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This is a real long read, and I have to admit that I have yet to
to finish doing so, but from what I have managed to read so far,
I totally agree with Global Witness that the West needs to bring to an
abrupt halt their actions that 'creates' conditions for corruption when
doing business in Africa.

The link from the BBC site for an editorial on the story
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/business/newsid_1892000/1892790.stm

and a 64 page report from global Witness' site
http://www.fatbeehive.com/globalwitness/downloads/All_the_Presidents_Men.pdf.

Regards
Manneh
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Global Witness latest Report:

All the Presidents Men
The devastating story of oil and banking in Angola's privatised war.
All the Presidents Men is the product of two years of investigations, and
provides an update on the
campaign for full transparency in the oil and banking sector. It continues an
exposé, which started with
December's A Crude Awakening, into the mechanisms of wholesale state robbery in
Angola.

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