Africa

The "dark continent", almost completely overrun by European colonialists, now full of nominally independent governments. Its exploitation continues in a range of more modern, complex, forms, such as land grabbing.

Africa (Continent)

Colonisation

Almost all of Africa was colonised by European powers, especially Britain and France.

Decolonization

Nominal independence was granted to the former colonies throughout the 20th century.

Land grabbing

Full article: Land grabbing

Africa has undergone a boom in land grabbing as foreign investors sought assets likely to be unaffected by, or even to benefit from the global economic events after 2008.

Militarization

Of the The US military has a "quiet but ever-expanding presence on the continent", which has been termed a "shadow war".

“Of the 53 armed forces in Africa, 41 (or 77 percent) received U.S. military training.”
 (April 1999) 

 

Nation states

Nation state	Description
Algeria	Formerly colonised by France.
Angola	South West African state
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon	West African state
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Comoros
Côte d'Ivoire
Democratic Republic of the Congo	A large country in central Africa, the majority of the former 'Belgian Congo'.
Djibouti
Egypt	Strategically important due particularly to the Suez canal.
Equatorial Guinea
Ethiopia
Gabon
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea Bissau
Kenya	Former UK colony in East Africa
Liberia
Libya	Libya has larger proven oil reserves than any other African nation, ranking 9th in the world. It was provided with a lot of bomb making equipment in the late 1970s in the Arms for Libya clandestine weapons deal. NATO airstrikes killed 60,000 Libyan civilians in 2011.
Madagascar	A large island off southern Africa
Malawi	Former UK colony in East Africa
Mali
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mozambique	South East African state, former Portugese colony
Namibia	A diamond rich territory, formerly occupied by South Africa
Niger
Nigeria	A populous, highly oil/gas rich nation in Africa.
Senegal
Sierra Leone	A global cocaine trafficking hub in West Africa
Somalia
South Africa	A former UK colony
Sudan
Swaziland
Tanzania	Former UK colony in East Africa
Togo
Tunisia
Uganda	Former UK colony in East Africa
Zambia
Zimbabwe

 

Event

Event
Dag Hammarskjöld/Premature death

 

Related Documents

Title	Type	Publication date	Author(s)	Description
Document:Libya – Unbearable Lightness of Being, Africa 1	webpage	29 August 2011	Anis H. Bajrektarevic
Document:Statement from the Pan African Improvement Organisation	statement	27 August 2011	Akili Secka
Document:The Destabilization of Africa	article	1 January 2014	Carla Stea	Global power block machinations over the mineral wealth of Africa
Document:The real invasion of Africa is not news	article	31 January 2013	John Pilger	The real character of renewed US and Western involvement in Africa
Document:Who pulls Boko Haram’s strings?	interview	16 July 2013	Keith Harmon-Snow	Keith Harmon-Snow interviewed by Voice of Russia about Boko Haram and the beneficiaries of their activities

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