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Thread on mining controversy between Canadian company Barrick Gold & #Tanzania: #Canada should pay attention 2 this: http://buff.ly/2shpoFg pic.twitter.com/M3bQcMvzOk
2/ Note that the Canadian High Commissioner to Tanzania attended the meeting between Barrick and Tanzanian President Magufuli.
3/ @BarrickGold is the world's largest gold company, its subsidiary Acacia Mining embroiled in controversy. TZ govt banned mineral exports
4/ Mineral export ban after 2 reports say Acacia avoided paying proper tax, & understated value of what was exporting. This went on 4 years
/5 Fellow Canadians this a story to follow. Western govt's celebrate giving aid while extracting enormous resources fm poorer countries.
/6 Here's a recent report outlining the sheer amount of resources extracted from African countries vs. provided in aid $ fm rich countries
/7 The link is here. The difference is in the billions of dollars. https://www.healthpovertyaction.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Honest-Accounts-2017-1.pdf …
You might be interested in this https://www.cgdev.org/blog/inflated-expectations-about-mineral-export-misinvoicing-are-having-real-consequences-tanzania … (case is not as clear as the narrative of illicit flows)
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