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development aid

Is Africa being auctioned to China?

September 5, 2018

“Africa would be free again, it would gain its place of pride and independence from being a pawn on the chess board of world politics and global dominance”.

As what can be referred to as “the rush for …

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Theresa May in Africa: Cynical post-Brexit development agenda smacks of desperation

Michael Jennings

September 3, 2018

British ministers in 1948 discussed development investment needs for African colonial territories. The focus was not on the needs of those countries, but on how colonial development might best support the British economy. There was also a political calculation to …