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Spotlight | DRC
Intel agency probes authenticity of data on Dan Gertler's former oil block

The DRC's national intelligence agency is investigating whether information relating to assets I and II in the Albertine Graben area, once owned by the Israeli billionaire, have been manipulated. [...]

Published on 15/11/2024 at 05:40 GMT Reading time 3 minutes Olivier Liffran

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Spotlight | DRC
Intel agency probes authenticity of data on Dan Gertler's former oil block

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The two consortiums in the running for Ruzizi III dam

DRC
Kinshasa modifies Cuvette Centrale oil block perimeters

DRC
Kinshasa hands over Lake Albert's blocks I & II to state-owned oil company

DRC
Kinshasa turns to Trafigura for help with strategy to reboot oil sector

DRC
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