Ivory Coast
Khady Dior Ndiaye, Kosmos' first country manager

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Published on 12.02.2019 at 04:30 GMT Lire en français

While it has been in possession of five offshore blocks in partnership with BP since 2017, Kosmos Energy has only [...]

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Ivory Coast
Khady Dior Ndiaye, Kosmos' first country manager