France appeared to aver dictator Muammar Gadaffi's denunciation of a "new feudalism" represented by land grabs by third countries in Africa. South Korea has 1.7 million acres for wheat in Sudan; the United Arab Emirates is also a landlord in the Sudan.

Great petroleum potential in the Great Lakes Region of Africa.

The ordinary African is in the cross-fire of struggles over land and resources, but not of his choice. When elephants dance, the grass is trampled.