Thursday, October 7, 2021

Illegal Chinese Timber Merchants Untouchable in Mozambique

 The China Africa Project posted on 7 October 2021 a brief interview titled "How Illegal Chinese Logging Fuels the Islamic Insurgency in Mozambique" with Cliff Mboya and Henry Tugendhat.  

China imports over 90 percent of Mozambique's hardwood timber.  Chinese traders purchase illegally harvested timber from across the country.  Due to corruption in Mozambique, Chinese timber traders are considered to be "untouchable" when called to account.