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What is a SLAVE - A slave is a person who works under full
control of foreigners within his own country.
What is a HALF-SLAVE - A half-slave is a person who works under full
control of foreigners outside of his country
but who has the right to return back
home empty handed.

How China has created a new slave empire in Africa	Arab States 'neo-colonial' Food Grab
Out of desperation, much of the continent is selling itself into a new era of corruption and virtual slavery as China seeks to buy up all the metals, minerals and oil she can lay her hands on: copper for electric and telephone cables, cobalt for mobile phones and jet engines - the basic raw materials of modern life. Read more	By acquiring farmland abroad and shipping the produce home without providing any to the countries where they are operating, the Arab states could cut food prices for their own people by 20 percent to 25 percent through bypassing world markets. But many of the countries whose farmland is being snapped up are already unable to feed their own people, and it may be just a matter of time before that triggers anti-government unrest and the resource wars that many fear will erupt in the coming decades. Read more

How China has created a new slave empire in Africa

Arab States 'neo-colonial' Food Grab

Out of desperation, much of the continent is selling itself into a new era of corruption and virtual slavery as China seeks to buy up all the metals, minerals and oil she can lay her hands on: copper for electric and telephone cables, cobalt for mobile phones and jet engines - the basic raw materials of modern life.

By acquiring farmland abroad and shipping the produce home without providing any to the countries where they are operating, the Arab states could cut food prices for their own people by 20 percent to 25 percent through bypassing world markets. But many of the countries whose farmland is being snapped up are already unable to feed their own people, and it may be just a matter of time before that triggers anti-government unrest and the resource wars that many fear will erupt in the coming decades.

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India faces colonialism claims over 'land-grab' in Africa
India once the colonial jewel of Britain's empire, has been accused of "neo-colonialism" in Africa where its entrepreneurs are buying up agricultural estates and taking advantage of cheap labour. Indian farming companies have bought hundreds of thousands of hectares in Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Senegal and Mozambique, where they are growing rice, sugar cane, maize and lentils for their home market. Devinder Sharma, of India's Forum for Biotechnology and Food Security, said the companies buying up African land to export food were "food pirates" and compared them with English companies that shipped food from Ireland during the 19th-century potato famine. Read more

India faces colonialism claims over 'land-grab' in Africa

India once the colonial jewel of Britain's empire, has been accused of "neo-colonialism" in Africa where its entrepreneurs are buying up agricultural estates and taking advantage of cheap labour. Indian farming companies have bought hundreds of thousands of hectares in Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Senegal and Mozambique, where they are growing rice, sugar cane, maize and lentils for their home market. Devinder Sharma, of India's Forum for Biotechnology and Food Security, said the companies buying up African land to export food were "food pirates" and compared them with English companies that shipped food from Ireland during the 19th-century potato famine.

Read more