Kigali, Jan 15, 2025 (AFP) - Rwanda confirms first oil find in Lake Kivu

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2025-01-15

Rwanda said Wednesday it had made its first oil discovery, with confirmation of 13 reservoirs in Lake Kivu, which makes up part of its border with DR Congo. "The good news is that we have oil," Francis Kamanzi, CEO of the Rwanda Mines, Petroleum and Gas Board, told a parliamentary hearing according to local media group Igihe. Kamanzi said 13 exploratory wells in Lake Kivu had confirmed the presence of oil. There was "confidence" of finding more......

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