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Museveni's anti-ADF offensive in Congo aims to reassure TotalEnergies and CNOOC

The deployment of Ugandan troops in eastern DRC is primarily aimed at reassuring investors in Uganda such as oil companies CNOOC and TotalEnergies. [...] (478 words)

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France tries to get the EU to take up position in the battle against the ADF

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Museveni tries to connect with Uganda's youth via Kaguta Foundation

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Museveni and Paris unite against ADF by boosting security cooperation

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Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni with Uganda's French ambassador Jules-Armand Aniambossou and French defence attaché Bertrand de Boisse in Kampala on 12 September 2021.

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