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The exploitation of natural resources in Basoko, one of the eight territories of Tshopo Province in the northeastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo, is not perceived by the local communities as a means of development. In the chiefdoms of Yaliwasa and Mongandjo, the population attributes its misfortunes to logging and mining operators.
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