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Spotlight | Central Africa
An Asian Oil Enclave?

State-owned Asian companies are endeavouring to establish a true oil enclave straddling the borders of Chad, Sudan and the Central African Republic [...]

Published on 25/09/2002 at 11:00 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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Sudan
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