Yeah. When you really unpack the centuries of imperialism, and the frequency with which power/territory has changed hands in the Global South (by design), any progress towards equity is nice.
I think it's still wild though that in the year 2023, a company owned by people from another country can just buy access to mines in Africa and export any of the wealth.
Wilder still is that
get pissed off at immigrants. They're fine benefiting from the wealth they get from these places, but god forbid any of that wealth goes to the people who had it stolen.
Mali's mining sector is dominated by foreign companies, including the Canadian firms Barrick Gold and B2Gold, Australia's Resolute Mining and the British Hummingbird Resources.
Imperialism is totally over because British colonial infantry aren't openly gunning down people in the streets, tho.
