Posted by Matt in July 24th, 2009 |
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LAGOS, Nigeria — Remember that Nigerian prince who contacted you a few months back, saying he’d pay you to help transfer his inheritance to the United States?
All he needed was your bank account details, and you’d be well on the way to riches — or at least on the way to seeing your riches siphoned [...]
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Posted by Matt in June 1st, 2009 |
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The story in photos behind the fight for Nigeria’s oil wealth.
During a scene in the Leonardo DiCaprio film “Blood Diamond,” an elderly African man surveys a village destroyed in Sierra Leone’s vicious civil war and laments the violence tearing his country apart as rebels and government forces fight for control over access to diamonds and [...]
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