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Between half and seventy percent of the world's ylang-ylang comes from the Comoros. The islands capture almost none of the value that ends up in a bottle of French perfume. The post Most of the World’s Ylang-Ylang Comes From Three Small Islands appeared first on The Rio Times .
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Mauritius is preparing a single law to cover fisheries, maritime services, marine conservation and climate-linked ocean industries, a year after winning a vast seabed extension.
Akinmade said the government had deliberately created an atmosphere in which opposition parties could operate freely, noting that their posters, flyers and billboards were being displayed across the…
Seychelles has the highest income per head in Africa, a debt ratio falling towards 50 percent and a port that handles most of the region's tuna. It also has about 100,000 people.
More than 33,000 Palestinian refugees remain displaced since Israel launched Operation Iron Wall.
A permit freeze imposed after the 2009 crisis has been lifted, reopening one of the world's better endowed mineral territories at the moment critical minerals became a strategic argument.
More than 75 percent of Djibouti's GDP comes from servicing Ethiopian trade, and Chinese lenders hold close to half of its US$3.0 billion external debt. Addis Ababa is now shopping for alternatives.
