Monday 14 July 2008

China's £4bn drive to buy Africa's mineral wealth - Telegraph

Frederick Kitumbeka, 23, a Congolese road worker, is watched by a Chinese foreman

Full scale work by the Chinese begins to rebuild 2,050 miles of roads in the Democratic Republic of Congo, left to rot in the rainforest after the Belgian colonialists pulled out 48 years ago and further shattered by seven years of war.

The vast project, which will triple Congo's current paved road network, is part of China's largest investment in Africa, a £4.5 billion infrastructure-for-minerals deal signed in January.

China's £4bn drive to buy Africa's mineral wealth - Telegraph

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