Mired in poverty not long ago, the West African nation’s economic growth is on track to outpace India’s. But with oil driving much of the expansion, experts worry about the so-called resource curse.
President Ameenah Gurib-Fakim was accused of using a credit card issued by a charity to buy clothes and jewelry worth tens of thousands of dollars.
The secretary of state is on a five-nation tour of Africa. He started in Ethiopia, a police state that is also home to the African Union’s headquarters.
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