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Chad's Oil Money Raises Stakes The land-locked West African nation of Chad has joined the ranks of African oil-exporting countries. Chad's first oil revenues arrived early this year from a pipeline carrying crude across neighboring Cameroon to the Atlantic coast. While the government has stated it hopes to lift its people out of poverty, many fear that Chad's petroleum revenues might fuel corruption and intensify ethnic rivalries. NPR's Jason Beaubien reports.

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Chad's Oil Money Raises Stakes

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The land-locked West African nation of Chad has joined the ranks of African oil-exporting countries. Chad's first oil revenues arrived early this year from a pipeline carrying crude across neighboring Cameroon to the Atlantic coast. While the government has stated it hopes to lift its people out of poverty, many fear that Chad's petroleum revenues might fuel corruption and intensify ethnic rivalries. NPR's Jason Beaubien reports.