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New fighting threatens newly-productive oil fields.
And, a lively controversy has burned internationally over humanitarian aid programs that buy slaves in order to give them their freedom. Some NGOs claim it is a necessary, desperate measure, for lack of other solutions. The bitter struggle has nearly destroyed the country.