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Central African Republic
The truth behind France's ‘plundering'

Accused of ‘plundering' CAR's economic resources, Paris claims it has negligible business interests there. Analysis. [...]

Published on 13/02/2019 at 03:30 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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