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Uganda
Museveni asks Paris for help in protecting TotalEnergies

The Ugandan president hopes that his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron will involve himself more in economic relations between the two countries, and in particular in the activities of TotalEnergies in Uganda. [...]

Published on 01.12.2022 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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