How progressive neo-colonialism seeks to keep Africans in poverty

By Will Coggin

Published August 30, 2018 4:00am ET

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How progressive neo-colonialism seeks to keep Africans in poverty — In this 2002 photo, Aluniya Ngulube gathers corn from the scene of an accident where a truck carrying corn had spilled its load on a road in Mumpansha, Zambia. | (AP Photo/Salim Henry)

There are 640 million people in Africa who have no access to electricity. And extreme environmentalists in the West aren’t pleased with the methods Africans are using to lower that number.

A recent report from the group Oil Change International laments the progress African nations are making in utilizing more fossil fuels, in part thanks to funds from China and the World Bank Group.

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