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Empty: It was supposed to be a state-of-the-art city for 500,000 - but eery footage shows how a Chinese-built urbanisation is at risk of becoming Africa's first 'ghost town'

Why has China built a ghost town in Africa? Eerie footage shows brand new Angolan city designed for 500,000 lying empty

Nova Cidade de Kilamba has 750 eight-storey blocks of apartments
But it has no residents, and the £75,000 cost is too much for slum-dwellers
Fears the £2.2billion project, built in three years, could lay empty for years
Just a fraction of the billions China has poured into Africa in recent years
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Heralded: The new flats were supposed to mark a new era for Angola, but many have failed to sell

China's push into Africa is 'reminiscent of the West in the 18th and 19th centuries'

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