Sounds like another page of the kick-out-the-multinationals-when-commodity-prices-rise trend.

“Talking on state-run radio on Saturday, Idriss Derby, the president of Chad, asked both the companies to leave the country for refusing to pay taxes: ‘Chad has decided that as of tomorrow (Sunday) Chevron and Petronas must leave Chad because they have refused to pay their taxes.’”

Via AlJazeera

African state Zimbabwe has been facing economic and currency hyperinflation following the disasterous rule of Robert Mugabe. Now 82 years old, Mugabe first became Prime Minister of Zimbabwe in 1980.

“Business analysts say the Great Trek to greener pastures is wrecking any chance of future economic recovery. The mass departure, mostly to the West and to South Africa and Botswana, has rendered ineffective efforts by both the government and the private sector to prop up the sick economy. Both have sunk billions of Zimbabwe dollars into new skills training - but most who complete the course or re-training quickly depart for a better life elsewhere.”

From SperoNews