Let them eat carbon! The corporate plan to cook Africa in its own fossil fuels

The Ecologist
Mar 17, 2015, 12:30 pm41 pts
Mining corporations, politicians and big NGOs are meeting in London today to plan the future of extractive industries in Africa, write Nnimmo Bassey & Sheila Berry. Absent African civil society and impacted communities, delegates are setting an agenda for 'resource-led development' that will cook the continent…

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