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    Sputnik: Eritrea on UK Radar for Oil & Gas While Human Rights Abuses Ignored by West

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A report in OilPrice.com has said that while UK companies are looking at Eritrea as a possible gas and oil hub, the human rights abuses there cannot be ignored

by: Erica Mills

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Press Notes, Africa

Sputnik: Eritrea on UK Radar for Oil & Gas While Human Rights Abuses Ignored by West

According to a report in Oil Price.com "major discoveries in Uganda and Kenya, high-level production activities in Sudan and even exploration in war-torn Somalia," as well as the North African country of "Eritrea should be on everyone's radar."

In 2009, Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki revealed that there is a "large reserve" of oil in the county — and during the 2014 African Economic Outlook conference, the African Development Bank confirmed a presence of commercially viable reserves of oil and natural gas in Eritrea.

In 2014, a group of British businessmen, led by former UK conservative chairman Michael Howard, traveled to Eritrea to explore any opportunities in the exploration of hydrocarbon and natural gas.

Read the full article HERE.