The Looting Machine: Warlords, Tycoons, Smugglers and the Systematic Theft of Africa’s WealthOverseas Press Club Award Winner 2016 A shocking investigative journey into the way the resource trade wreaks havoc on Africa, The Looting Machine explores the dark underbelly of the global economy. Africa: the worlds poorest continent and, arguably, its richest. While accounting for just 2 percent of global GDP, it is home to 15 per cent of the planets crude oil, 40 per cent of its gold and 80 per cent of its platinum. A third of the earths mineral