Cabinda (Angola) sells oil licences on “freed territory”

The oil-rich exclave of Cabinda, mostly seen as an Angolan province, has fought for independence since 1975. Cabindan rebels now follow the example of Western Sahara’s exile government and have set up an oil licensing agency to lease oil and gas operations in the “territory secured by the Cabinda Defence Force”. The territory is seen as immensely rich in oil.

The “Cabinda National Petroleum Plc” made this announcement from its base on the British Atlantic island of St Helena yesterday evening. According to the company, it is entitled to announce the “commencement of oil and gas lease operations in [the] territory secured by the Cabinda Defence Force,” commonly known as the rebels fighting for the independence of Cabinda.

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