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China bankrolling Angola with billions

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After being torn apart by civil war, the Chinese are now investing billions of dollars into Angola. But while its cities are being transformed, divisions are being created which are leaving Angolans far behind.

It's an uncertain time for the world's economies, but China seems to be going from strength to strength, investing billions of dollars into Africa. In Angola, in exchange for rebuilding the country's war-torn infrastructure, China is gaining access to oil and other natural resources. Rui Falcao, a government spokesman, insists Angola is doing well from Chinese investment. "The international community turned their back on us. The only country that came to help us at the time, to get the country going again, was China". Yet behind the gleaming tower blocks and shopping centres lies a growing Angolan underclass. "The government is not able to find jobs for Angolans. What's worse they give labouring jobs to Chinese, not Angolans", says Liusete Araujo, a presidential candidate. For some, the situation is becoming desperate. "I am disabled and here I am with no wages, nothing. I fought to free our country and now I'm suffering." Remarkably, with a predicted growth of 8% this year, Angola is on course to become one of the world's top economic performers. The question is, at what cost?

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November 2011

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[NeoLeaver]

@heucatia solidarity brother.

[freest2dogg]

@Laitalafraise Why don't you go to egypt or the musuem in London. Or go talk to an egyptiologist. I bet that they would take you out of your ignorant. I assure you that they would tell you the only time black rule in egypt was when the kingdom of kush conquer egypt. But if you think that their some sort of secret society composed by white and arabs trying to steal the black race history. Then i can say is your fucked. must be painful to live in a world where you think the world is against you.

[Laitalafraise]

@freest2dogg : I don't know where you come from, and if you're even black (as in, "african blood"), but in Africa, people don't have the same complexion. Senegalese people are very dark-skineed, and others not so much.

Anyway, you're not even reading my comments so there's no use keeping on arguing with you. I guess we agree to disagree.

[Laitalafraise]

@freest2dogg : As for the skin, unlike you, I have various interpretations : it can be that Tut was lighter, it can be an egyptian way of representing things (like the women on the murals were lighter in complexion than the men), it can be the white people that scratched the paint in order to hide the fact that black people ruled in Egypt. It can be a lot of things, I'm not narrow-minded.

[Laitalafraise]

@freest2dogg : Obviously, you don't know it but Nubia was a kingdom near Egypt and they were enemies, just like the French were enemies of the English. And guess what ? Enemies fight !

[Laitalafraise]

@freest2dogg : "part4 I also want you to answer me this. What do you think of the picture of Tutankum your black egyptian attacking the black nubians. Btw his sking is drawn lighter than the nubians."

Part 4 : you want me to answer you question whereas you never answered any of my questions, or commented on any of my point. You're not even reading my comments. But I'm not like you, so I interact.

[Laitalafraise]

@freest2dogg :

Part 3 : Link of Herodotus ? Then if I consider ancient egyptians as people with "black blood", and nubians, I don't think black people lived in caves.

[Laitalafraise]

@freest2dogg : " How ever to describe the neanderland theory is another way to debunked your theory of egypt being rule by blacks. but i don't want to get into much details with that because it is seem offensive. ANd to me is just a theory."I don't understand what you're saying.

"In fact the egypitans of today by dna they have more african gene than arab" What is "african gene" for you ?

[Laitalafraise]

@freest2dogg : "You say that ancient egyptians are only black." I did not say that. Read my comments thorougly.

" Now going back to the egypt images it is even show egyptians painted with blonde hair around 6,100 b.c. " Could you give me a link to this blond-haird ancient egyptian ?

[freest2dogg]

@Laitalafraise part4 I also want you to answer me this. What do you think of the picture of Tutankum your black egyptian attacking the black nubians. Btw his sking is drawn lighter than the nubians.