PODCAST: 通訳担当tensaimon translates 51.お金持ちの国はアフリカの富を盗んでいる / rich nations are stealing Africa’s wealth
Channel: tensaimon
Date: 13/02/2022

アフリカというと、だいたい「貧しいところ」のイメージが浮かんでくるけど、本当は資源豊かだけどその富は国際会社や金融制度の動きによって盗まれている。

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今日の記事のLINK：
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2017/5/24/africa-is-not-poor-we-are-stealing-its-wealth/
関連LINKS：
http://www.globaljustice.org.uk/sites/default/files/files/resources/honest_accounts_2017_web_final.pdf
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-59206814
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2017/4/12/africas-natural-resources-from-curse-to-a-blessing/

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https://ejje.weblio.jp/content/undermine
https://ejje.weblio.jp/content/Extraction

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TRANSCRIPT: 
おはようございます、サイモン天才モンの
ネット通訳担当tensaimon translates the internet へよこそう
塘路の斧ですが、英語圏のインターネットを日本語母国語のあなたにわかりやすくする番~で〜す！
テーマは：社会善！社会を改善して・・・世界を救おうことだね・・・
一緒に頑張っていきましょうか？

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OPENING:NET ARTICLE
今日はネット記事を紹介しますから、so let's fire up the interconnected network of computers, and see what we can find........oh wow this looks interesting:

今日の記事はaljazeera.comからです
Africa is not poor, we are stealing its wealth, その訳, 
By Nick Dearden, Global Justice Now,  
May 2017
はい、読み上げながら、まとめながら、訳しましょう！
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"Africa is poor, but we can try to help its people.”
It’s a simple statement, repeated through a thousand images, newspaper stories and charity appeals each year, so that it takes on the weight of truth – it creates our image of Africa.

Let's try something different: Africa is rich, but we steal its wealth.

According to a report by campaigning groups, Africa loses $41bn ($410億) a year to the rest of the world – although $161bn ($1,610億) goes in, $203bn ($2,030億)flows out.  

Multinational corporations “steal” around 6.1% of Africa’s GDP (3 times what it receives in aid) legally by pretending they are generating their wealth in tax havens (税金回避地)

Then there’s $30bn ($300億) in profits that corporations make in Africa but send back to their home countries. 

Money also leaves more indirectly: 
    • $29bn ($290億) is stolen in illegal logging, fishing, and trade in wildlife. 
    • $36bn ($360億) is owed because of damage from climate change (Africa did not cause global warming, but is suffering the consequences) but rich nations are not paying. 

In addition, a lot of money flowing in just generates debt: 
    • Ghana is losing 30% of government tax revenue 税収 to debt repayments 債務返済. 
    • An aluminum smelter (製錬所) in Mozambique costs £21 for every £1 that the government receives.
      
The money also undermines the creation of public services (in Uganda and Kenya schools set up with British aid are now being closed down to open publicly-owned schools)

Of course, some people are benefiting – there are now 165,000 very rich Africans, who own $860bn ($8,600億) but ordinary Africans never see this money ($500bn of this is being kept in tax havens.…)

So what’s the answer?
    • “The key task is to dismantle the system extracting wealth from Africa.” (quote from the .pdf)
    • Africans need to be able to control the way they let corporations invest
    • And they should be careful of resource extraction: countries with abundant mineral wealth (鉱物資源) experience poorer democracy, weaker economic growth, and worse development. However in principal Africa is rich in natural resources – see infographic.  

And the world needs to create a true international aid system that is not based on voluntary donations
but on reparations for damages caused (BBC: COP26: Rich countries ‘pushing back’ on paying for climate loss)

Firstly though, we must change the way we talk and think about Africa. 

We are not, currently, “helping” Africa. 

Africa is rich. 

We need to stop stealing its wealth. 

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Ok that's all from today's article
今日の読み上げながら、まとめながら、訳しながら、ながらがらがらがら・・・以上ですね！
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Hey Simon what do you think?
私に一コメントさせていただければ・・・
Let me get my tea...sound effect...so I can do some drinking with my thinking....
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That's what I think - thanks for letting me vent! 
気持ちを吐き出させてくれて・・・ありがとうね❤
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Hey listeners what do you think?
Your turn to vent!
Would you like some tea?
1. Do you have an image of Africa as poor and needing our help? Where did this image come from?
2. How do you think we rich countries can best begin to create economic justice in Africa?
どうぞ vent your thoughts and feelings on this issue - send me an email!