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Angola, DRC
Oil minister Azevedo pushes Kinshasa to stop discussions about borders

Angolan Oil Minister Diamantino Azevedo. © Ministério dos Recursos Minerais, Petróleo e Gás Angola/Facebook

Lourenço administration methodically pursues his strategy to weaken his Congolese neighbour and hold onto its oil, including Chevron and ExxonMobil blocks. [...]

Published on 04/12/2020 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi and his Angolan counterpart João Lourenço.

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Angolan president João Lourenço received Domingos Simões Pereira - Guinea Bissau president Umaro Sissoco's main election rival - in February 2020.

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