Tension in Sudan and South Sudan boosts the Kenyan backers of the Lamu port and corridor projects. South Sudanese officials had already been in talks to join their planned pipeline up to the Ugandan oil fields at Lake Albert that are being developed by Tullow, Total and the China National Offshore Oil Corporation. However, time constraints and Kenyan lobbying won the day. The Lamu project involves billions of dollars in contracts and Asian companies have staked their claims....
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