Uganda
Museveni tries to protect Total and CNOOC from the "Congolese" threat

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni.
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni. © Mikhail Metzel/Kremlin pool/Sputnik/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP
Museveni's largesse in providing funds for road construction in the northern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo is inspired by his fear that the armed insurrection there could hamper the Lake Albert Oil Project. [...]
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