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A Mission to Civilise?

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on BBC Radio 4 FM

Ofeibea Quist-Arcton explores the secretive ties that maintain French-colonial attitudes in Africa.
1: Gabon - the Oil-Rigged State. For the past 30 years, Gabon has been ruled by Omar Bongo. Known as "Africa's Kuwait", this tiny country has huge mineral resources, yet the majority of the population lives in a state of utter poverty.
Producer Lucy Ash. Repeated Sunday 5pm

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Omar Bongo.
Producer:
Lucy Ash.
Source: Radio Times

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