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Title:A secret document from Zaire
Author:Anonymous
Year:1977
Periodical:Race and Class
Volume:19
Issue:2
Pages:173-180
Language:English
Geographic terms:Congo (Democratic Republic of)
Germany
Subjects:private enterprises
tenancy
Abstract:Complete text of an agreement between Zaire and a West German company (OTRAG: Orbital Transport and Missiles Ltd.) This 'treaty' breaks entirely new ground in the era of neocoloniallism: for the first time an 'independent' African state has in effect irrevocably ceded to a foreign company national sovereignty over a territory. The territory in question is the eastern part of Shaba province, formely Katanga; the company may make use of it 'without any restriction', to the extent of expelling all the inhabitants, plundering its natural wealth, inviting anyone else to enter and bearing no legal responsibility for the destruction of the environment.
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