Dem. Rep. of the Congo celebrates independence at Expo
(AGI) Milan, June 30 - Expo Commissioner General Bruno Pasquinoopened celebrations for the Democratic Republic of the Congo's(DRC) National Day on Tuesday, the 50th anniversary of thecountry's independence. "Africa is most widely representedcontinent at our universal exposition and is the mainprotagonist of the debate on nutrition and development,"Pasquino said. The Congolese delegation was led by theSecretary General of the DRC's Ministry of Commerce, Euge'nieSalembongo Basoyhe, who affirmed that the nation "holds 80million hectares of arable land, but only 10 percent of it isutilised today". "A rational use of these lands