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  • Nigeria: Govt Declares Three Days of Mourning for Air Crash 4 June 2012
    [This Day] President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday declared three days of national mourning for those who lost their lives in a Dana plane crash in Lagos, according to a statement from the Presidential Villa.
  • Nigeria: How the Plane Crashed - Witnesses 4 June 2012
    [Daily Trust] Lagos - A witness yesterday said before the DANA airplane nosedived and crashed, it hovered in the sky for several minutes. It eventually crash-landed at about 3:45pm.
  • Nigeria: Bauchi - 12 Killed, 27 Injured in Fresh Bombing 4 June 2012
    [This Day] At least 12 persons were killed Sunday in Bauchi, Bauchi State, when a suicide bomber forced his way into two places of worship, Living Faith Church also known as Winners Chapel, and Harvest Field Church in Yelwa Tudu area of the metropolis.
  • Zimbabwe: Mugabe Faces End of Political Career 4 June 2012
    [Zimbabwe Standard] PRESIDENT Jacob Zuma will now have a hands-on-approach to Zimbabwe's political crisis amid fears in Zanu PF that last week's Sadc extra-ordinary summit held in Angola effectively ended President Robert Mugabe's ambition to stand in elections.
  • Egypt: Mubarak Trial Verdict Revives Anger on Streets 3 June 2012
    [IPS] Cairo - If the life sentences for former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak and one of his key allies were meant to placate Egyptians, they have had the opposite effect.
  • South Sudan: UN Races to Relocate Thousands of Refugees 3 June 2012
    [UNHCR] Maban - The UN refugee agency and its partners in eastern South Sudan are racing to move thousands of Sudanese refugees from the border into suitable inland sites amid increasing water shortages.
  • Niger: Food Crisis, Refugee Crisis Hits Locals 3 June 2012
    [ICRC] Already hard hit by a poor growing season in 2011-2012, with rain at the wrong time and in all the wrong places, the population of North Tillabéry in Niger now has to share its meagre resources with the many refugees arriving from Mali.
  • Somalia: Fighting Hits Outskirts of Mogadishu 3 June 2012
    [Shabelle] Mogadishu - Fierce fighting between Somali government forces along with AU peacekeepers and Al shabab fighters took place overnight at Laanta-Buur area, just 25 Km away north-west Mogadishu, witnesses said.
  • Nigeria: Black Sunday - Levi Ajuonuma, 3 Generals, 166 Others Die in Plane Crash 4 June 2012
    [Vanguard] Lagos - CALL it a weekend of disaster and you will not be wrong. Beginning from Thursday, Nigeria, the world's largest black nation has been engulfed in a series of air and land tragedies that have claimed about 267 lives and destroyed property worth billions of Naira.
  • Nigeria: Plane Crashed in Workshop, Residential Building 4 June 2012
    [The Moment] A Dana Air plane yesterday crashed into a residential area in Lagos, killing all the 147 passengers and crew on board. A yet to be ascertained number of residents of Iju Ishaga suburb were also killed on the ground.
  • Nigeria: Prominent Figures Die n Air Crash 4 June 2012
    [This Day] Levi Ajuonuma, Group General Manager, Corporate Affairs, Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC); John Ahmadu, a former Deputy Inspector General of Police, and Ehimen Aikhomu, a son of the late Admiral Augustus Aikhomu are some of those that were on board the ill-fated Dana Air flight which crashed in Iju-Ishaga Alagbado area of Lagos on Sun […]
  • Egypt: Mubarak Family Still Face Financial Probes 3 June 2012
    [Aswat Masriya] The Ministry of Justice's Illicit Gains Authority will refer ousted president Hosni Mubarak and his family to a criminal court after it receives reports on their fortunes, Assem Al-Gohary, assistant Minister of Justice and head of the authority, said.
  • Nigeria: Death Toll Unknown as Plane Crashes Into Suburb 3 June 2012
    [This Day] Fresh information on the Dana Air plane crash in Lagos on Sunday afternoon indicates that the plane actually took off from Lagos and the pilot was attempting to return to Murtala Mohammed Airport after noticing a problem with the aircraft when the tragedy occurred.
