Behind their homes is an oil pipeline and above them are high-voltage cables suspended between pylons. A little further off is a flare tower, burning off excess gas 24 hours a day. | News24_Business
Yet these potent symbols of Congo's oil and gas bonanza mean little to the villagers who live in their shadow.
The former French colony gained independence in 1958 and became a major oil producer some two decades later. Tchicanou is emblematic of a community that suffers the downsides of fossil fuels but gets few of its benefits. But they find themselves in the same situation as communities in the remotest parts of the country - they are still not hooked up to the national grid.
A fellow resident, Flodem Tchicaya, said Tchicanou"is in a good location. But the only use of the gas that they burn here is to cause pollution and make us sick.""Instead of it starting at the bottom and heading to the top, it starts at the top and the bottom has nothing," he said.
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