Democratic Republic of Congo's oil minister defended the country's right to explore for oil anywhere on its territory after reports that President Joseph Kabila approved drilling in Africa's largest tropical rainforest reserve. Oil minister Aime Ngoy Mukena declined to confirm a report in Germany's Die Tageszeitung newspaper that Kabila had this month authorised exploration inside Salonga national park, but he said that no land should be off-limits.
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