https://africasacountry.com/2023/12/colonialism-is-not-over

The editors have made the conscious choice to vary the angles of attack to understand, and then explain, (neo)colonialism in all its complexity. The region of study is complex too. Most international institutions, think tanks, consultancy firms, and NGOs call it the Middle East and North Africa, or MENA region as if it were a monolith. The region has undeniably many definable common features such as language, culture, and religion, but economic variations within it are sharp. The Yemen-Saudi border, which has been a front of war since 2015, is an example of the most striking contrasts. To its north, 30 million Saudis enjoy a GDP of 646 billion dollars thanks to their oil. To its south, 80% of the 28 million Yemenis need emergency food aid, according to the UN, and the torn country’s GDP is 30 times smaller than the Saudi one.
#NeoColonialCorruption #StopInstallingKleptocratsForResourcesPredation

https://issafrica.org/iss-today/conflict-and-organised-crime-are-razing-cars-rainforests

In what appears to be a historical pattern of #foreign establishments scrambling for the CAR’s natural #resources, the recent incursion of the Russian #WagnerGroup has brought back this #criminalenterprise. Civil society investigative sources have raised concerns about the links between the protracted #conflict and #forestexploitation in the CAR. To cut the timber at almost no cost, #mercenaries have committed #humanrightsabuses, including invading and ‘emptying’ towns and villages – contributing to instability in the #rainforest region.
#BipartisanKleptocracies #NeoColonialCorruption #DeterioratingCarbonSinks #AcceleratingKeelingCurve #civiliancasualties #assange #abolishthepolice