Mutinous soldiers ousted the West African nation’s democratically elected president hours after surrounding his home. It is the latest in a string of coups across the African continent.
It's easy to forget because of the opulence, but European countries are pretty poor in resources and have been for a while. Industrial capitalism squeezed out most of what was left. This is why the poor countries (Europe, US, Canada, other than oil) refuse to let the rich countries (Africa, South America) gain any power for themselves.
Burkina Faso has rich deposits of gold, zinc, copper, manganese as well as iron, nickel, limestone, dolomite and phosphates.
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It's easy to forget because of the opulence, but European countries are pretty poor in resources and have been for a while. Industrial capitalism squeezed out most of what was left. This is why the poor countries (Europe, US, Canada, other than oil) refuse to let the rich countries (Africa, South America) gain any power for themselves.
Burkina Faso is RICH! It's just the people that are poor.
Hold on, I’m starting to notice a pattern
:parenti: it's not underdeveloped, it's overexploited