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Sources: SIPRI Arms Transfers, Embargoes databases. The Washington Post.
Sources: SIPRI Arms Transfers, Embargoes databases. The Washington Post.
China’s Arms Exports Flooding Sub-Saharan Africa -- Washington Post
UNITED NATIONS — China’s arms exports have surged over the past decade, flooding sub-Saharan Africa with a new source of cheap assault rifles and ammunition and exposing Beijing to international scrutiny as its lethal wares wind up in conflict zones in violation of U.N. sanctions.
Weapons from China have surfaced in a string of U.N. investigations in war zones stretching from the Democratic Republic of the Congo to Ivory Coast, Somalia and Sudan. China is by no means alone in supplying the arms that help fuel African conflicts, and there is no proof that China or its arms exporters have intentionally violated U.N. embargoes in any of those countries.
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My Comment: The Chinese buy the minerals that they need .... and pay it with weapons. Good deal for China .... a shitty one for Africa.