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I think this is how the natural resource curse begins.
Chad's President Idriss Deby has acknowledged he wants to use oil revenues to pay for weapons to use against rebels. Last week, Chad repelled a rebel attack on the capital, N'Djamena. The World Bank has frozen Chad's oil revenue account, saying President Deby has breached an agreement to reserve some of the money for development.
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