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Accra’s hopes dim for gas in electoral year

With three months to go before presidential and legislative elections, the ruling National Democrat Congress (NDC) party is working overtime to see that the country’s oil and gas sector truly takes off. But problems are fast accumulating. In all likelihood, [...] (720 words)

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