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CIEP Energy Report: 'Gambling in Sub-Saharan Africa: Energy Security through the Prism of Sino-African Relations'
July 10, 2009. This report gives an in-depth overview of China's relationship with Africa and China's attempt to secure enough oil to meet its growing demand. With Africa currently producing 12 percent of the world's oil and holding 9.5 percent of the world's proven recoverable oil reserves, it is little wonder that there is such heightened interest in the continent, including the United States, Russia, and the EU. Read more »