London — The British government is threatening to withhold aid from resource rich African countries who have failed to show improvements in the transparency of government.
In echoes of the last Conservative government 20 years ago, the UK coalition government says it is prepared to review and cut off aid payments to poor countries with mining wealth that is being diverted by corrupt leaderships.
The Department for International Development (DFID) has particular concerns over Sierra Leone, where Britain has been closely involved in nation building since a military intervention in 2000.
There the government of President Ernest Koroma has been accused of corruption in recent mining deals.
"I'm watching particularly carefully how Sierra Leone intends to exploit its mineral [resources]," Secretary of State for International Development Andrew Mitchell told the Daily Telegraph newspaper.
"It is an important issue that requires openness and transparency and if not I am prepared to act." Mr Mitchell also said the focus would be on "making British aid more effective in reducing poverty through improved transparency and value for money."
However critics asked questions as to how the aid emphasis would be implemented after coalition plans were revealed to cut £560,000 a year from monitoring of human rights failures around the world.
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" .. review and cut off aid payments to poor countries with mining wealth that is being diverted by corrupt leaderships."
These are the predatory plunderers who have benefited (and do benefit) greatly from the corruption.
Now that the white vermin no longer need their erstwhile out-of-office corrupt benefactors, it is time to cast off the baggage and quickly re-adjust and re-align for predation: They resource-poor parasites will re-align themselves with, and appear in step with the aspirations and vision of, the new generation of leaders talking tough, and taking measures, against corruption/bribery by UK - - - with the sole purpose of subverting the natives and the process YET AGAIN.
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[And when the leaders talk decisively about dire retribution/restitution and reparations for centuries of the whites' crimes against humanity and plunder of the Motherland - then it is time for sanctions and for AFRICOM to swing into action to effect regime change. They maintain that they embrace "democracy", "respect for the sovereignty of other nations" and "rule of law". Do you know what they mean? ..]
For the ancestors have said that a vile white predator is one who stops to see where the herd is headed and then steps right in front of them to lead/stampede them there - or elsewhere. [Or was that about a sly politician?]
Here come the second sakozy! CutOff time? We'll chase China and Russia.Britain and America,your door steps are getting slipery already.We need anti slipery pavements,which mainland China is already spreading in Africa.We know you the conservatives of England-selfish Brits.The same British Companies are still exploiting and corruptly extracting our mineral wealth in Sierra Leone and you call us the best country in doing business 2009.