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Equatorial Guinea
What really happened when Biya met oil minister Obiang

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President of Cameroon Paul Biya (right) hosts Equatorial Guinea's oil minister Gabriel Obiang Lima on 13 September in Yaoundé.
President of Cameroon Paul Biya (right) hosts Equatorial Guinea's oil minister Gabriel Obiang Lima on 13 September in Yaoundé. © Twitter/Paul Biya

Equatorial Guinea is deeply frustrated with Cameroon's nearly stagnant oil sector, which is hampering its plans to develop oil fields straddling the border between the two neighbours with the view to fuel Maputo's EGLNG facility.

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