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Sassou Nguesso shuffles the deckchairs as the ship goes down

In contrast to previous conferences in Paris and Marrakesh, Denis Sassou-Nguesso considerably reduced the size of the delegation accompanying him to Bonn in Germany for the COP 23 from 6 to 17 November. Deep in the financial doldrums, the Congolese [...] (587 words)

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