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virgildotcodestoday at 3:14 AM2 repliesview on HN

Are you under the impression that western activity in Africa ceased with the end of colonialism? No fomented coups, conflicts, revolutions, arms and funding for rebel groups, continuous bribes and support to corrupt government officials to secure the flow of oil, minerals, etc. out of those countries into western hands? No proxy wars between the west and the USSR?

Read more about the history of the continent.


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econtoday at 4:45 AM

Like you should stop blaming someone half way beating you up.

Running away seems a valid option. Europe seems a good place to run to. Who would have thought.

refurbtoday at 5:23 AM

Africa is a continent. Be specific which countries and what coups and revolutions.

If I look at a country like Zimbabwe, it’s in worse shape than when it became independent and the West had not interfered. If anything it supported it with development funds.

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