How much is Africa benefitting from the extraction of its abundant resources?
![Extractive industries' link to environmental destruction has been well documented, writes Manji. [AFP]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/2014611145555381893_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
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Independent African states never broke with the legacy and structures of colonialism.
![In 2012, 34 people died after South African security forces opened fire on striking Marikana miners [Reuters].](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/201472910447227360_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
The greatest disservice to Mandela is to reduce his life to a fairy tale.
![Mandela was many things to many people [Al Jazeera]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/20131276275630734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Tax havens are allowing a “tiny global elite” to “extract trillions of dollars” from rich and poor countries alike.
