In addition, the government plans to auction off new oil and gas blocks, some in the sensitive ecosystem of the Congo Basin.
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