
Robbing Africa By Oil
Africa, despite encompassing many third world countries is a very economically important country within the world. Over 16% of America’s oil imports came from Africa showing that it is still a significant part of the U.S. middle east reliance.
Furthermore it explains that China has been robbing Africa of its resources and that the U.S. feels it may need to step in and help get things all sorted out. Executives from top oil companies such as Exxon mobile are discussing and coming together with other major international firms to build an oil pipeline all the way to the United States from Africa which may cost around 3.7 Billion.
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explains some of the reasons behind U.S. interests in Africa.