Tom Burgis

Financial Times

Investigations correspondent and former Africa correspondent for the Financial Times; author of the The Looting Machine: Warlords, Oligarchs, Corporations, Smugglers and the Theft of Africa's Wealth

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Elections are set for this weekend in Nigeria, one of the African countries experiencing astonishing economic growth.

Why the "Africa Rising" Narrative Is Misleading

Elections are set for this weekend in Nigeria, one of the African countries experiencing astonishing economic growth.

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