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The men behind president Biya's oil play

With Cameroon set to become an LNG exporter, its oil profile remains hard to pin down. The figures who could influence long-standing president Paul Biya’s decisions are indeed rare and aren’t necessarily active where one would expect them to be. [...] (580 words)

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