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Chinese Energy Scheme Threatens Ethiopians
In 2013, Poly-GCL Petroleum Group, a partnership between China Poly and closely held Hong Kong-based Golden Concord Group Ltd., signed five production-sharing agreements with Ethiopia to explore for oil and gas in the country’s Ogaden region. The...
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Russia’s Nefarious Aims in Africa
While the world is focused on impending war sparked by Russian imperial dreams in eastern Europe, Vladimir Putin has his eyes set on Africa, and his aims are not to develop the continent’s economies and its people, but rather to get all he can...
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Central African Republic’s Forgotten Crisis
The world is full of crises, so many in fact that some drop off the radar screen. When I worked in Congress, South Sudan and Mali were at or near the top of the list of concerns. Nigeria has not faded from that list, but a lack of solutions has...
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Africa’s Terrorist Threat
Terrorist organizations have operated around the world for decades – in the Americas, Europe and Asia. However, the now-rapid spread of terrorism in Africa with international links is a relatively recent phenomenon. Groups such al-Shabaab and...
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South African Façade Crumbles
Many of us who have traveled widely in Africa have been asked to recommend a first place to go on the continent by new Africa sojourners. I often say Egypt or Kenya, but many will suggest they go to South Africa because it is the most...
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Is Goma Cursed or Just Unfortunate?
Some places on Earth are situated in the wrong area. Either it lies in a geographically dangerous zone or it happens to be in the midst of political upheaval. Goma, the capital of North Kivu Province in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo...
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