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Spotlight | DRC
Kabila vents anger with Angola over joint oil zone

Congolese president Joseph Kabila has purged oil circles of all officials deemed to be soft on Angola and taken other significant measures indicating that a sea change in relations with Luanda is underway. Mukena spells it out to Luanda - [...]

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Kabila vents anger with Angola over joint oil zone

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Horacio Fortunato’s (excessively) grand output goals

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Key mining officials in South Kivu under arrest

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Despite itself, Chevron caught up in JIZ spat

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New oil bosses hail from Katanga - and favour Luanda

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Gustave Beya Seku handling oil relations again

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Oil minister Atama down but not exactly out

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Will Cohydro have to repay Sonangol $150 million?

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