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US Chief culprit in Africas problemsBy Phillip MagwazaTHE United States role in destabilising Africa so as to plunder its resources continues to be exposed. Ahead of US Secretary of State Collin Powells visit to Africa where he sought to lecture African leaders, among them President Mugabe on democracy, some American legislators had begun exposing the dirty role of US foreign policy in Africa. Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney of Florida, in her presentation in Washington DC on April 16 [2001], attacked the US government for its covert action in Africa in a speech entitled:A Smocking Gun in Washington DC. Ms McKinney said the West had for decades plundered Africas wealth and permitted and even assisted in slaughtering the people of the continent. The West has been doing this while still shrewdly cultivating the myth that much of Africas problems today are African made. We have heard the usual defences that Africas problems are the fault of corrupt African administrations, the fault of unsophisticated peoples and centuries old tribal hatreds. But we know the statements are a lie. (to read more) 2:04 AM - Aug. 30, 2005 - post comment
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