The looting machine: warlords, tycoons, smugglers and the systematic theft of Africa's wealth [William Collins paperback edition] 9780007523108, 9780007523115, 0007523106

Introduction: A curse of riches -- Futungo, Inc. -- "It is forbidden to piss in the park" -- Incubators of pov

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English Pages xi, 321 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 20 cm Year 2016;2015

The looting machine: warlords, tycoons, smugglers and the systematic theft of Africa's wealth [William Collins paperback edition]
9780007523108, 9780007523115, 0007523106

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Table of contents :
Introduction: A curse of riches --
Futungo, Inc. --
"It is forbidden to piss in the park" --
Incubators of poverty --
Guanxi --
When elephants fight, the grass gets trampled --
A bridge to Beijing --
Finance and cyanide --
God has nothing to do with it --
Black gold --
The new money kings.

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