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Just as United States-based Kosmos Energy is about to launch an Initial Public Offering (IPO) on the New York Stock Exchange to finance operations in Ghana’s Jubilee field, the Polisario Front is demanding Kosmos halt drilling in the giant Boujdour block off Western Sahara. The African Union recognises Polisario as the legitimate authority in Western Sahara, the subject of a three-decade dispute with Morocco, which occupies most of the territory....

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Keywords:

Ghana, Morocco, Kwame Bawuah Edusei, George Owusu, John Kufuor, Ireland, Office National des Hydrocarbures et des Mines

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