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Europe has plans for Africa’s resources, and not for Africa’s benefit

Shaun Matsheza — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 15:21:07 +0000

The EU aims to green its economy and to become climate-neutral by 2050. However, for this to be achieved, EU countries will need access to raw materials and metals, needed to transform their economies. The series of actions the EU has taken to achieve this, in particular the Critical Raw Materials Act, will only serve to maintain extractivist models of production rooted in colonial times. In the context of competition with Russia, China and the US, the European Union is using trade agreements to secure supply of critical raw materials for its green transition, but Global South countries are not powerless against this attempt at another wave of resource colonialism.

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Can the East African Community stabilise eastern DRC?

Institute for Security Studies — Tue, 01 Nov 2022 09:04:53 +0000

The bloc’s first-ever troop deployment to a member country will test its capacity to resolve complex conflicts.

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Cartoon: King Charles’ 3,000 plus studded diamonds and jewels crown

This Is Africa — Wed, 12 Oct 2022 22:43:14 +0000

The Coronation of King Charles will take place in May, 2023. King Charles is reportedly set to wear a crown with 3,000 plus diamonds and a scepter with a massive diamond taken from colonial-era South Africa. Unsurprisingly, Britain has never faced up to the dark side of its imperial and exploitative history.

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Cartoon | Bobi! Wine and dine with me

This Is Africa — Thu, 06 Oct 2022 20:19:34 +0000

Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine is backing the resolution by the European Union Parliament to delay the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) project over human rights violations.

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Mozambique’s people should come before resources

Institute for Security Studies — Tue, 04 Oct 2022 12:29:47 +0000

Is an obsession with gas profits leading African countries to neglect the security of local populations?

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