Burundian President Varisito Ndayishimiye has announced that his country has discovered oil fields with the capacity to extract many barrels of oil per day, adding that Burundi is richer than the United States and China. The oil fields were discovered in the Rugombo Basin and Lake Tanganyika, as President Ndayishimiye announced on June 2, 2026. He said that if these fields are properly developed, they could help the country become self-sufficien…
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Burundian President Varisito Ndayishimiye has announced that his country has discovered oil fields with the capacity to extract many barrels of oil per day, adding that Burundi is richer than the United States and China. The oil fields were discovered in the Rugombo Basin and Lake Tanganyika, as President Ndayishimiye announced on June 2, 2026. He said that if these fields are properly developed, they could help the country become self-sufficien…