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Spotlight CONGO GABON Issue dated 13/09/2016

Bongo and Sassou place big bets on potash

Hit by the drop in the oil price and finding themselves in awkward positions following the contested results of presidential elections, the Gabonese and Congolese leaders Ali Bongo and Denis Sassou-Nguesso see potash, the raw material for fertilizer, a way [...] (551 words)

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