  • Nigeria: Aircraft Crashes Into Lagos Suburb 3 June 2012
    [Daily Trust] Lagos - A commercial aircraft belonging to Dana Air has crashed in Lagos.
  • Rwanda: Former Minister Jailed for Life 3 June 2012
    [Daily News] Arusha - THE International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Thursday sentenced to life imprisonment former Rwandan Youth Minister Callixte Nzabonimana for his role in the genocide that occurred in Central Rwanda.
  • Nigeria: 153 Passengers, 30 Residents Killed in Dana Airline Crash 4 June 2012
    [Leadership] It had less than three minutes to make it to the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, but the Dana Airline flight from Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja, with 153 passengers on board could not make it.
  • Nigeria: Three-Day Mourning for 153 Air Crash Victims 4 June 2012
    [This Day] Two Major Generals, six children, six infants, a pregnant woman, several couples, a father and his daughter, many members of staff of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), and several top personalities were on board the ill-fated Dana Airlines flight 0992 from Abuja to Lagos Sunday.
  • Nigeria: Senate Committee Chairman Calls for Probe of Dana Crash 4 June 2012
    [Leadership] Senate Committee chairman on Aviation, Senator Hope Uzodimma yesterday described as shocking the crash of Dana Airline in Agege, Lagos, in which 153 passengers and crew members lost their lives, just as he called for an intensive investigation of the incident to ascertain the remote cause.
  • Nigeria: Plane Crash Creates Confusion At Lagos Airport 4 June 2012
    [This Day] Sunday's crash of the Dana Lagos-bound plane created initial confusion at the Murtala Muhammed Airport Ikeja, Lagos. As the news filtered in into the domestic wing of the airport, the runway was temporarily shut.
  • Nigeria: Dana Air Crash - Govs, Senators, Ministers, Others Lament 4 June 2012
    [Vanguard] WORDS of condolence, commiseration and comfort poured forth from prominent Nigerians and aviation stakeholders, yesterday, as news of the crash of the Dana Air plane settled on the country.

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  • This Week in News and Finance: Africa.com's Top 10 1 June 2012
    Every Friday, Africa.com publishes two newsletters featuring the week\'s 10 most noteworthy and relevant stories in news and finance.
  • Live With No Regrets 1 June 2012
    We are often raised with the notion that we should live with no regrets, that we should enjoy and embrace each moment of our lives. However, in today’s society, it seems like we also always told to plan ahead, to hurry up in life, and to keep going without ever really meditating and taking a moment to live.
  • A View of Ubuntu 31 May 2012
    Just come from long quiet days in a game drive truck, the silent observer in me was still in service. So my instinctive choice of a seat next to a large white column that offered some cover made sense, allowing me to gaze at the crowd without being noticed.
  • Bismillah! Food and Drink in Mauritania 31 May 2012
    Mauritania is home to a diversified dining scene with dishes influenced by several of its neighboring countries. Most traditional Mauritanian meals are served in communal fashion, where diners gather around a steaming dish to eat with their hands.
  • Charles Taylor, Former Liberian Leader, Convicted to a 50-Year Sentence 30 May 2012
    Some of history\'s most brutal and twisted murders took place during Sierra Leone\'s lengthy civil war, which lasted from 1991 to 2002. As the former president of neighboring Liberia and a proponent of civil war in Sierra Leone, Charles Taylor was convicted of crimes against humanity and of war crimes.
  • Ecotourism in Ghana: Undiscovered Kyabobo 29 May 2012
    While most travellers already think of Ghana as pretty far off their radars, anyone in Ghana knows it is possible to stray even farther from the beaten path. Located in the northern part of the country’s Volta region, for example, right on the border of Togo, is Kyabobo National Park, one of the more remote places.
  • Royal Geographical Society (with IBG)’s Hidden Journeys: Dar es Salaam to Johannesburg 25 May 2012
    Millions of people fly every year completely unaware of the fascinating parts of the world they fly over. The Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) aims to change this with the Hidden Journeys Project.
  • African Development: So Much More Than Oil 24 May 2012
    Sub-Saharan Africa has attracted a growing wave of media attention over the last two years, and with this attention, an inaccurate narrative has formed that has influenced discourse.
