Arguably though, the development of some military personnel and infrastructure for colonial benefit(also a pool of manpower for extraterritorial wars, such as the French in IndoChina) provided a potent enough springboard for the military to play a role in post-independence affairs. ... As the Sierra Leone Development Company as an example, Hoogvelt and Tinker(1978) detail how a colonial enterprise would extract resources for profit in the metropole, with little benefit for the indigenes. ... After independence, the state became little more than a supporter of the company. While more Africans w...

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It is probably the most environmentally preserved and beautiful place in the world, but it is also a continent dominated by hunger, civil wars, AIDS, and corruption. ... Civil wars, poor governance, a decrease in foreign aid, and high oil prices have damaged reform programs. ... That is why companies prefer do invest in Egypt, where there is some established order in business and politics, and move away from countries like Nigeria and Uganda, where there is total chaos. ... Big companies like MacDonald's and IBM should open their franchises in South Africa. ... Big companies from the outs...

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If the task given by Kurtz was to die, the Africans died; if the task was to wage war against other tribal groups, so as to enlarge ivory hunting grounds, the Africans killed; if the task was to fend off approaching Europeans, the Africans followed this and every other order with draconian obedience. ... In an expository Kurtz had presented to the company, it had outlined his belief that all the Africans should be terminated, "exterminate the brutes-, were his own words. ... Now, consider for a minute a business management team acquiring a new company; whether it is through mergers, or hostile...

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-------- is a global, multinational company with one specific goal: to provide cheap, delicious, quality chocolate to as many people as possible. ... Naturally, other businessmen took note, and other companies provide competition" (Off 51). ... Economic condition in Africa spiraled down in the post- Second World War period as the empires channeled all resource into rebuilding their own countries. ... Prices bottomed out, to their own advantage and to that of their buyer-chocolate companies. ... Many others also risk their lives to extend the truth more in Ivory although they know they might s...

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Old imperialists recognized the economic burden in colonization as it could possibly lead to colonial wars and raise taxes, hence harming their economic interest. ... The political structure of the 1 (Chris Talbot, 1999) colonies was left intact as it was never the main intention of the corporate companies govern unless it interfered with their economic interests. ... A typical example was Dutch colonialism in the form of the V.O.C., or Dutch East India Company, which lasted from 1605 to 1799. ... Gradually, corporate enterprises which had the disadvantage of having to keep making profits...

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New "super chemicals" have been in use by the general public since as early as World War II. ... During World War II, soldiers were sprayed with large amounts of DDT to protect them from head lice, which causes typhus. ... The chemical companies were speculating an eradication of insect-borne diseases that excited millions of people. After the war, DDT was used for insect control all over the world. ... In 1980, the Tower Chemical Company had spilled the pesticide dicofol near the lake. ...

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War is raging in Africa, and thousands are killed each day. ... The war is AIDS. ... In l998, 200,00 Sub Saharan Africans died in war, but two million died of AIDS. ... In addition, pharmaceutical companies are eager to provide cheap drugs for AIDS patients. ...

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