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@FT investigations correspondent | Author of The Looting Machine | tom[dot]burgis[at]ft[dot]com | PGP: 6D6F 0479 5DCD 3C9C 76A6 C1B0 F96E 5A06 0527 3325
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I'm busy reading the #TheLootingMachine by @tomburgis. @DrOlaBello and @Ianpgary how do we end the plunder of Africa’s #extractives?
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OUCAN is hosting @tomburgis on 27 April to discuss his book, The Looting Machine. More information available here: http://oucan.politics.ox.ac.uk/index.php/events/details/27-book-launch-qthe-looting-machineq-by-tom-burgis …
Essential reading for #China-#Africa watchers: @JKynge of @FT on the shifts in Beijing's cheque-book diplomacy http://m.ft.com/cms/s/0/2bb4028a-cbf0-11e4-aeb5-00144feab7de.html …
Next Tuesday (March 24) at @SOAS: some fine thinkers (and me) chew over #TheLootingMachine. Free wine too. http://www.royalafricansociety.org/event/looting-machine-systematic-theft-africas-wealth …
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Zimbabwe has lost an estimated $12 billion through illegal trade involving multinational companies from rich... http://fb.me/1DLyf5b6G
1 retweetThe Obama administration's war on journalists' confidential sources: @JamesRisen, the NSA & the deep state http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2015/feb/19/james-risen-reporter-resists-his-government/ …
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Finally got my hands on "how to marry a politician and survive". It was next to some trash by @tomburgis pic.twitter.com/laANU6Bsad
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The 2013 Budget Trickery and the Looting in the TB Sanatorium in #Angola http://bit.ly/1GU6uYm pic.twitter.com/L9FxFXicfS
Children rescued from Boko Haram are so traumatized that they forgot their names - The Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2015/03/13/children-rescued-from-boko-haram-are-so-traumatized-that-they-forgot-their-names/?tid=pm_world_pop …
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Looking fwd to #CHAfricaEx discussion w/ Kerfalla Yansané, @RosalindKainyah, @GoldmanSachs, @tomburgis, @IanPGary & @ChathamHouse on Monday
Struggling South African power utility suspends its CEO - http://FT.com http://on.ft.com/1EDryBq via @FT
The missing audit into Nigeria’s missing billions - http://FT.com http://on.ft.com/1GJTm7O via @FT
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How Chinese fake textiles put thousands on Nigeria’s streets http://www.bdlive.co.za/africa/africanbusiness/2015/03/09/how-chinese-fake-textiles-put-thousands-on-nigerias-streets …; Extracted from @tomburgis's 'The Looting Machine'
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Look what just arrived! Looking forward to reading this by @tomburgis pic.twitter.com/QAe6U7eML4
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What does the Petrobras corruption scandal reveal about Brazil's efforts to tackle corruption? http://on.ft.com/1wWuWF7
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Read it again: Our Pilita Clarke's prize-winning series on a World Without Water post @PressAwardsuk http://on.ft.com/1wXi9lS
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HSBC officials: "we were "horrified" to discover tax schemes." In fact, 1st response was to order Gdn to destroy documents
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'This intelligent book should give us all pause for thought when we fill our cars with petrol' #TheLootingMachine by @tomburgis @thetimes
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