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The only reason that some Europeans countries still have power in Africa, is because they prop up various regimes with military assistance. *Cough* France *Cough*
That's highly inaccurate. The overwhelming majority of European influence in Africa today comes from the 'deals' their companies impose on African nations in exchange for 'economic investment'. European companies offer to provide a few hundred jobs in certain cities in exchange for having monopolies in some industries. BAE and Tony Blair for example were selling highly expensive and useless aeronautical equipment to nations in Southern Africa. The fact that most of these African nations were already highly indebted to European powers did not seem to be a problem for England. Who cares about the millions who starve because their desperate governments can be swindled for millions? When the deal was exposed, because it was a private transaction, nothing happened and it did not affect England's human rights record.