But international security expert Paul Cornish from the Chatham House in London says it is too early to call the British operation in Helmand province a success.
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It may be tooearlytocall China's economic miracle asuccess story, or determine how many African countries are willing, interested or indeed capable of following a similar course, but for the first time since the end of the Cold War people from Algeria to Angola have a genuine alternative to the Western donor bloc.