Biofuels can free Africa of its ‘oil curse’ – expert

For the African continent, oil is a real curse: it spurs corruption, civil conflict and resource wars, it displaces local populations, fuels social inequality and has a terrible environmental record. The ongoing civil conflicts in the Niger Delta, the destabilisation in Chad, the war in Sudan or mass-corruption in Angola are just some illustrations of the disruptive effects of the oil industry in Africa.[…]
Biofuels offer a radically different paradigm, says Dr Keith Myers, an expert on African oil and gas production at London’s Chatham House.
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