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VOA: Africa’s Ties to North Korea Extend Beyond Isolated Military Deals
WASHINGTON — As the U.N. investigates at least seven African countries for possible violations of United Nations sanctions on North Korea, many other countries across the continent have, in recent years, deepened their economic ties to the reclusive Asian regime.
From 2000 to 2015, exports from North Korea to Burkina Faso, Mozambique and Zambia increased by an average annual growth rate of 1.58 percent. Imports from Benin, Senegal and Mozambique saw an average annual growth rate of 1.84 percent during the same period. Across Africa, goods traded with North Korea span an array of sectors and amount to more than $100 million annually.
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WNU Editor: For more on North Korea's arms deals to Africa, check out this link .... Sanctioned and Shunned, North Korea Finds Arms Deals in Africa (VOA).
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I heard this on the radio & voila WNU has the story. So the story penetrated the news markets via radio and internet. Nightly news cast?
I do not think the African leaders give a flying ____. Neither do the other kleptocrats. If Orwell could have lived to see this.
Does the leadership group of Angola care? The president's daughter is worth around $ 3 billion. What product, hardware or software, or service did she legitimately sell to earn that much money?
"The future looks bright for Angola's dos Santos clan" - DW
www.dw.com/en/the-future-looks-bright-for-angolas-dos-santos-clan/a-40508953
"...outgoing President Jose Eduardo dos Santos and his family look as entrenched in power as ever.
...Dos Santos and his clan have "appropriated the country's entire economy" ..."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabel_dos_Santos
Aizino,
I regret not posting this story earlier. African countries have been busting sanctions to North Korea for years, and it deserves from more coverage than what it has received. On a side note, my Chinese friends tell me that it is via through North Korea that many African poachers sell their ivory.
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