  • Other People’s Money 23 May 2012
    If any of you are familiar with the claims and counter-claims that have emanated from the financial crisis that hit Nigerian banks in 2009, this specific tidbit about taking unclaimed dividends seems no different, and in fact hardly stands out from some of the more egregious ones reported in the Nigerian dailies.
  • African Fashion 22 May 2012
    African Youth Journals is a blog written by students currently enrolled in the African Leadership Academy in Honeydew, South Africa. In this post, student Jessica Muganza of Rwanda writes about African fashion and what it will take to make African fashion a global cultural movement.
  • In Tanzania, What Love Looks Like 22 May 2012
    To get to Ndemno’s house and to the Matonyok School Project, we turn north off the single tarmac Moshi road in Arusha and 4-wheel-drive it 20 minutes out of town north towards the foothills of Mt. Meru.
  • Council on Foreign Relations: The State of Nigeria's Economy 21 May 2012
    Originally posted on the website of the Council on Foreign Relations, former ambassador to Nigeria, John Campbell, writes about Nigeria\'s finance minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, and how the country\'s economy is affected by recent turmoil in the north.
  • Out of Africa: Trade, Technology, and Knowledge—Part 2, Mobile Wallet and Banking Revolution 18 May 2012
    Greater information technology share and investment through regional and South-South relationships is ushering the growth of an information technology revolution in Africa. This burgeoning African information technology revolution is not just limited to cyber cafes, media and online university level courses, but it is also allowing Africans to leap frog in t […]
  • Safari Totems 17 May 2012
    Animals have long played a role in mirroring human behavior and personality types. Indeed, every culture has its animal lore, from the Egyptian falcon to the coyote of Native Americans to the ox, dog and rat of the Chinese.
  • The Mali Refugee Crisis in Mauritania: An Interview with OAEMSD 17 May 2012
    Malian exiles have been settled in humanitarian camps in the far southeast of Mauritania. There, drought has produced desert-like conditions of wind, heat, thirst, and epidemics. To take stock of the situation of these refugees, we spoke with the head of a Mauritanian NGO that was the first humanitarian organization to provide assistance to the refugees flee […]

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  • Eritrea, guerra di successione 4 June 2012
    Per giorni si sono rincorse voci sulla morte del presidente. Smentite da una sua apparizione televisiva. Ma si sa che il dittatore sta male e che è in corso una lotta di potere per succedergli. Dalla disputa in atto tra i vertici militari e i capi del partito uscirà la “nuova” Eritrea. Anche se l’Etiopia vuole avere voce in capitolo. Nel frattempo, il popolo […]
  • Lavoro, non bombe 30 May 2012
    In occasione della Festa della Repubblica e della parata militare, la Tavola della pace lancia una nuova campagna con raccolta di firme. Per cambiare la spesa militare.
  • La guerra è tornata dai Nuba. E noi vogliamo tornare ad aiutarli 28 May 2012
    Appello della ong Amani e di Nigrizia.
  • Banche armate, conti stranieri 30 May 2012
    Ai primi 4 posti della classifica solo gruppi finanziari a guida straniera. Nel 2011, il valore delle operazioni autorizzate dal ministero dell’economia e delle finanze per l’export definitivo di armi è stato di 2.386 milioni di euro. L’ammontare complessivo delle autorizzazioni supera i 4 miliardi. L’Africa nelle transazioni bancarie legate all'export […]
  • Nell’urna l’Egitto di domani 25 May 2012
    Chiuso il primo turno delle presidenziali, con tutta probabilità si confronteranno al secondo (12-13 giugno) un ex ministro del governo Mubarak e un candidato del Fratelli Musulmani. Si sceglierà tra un governo moderato e laico e uno di orientamento teocratico. L’incognita dei militari e la sfida della nuova costituzione.

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  • A MUBARAK LA SOLIDARIETA’ DI ISRAELE 4 June 2012
    Roma, 04 giugno 2012, Nena News – A Hosni Mubarak è stata consegnata la tuta blu dei carcerati, assegnato un numero di matricola e scattata la foto segnaletica di rito. E’ carcere vero per l’ex raìs condannato sabato scorso all’ergastolo, assieme al suo ministro dell’interno Habib el Adly, per aver ordinato la dura repressione di [...]
