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Spotlight | Madagascar
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The political turmoil gripping Madagascar has caused a year-long delay in the recovery that was brewing in the oil branch with the backing of the World Bank just as it has held up advances in the mining sector, where the [...]

Published on 27.02.1992 at 10:00 GMT Reading time 4 minutes

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Spotlight | Madagascar
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Spotlight | Madagascar
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Japan, Madagascar
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European Union, Sudan
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Black Magnates Profit from the Crisis

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