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 NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Chinese President Hu Jintao signed an oil exploration contract with Kenya on Friday, the latest in a series of deals designed to keep Africa's natural resources flowing to China's booming economy.
But critics said China, in pursuit of energy, is enriching corrupt and abusive regimes.
The deal allows for China's state-controlled offshore oil and gas company, CNOOC Ltd., to prospect for oil in Kenya, which is just beginning to drill its first exploratory wells on the borders of Sudan and Somalia and in coastal waters. No oil has been produced yet, and there has been no formal estimate of the possible reserves.
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