Hedge Funds "Buying" Huge Land Tracts in Africa (pri.org)

3 points by draggnar ↗ HN
Reports of tanks being used against indigenous people in the absence of land rights. Worth a listen.

"With the collapse of the housing market, there is a drive for the new commodity to invest in, Mittal said. "These hedge funds are promising returns of 25 to 40 percent." Mittal called this the new investment bubble.

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