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The new scramble for Africa

The new scramble for Africa
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The Wall Street Journal
By Walter Russell MeadWe need to talk about Africa. With major wars raging in Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo, increased Chinese and Russian activity, jihadi terrorists gaining ground in many places, and American foreign aid on the chopping block, the failed US policy in Africa is past due for some new thinking.To think clearly about Africa, we have to discard some accumulated nonsense and illusions that get in the way.Power vacuum  To begin, we must drop the myth, endlessly promoted by the NGO-industrial complex of consult...

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