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There is an opportunity to impose accountability on the beneficiaries of DRC’s looting machine

One of the many simple, widely-believed narratives about the Chinese in Africa is that Chinese businesses fuel corruption across the continent. Chinese corporate corruption in Africa is well documented, from allegations of paying off corrupt officials in the Republic of the Congo to illegally logging protected rain forests.Then there is the man known as Sam Pa.

INVESTIGATIONS correspondent at the Financial Times, Tim Burgis published a book in 2017 titled The looting machine. It is kaleidoscope of

China goes to great lengths to differentiate its engagement in Africa from the continent’s former European colonizers by emphasizing so-called “win-win development.” Chinese leaders regularly visit Africa where they emphatically reject the accusation of neo-colonialism and that Beijing is only interested in exploiting the continent’s natural resources.The reality, though, is

Africa: Time for Truth-Telling? Can U.S. President Joe Biden challenge human rights and corruption abuses at the June G7 Summit in Cornwall? By Frank Vogl, June 9, 2021 Takeaways The West’s powerful governments are always quick to state how important Africa is, but then quickly slack off. COVID-19 has encouraged even more corruption and human rights abuses in many sub-Saharan African countries. While not on the world’s radar, the pandemic has pushed tens of millions of Africans into absolute poverty. The West’s most powerful governments are always quick to state how important Afr...