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Watching The World: Chasing the LRA

10/24/2011
By Eric Watkins
The oil and gas industry may be wondering about US President Barack Obama's decision to send troops to Uganda and neighboring states to combat the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) and kill or capture its leader, Joseph Kony. But there is an oil connection. Last March, Uganda and neighboring Congo (former Zaire) were discussing ways of jointly increasing security along the Albertine Graben where more than 2 billion bbl of oil have been discovered. Uganda's army spokesman Felix Kulaigye told state television that the two countries had agreed to cooperate in wiping out remnants of the LRA and rebels of the Allied Democratic Front who were regrouping to disrupt oil exploration activities. Big pro...
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