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Uganda, DRC: Eyes on the Prize of Lake Albert

May 13, 2008 | 18:09 GMT

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Summary

The governments of Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo agreed to resurvey their shared border, media reported May 12. A redrawing of the border through energy-rich Lake Albert is unlikely, though, and thus the stage is set for a conflict between the two energy-dependent countries for control of the region's emerging energy supplies.

Emerging energy hot spot Lake Albert, located on the border between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, could be the flash point for a conflict between the two countries....

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