The trade in agricultural commodities for Africa as a whole

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U.S. Exports Misery to Africa With Farm Bill
By Warren Vieth, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2002. The White House and Congress are trumpeting their determination to bring economic opportunity to the people of Africa. But first, a few million sub-Saharan farmers will have to suffer. The farm bill will put millions of small farmers out of business in Africa. They will have to move to cities and become part of unemployed labor pools.
Famine as commerce
By Devinder Sharma, August 2002. The decision of USAID to offer US $50 million in food aid to famine-stricken Zimbabwe provided that it is used to purchase genetically modified maize. Food aid is no longer an instrument of foreign policy, but a major commercial activity, even if it means exploiting the famine victims and starving millions.
African groups criticise U.S. over GMO food aid
Reuters, 4 May 2004. Some 60 African farm campaigners criticised the US for relentless pressure on Sudan and Angola to accept gene-altered food aid to avert hunger. In March Sudan imposed restrictions on the importation of genetically modified food aid, demanding that it be certified as GM-free first, while Angola said it wanted all GM grains milled before shipment to its hungry.