  • HOSNI MUBARAK CONDANNATO AL CARCERE A VITA 2 June 2012
    Il Cairo, 02 giugno 2012, Nena News – Ergastolo. E’ questa la sentenza per Hosni Mubarak e il suo ministro dell’interno Habib el Adly, che il giudice Ahmed Refaat ha letto oggi nell’aula-bunker dell’accademia di polizia del Cairo. L’ex presidente e dittatore egiziano l’ha ascoltata senza fare una piega, disteso su di una barella e [...]
  • MAVI MARMARA DUE ANNI DOPO: UNA FERITA APERTA 1 June 2012
    GIORGIA GRIFONI Roma, 01 giugno 2012, Nena News – “Torneremo a Gaza”. E’ quanto ha dichiarato ieri Bulent Yildirim, capo della Ngo islamica turca IHH, organizzazione proprietaria della Mavi Marmara che il 1 giugno del 2010 subì l’arrembaggio della marina militare israeliana a largo delle coste di Gaza. Nell’attacco morirono otto attivisti turchi e uno […]
  • EGITTO: RIFLESSIONI SULLE PRESIDENZIALI 1 June 2012
    PAOLO GONZAGA Roma, 01 giugno 2012, Nena News – I risultati del primo turno delle presidenziali egiziane che terminano con il ballottaggio tra il candidato dei Fratelli Musulmani , Mohammed Mursy, e quello dell’Esercito e del vecchio regime Ahmed Shafiq, hanno stupito molti, anche se in realtà c’è poco da meravigliarsi: hanno vinto gli unic […]
  • GERUSALEMME EST, PIOGGIA DI MILIONI SUI COLONI 31 May 2012
    EMMA MANCINI Gerusalemme, 31 maggio 2012, Nena News – Quattro milioni di shekel (800mila euro) ai coloni di Gerusalemme Est dalle autorità israeliane per completare l’opera di espropriazione delle proprietà palestinesi e quella di giudaizzazione della città santa. Prosegue a ritmo serrato, annaffiato da una pioggia di denaro, il progetto del sito archeologic […]
  • OCCUPIED LIVES: PARALYZED IN THE GAZA STRIP 31 May 2012
    Palestinian Centre for Human Rights Gaza, 31th of May 2012, Nena News – Safaa Al-Hasanat’s Identity (ID) card request was submitted in 1997, as part of the last wave of applications accepted by Israel prior to 2000; since that date, and disregarding its obligations as an Occupying [...]
  • SABATO SENTENZA, MUBARAK RISCHIA CONDANNA A MORTE 31 May 2012
    Roma, 31 maggio 2012, Nena News – Verrà pronunciato sabato il verdetto contro l’ex rais egiziano Hosni Mubarak che per trent’anni ha dominato il paese grazie anche alle leggi d’emergenza revocate oggi dalla giunta militare al potere. Mubarak è accusato di avere dato il via libera alle uccisioni di oltre 850 manifestanti nei giorni della [...] […]
  • ISRAELE RESTITUISCE CORPI 91 PALESTINESI UCCISI 31 May 2012
    Ramallah, 31 maggio 2012, Nena News – Una cerimonia ufficiale a Ramallah segnerà la restituzione oggi da parte di Israele dei resti dei corpi di 91 palestinesi uccisi in scontri a fuoco e azioni armate. I resti saranno successivamente consegnati alle famiglie, 12 delle quali della Striscia di Gaza. 17 corpi, che non sono stati [...]
  • SIRIA: IN ISRAELE AUSPICI OPPOSTI SU ESITO CRISI 31 May 2012
    MICHELE GIORGIO Gerusalemme, 31 maggio 2012, Nena News – Come per il possibile attacco all’Iran, anche la crisi siriana divide i vertici politici israeliani dai comandi militari e dell’intelligence. Il premier Netanyahu e il ministro degli esteri Barak hanno commentato con parole durissime la strage di Houla in Siria, auspicando la caduta d […]
  • ISRAELE CONFERMA MONOPOLIO SU FORNITURE CARBURANTE AI TERRITORI OCCUPATI 30 May 2012
    Ramallah, 30 maggio 2012, Nena News – La israeliana Paz Oil Company Ltd ha esteso di altri due anni il contratto con l’Autorità Nazionale Palestinese (Anp) per la fornitura di carburante ai Territori occupati. Il contratto ha un valore stimato di 1,8 miliardi di shekel all’anno (370 milioni di euro, 11,6% delle vendite totali della [...]

