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WhoIsNumberNone

(7,875 posts) Wed Dec 30, 2015, 10:31 AM Dec 2015

Top 5 Poorest countries in the World

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Top 5 Poorest countries in the World (Original Post) WhoIsNumberNone Dec 2015 OP

Who benefits from keeping these natural resource-rich nations in this condition? valerief Dec 2015 #1

It also occurred to me that it's no coincidence they're all in Africa WhoIsNumberNone Dec 2015 #2

valerief

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1. Who benefits from keeping these natural resource-rich nations in this condition?

Reply to WhoIsNumberNone (Original post)

Wed Dec 30, 2015, 12:36 PM

Dec 2015

Natural resources of
5) Liberia: gold, oil, diamonds, timber
4) Burundi: minerals
3) Somalia: minerals, natural gas
2) Zimbabwe: gold, other minerals
1) Dem Repub of Congo: diamonds, gold, oil, other minerals

WhoIsNumberNone

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2. It also occurred to me that it's no coincidence they're all in Africa

Reply to valerief (Reply #1)

Wed Dec 30, 2015, 01:00 PM

Dec 2015

...and it's not like these countries are resource-poor. It's just that the corrupt, two-bit dictators who were left behind when the Europeans pulled out exchanged all the mineral rights for magic beans back in the 40s & 50s.

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