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DRC Power Issue dated 26/06/2020

Tshisekedi, Three Gorges Corp and AfDB at odds over Grand Inga

Despite all the delays under his predecessors in launching construction works on the Inga III dam, Félix Tshisekedi is eager to embark on a much more ambitious project in Kongo Central province: the Grand Inga. But his main partners disagree over its scale. [...] (430 words)

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