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Jun 2022
32m 34s

South Africa considers importing Russian...

Bbc World Service
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South Africa considers importing crude oil from Russia. The country's Energy Minister says Russian oil is not on the sanctions list.

Also, the Democratic Republic of Congo says it's suspending all trade agreements with Rwanda.  They say it's because  Rwanda is supporting the M23 rebels which further exaccerbates levels of violence in the Eastern DRC.  Kigali denies this claim.

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