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Sanguil, Senegal | AFP |  Large peanut orders from Chinese traders have cut Senegal’s traditional selling season short this year, rewarding farmers with fat profits but leaving local buyers with slim pickings. Peanuts are an important export in the West African state of Senegal, with the area around the central city …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Traders in downtown Kampala say they are worried at the rate at which their colleagues are closing shops due to unfair competition from Chinese traders. Traders dealing in hardware to general merchandise argue that the Chinese who used to sell the goods in …