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Angola's $17 bln energy drive will help poor: Dos Santos

published Thu, Aug 23 2012 00:29 GMT
HUAMBO, Angola (Reuters) - Angola's plans to invest more than $17 billion in electricity generation and distribution by 2016 are designed to increase social justice by giving low-income classes better access to energy, President Jose Eduardo dos Santos said on Wednesday. Investment in energy will also help develop industry and create jobs, Dos Santos said in a campaign speech to tens of thousands of supporters of his MPLA party in Angola's second-largest city, Huambo, ahead of an August 31 general election. ...

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