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The World Bank and the IMF (the International Monetary Fund) were set up during the end of the Second World War to rebuild the economies of Europe. However, in order for the world bank and the IMF to implement their policies, they (the world bank and the IMF) began offering loans to poor countries but only if the poor countries privatized their economies and allowed western corporations free access to their raw materials and markets. That was a poverty trap and many poor countries realized it...
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Not long ago, some of us (Africans back home) only saw Chinese people in "Kung fu" martial arts movies. We learned about China through characters like Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan. It may surprise you to know however that, over a million Chinese investors have permanently settled in Africa today with their families.
They (the Chinese investors) are coming with their families not because they love Africa as a home but because they know there is money and more money to be made in Africa. The Chinese...
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A recent research report released by a group of UK and Africa-based NGOs suggests that, while western countries send about $30bn in development aid to Africa each year, more than six times that amount leaves the continent, "mainly to the same countries providing the aid". In other words, western countries hide under the banner of "aid" to loot Africa.
Almost all the foreign aid Africa receives each and every year, end up in private bank accounts in foreign lands. In Africa, foreign aid fuels...
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According to my grandfather, it doesn't make much sense to pray for smooth mountains. Why? Because smooth mountains are quite slippery making them almost impossible to climb. Wisdom flattens mountains while stupidity turns mountains into deeper valleys. The goat is one of the most stubborn creatures on earth yet in the land of wisdom, the sheep often dies faster than the goat even though the sheep is quite a peaceful and obedient creature. It is good to be obedient and respectful especially...
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Every great empire has longed for ownership of Africa for the same basic reasons. Africa is the most profitable corner of the world. In other words, no empire can grow, prosper and sustain itself without some “Africa”. Africa’s unimaginable treasures, minerals, and raw materials are the “backbone” on which empires grow and flourish. And talking about treasures, minerals, and raw materials, it may surprise you to know that, there is no richer country on earth than the Democratic Republic of...
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