Congo/Angola

A19a Congo/Angola (Congo-Angola Basin) Samples... 

Congo, Angola, Eastern and Southern Africa, Comoros, Madagascar)... 

Charlou, J.L., Donval, J.P., Fouquet, Y., Ondreas, H., Cochonat, P., Levache, D., Poirier, Y., Jean-Baptiste, R, Fourre, E., Chazallon, B., and Party, T.Z.L.S., 2004. Physical and chemical characterization of gas hydrates and associated methane plumes on the Congo-Angola Basin. Chemical Geology 205 405-425. 

Congo (Zaire) Fan 31 ff, 74,86,112,152,241/ 520 Congo (Zaire) River 86,112,152, 242 Congo-Angola Basin 489 Conrad Rise 64/... 

Troupin has also been reported . These alkaloids were found to exhibit antimicrobial and antiplasmodial activities. Epinetrum villosum is a twining liana, growing in secondary forests in the coastal areas in Congo and Angola and is used in traditional medical for the treatment of fever, malaria and dysentery . The genus Cissampelos contains cissampareine, which has potential medicinal uses, but it is also psychoactive. It is a principal alkaloid of dawidjiewortel (Cissampelos capensis), which grows in South Africa. 

A review of recent disasters since 2000—political strife and conflicts in Angola, Afghanistan, Ethiopia, D.R. Congo, Sudan, Iraq, and Sierra Leone—indicates that few disasters are the result of a single cause and... 

As at 1 November 2005, the 1988 Convention had been ratified, acceded to or approved by 177 States, as well as formally confirmed by the European Community (extent of competence article 12). Currently 90 per cent of all States in the world are parties to the Convention. Since the 2004 report of the Board on the implementation of article 12 was issued, Angola, Cambodia, the Cook Islands, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Liberia, Samoa and Switzerland have become parties to the Convention. 

Angola, Botswana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, the United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe. 

Most of the production of diamond is concentrated geographically in a few regions worldwide (see Figure 12.2) usually in the oldest continents Africa (e.g., Angola, Botswana, Congo, Namibia, and Republic of South Africa), Asia (e.g., northeastern Siberia and Yakutia in Russia), Australia, North America (e.g., Northwest Territories in Canada), and South America (e.g., Brazil and Venezuela). Botswana is the world s leading diamond producer in terms of output value and quantity and the total diamonds produced worldwide both indus-rial and gems reached 150 million carats (30 tonnes). 

Blood diamonds, also known as conflict diamonds, are produced or traded by rebel forces opposed to the recognized government in order to fund their activities. Most of the blood diamonds come from Sierra Leone, Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Liberia, and the Ivory Coast. 

Botswana Zimbabwe Lesotho Zambia Swaziiand Rwanda Congo, Dem. Rep. of Centrai African Rep. Mozambique Burundi Angola 0.0... 

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