Zambia eyes fuel imports from neighbouring Angola

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Workers at an oil rig along the Angolan Atlantic Coast on October 14, 2003. FILE PHOTO | AFP

Zambia plans to import fuel from its oil-producing neighbour Angola in the government’s push to lower pump prices and stem supply shocks.

Zambia has agreed to buy a stake in Angola’s Lobito refinery in Benguela Province along the Atlantic Coast. President Hakainde Hichilema, during his three-day visit to Angola, assured his host that his country would invest in the Lobito refinery that is under construction.