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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/oct/23/equatorial-guinea-africa-corruption-kleptocracy
TIL Equatorial Guinea built a complex of 52 identical mansions with helipads, one for every African leader attending the week-long African Union summit. The houses are all empty
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It’s worth reading about [Gbadolite](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gbadolite), where the dictator Mobutu siphoned off money into his hometown in the 1980s and 1990s and even flew Concorde trips directly from there to Paris to shop.
Money sure makes people crazy.
Amazing, the wisdom of Africa 😍