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African Wars Cost $300B Over 15 Years

Fighting drained as much money as aid programs contributed

By Caroline Miller,  Newser Staff

Posted Oct 11, 2007 8:39 AM CDT

(Newser) – Armed conflict in Africa over the last 15 years cost nearly $300 billion—equal to the total amount of  aid received by the continent—a report compiled by several NGOs concludes. Liberian president Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, who wrote the report's preface, says that a key move...   Read full story »

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