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  • Fayyad Applauds South Africa's Decision to Label Settlement Products 4 June 2012
    Palestinian Authority Prime Minster Salam Fayyad commended South Africa’s decision to label all settlement goods in a meeting in Ramallah with N W Makalima, the South African representative to the PA.
  • Entry Of Qatar Donated Fuel Delayed 4 June 2012
    The Border Crossing Authority in the Gaza Strip reported that the Egyptian Authorities have not yet authorized the transfer of Fuel, donated by Qatar, into the Gaza Strip, and that the Fuel trucks will likely be allowed into the coastal region on Tuesday, via the Karem Abu Salem (Karem Shalom) Crossing.
  • Fighter Succumbs To Wounds Suffered Friday 4 June 2012
    The Popular Resistance Committees, and its armed wing the Salah Ed-Deen Brigades, issued a press release stating that one of their fighters died on Sunday night at midnight of wounds suffered Friday when the army bombarded Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.
  • After 3 Years In Solitary, Sa’adat's Wife Allowed To Visit Him 3 June 2012
    ‘Abla Sa’adat, the wife of the detained Secretary-General of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), was allowed to visit her husband Sunday, for the first time after three years of solitary confinement.
  • To Circumvent Court Order; Netanyahu Plans To Relocate Settler Homes 3 June 2012
    Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, is weighing the possibility of moving settler homes, illegally built in Ulpana outpost, in the West bank, as a maneuver meant to avoid the implementation of a ruling by the Israeli High Court that ordered the homes demolished by July 1st.
  • Seven Injured In A Series Of Airstrikes Targeting Gaza 3 June 2012
    The Israeli Air Force carried out, on Sunday at dawn, several airstrikes targeting different areas in the Gaza Strip, mainly in central and southern Gaza, inflicting seven injuries among the Palestinians, medical sources reported.
  • Several Injuries Reported in Beit Ummar Weekly Protest 3 June 2012
    Palestinian medical sources reported Saturday that several protesters were treated for the effects of teargas inhalation after the Israeli army attacked the weekly nonviolent protest against the illegal Israeli Annexation Wall and settlements, in Beit Ummar town, near the southern West Bank city of Hebron. Israeli soldiers also invaded several nearby area an […]
  • Palestinian Man Was Attacked By Settlers After Being Shot, Investigation Reveals 3 June 2012
    Israeli sources reported Saturday that a military investigation revealed that extremist teenage settlers from the Yitzhar settlement, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, attacked last Saturday, a wounded Palestinian man, tied him up and beat him despite the fact that he was shot by a settlement guard.
  • Army Carries Out Several Airstrikes Targeting Gaza 3 June 2012
    The Israeli Air Force carried out several airstrikes targeting different areas in the Gaza Strip; damage was reported, no injuries.
  • Israel To Transfer 395 Detainees To Different Facilities 2 June 2012
    The Husam Institution For Detainees and Ex-Detainees reported that the detainees’ committee that led the most recent hunger-strike in Israeli detention camps, held on Friday a meeting with the Israeli Prison Administration to discuss the latest violations, including the transfer of 395 Gaza Strip detainees imprisoned in Nafha, to different detention centers. […]

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  • Why the gagging tactics over the Kiribati Independent? 20 May 2012
    WHY IS the Communications Ministry in Tarawa dragging its feet over registration for the Kiribati Independent newspaper? Five months waiting for registration and lots of confused messages in the process. Perhaps the answer is simple. Café Pacific understands the new newspaper with its Auckland-based online edition is a bit of a political embarrassment for Pr […]
  • Why development or peace journalism? The real issue is independent Pacific journalism 11 May 2012
    IT IS astounding how misinformed and shallow the thinking of many journalists around the Pacific has been when faced with a quickfire debate on such terms as “development journalism” and “peace journalism”. Simply because one Canadian media educator trumpeted a discredited interpretation of “development journalism” - which Westerners like to project - based […]
  • Pacific Media Watch highlights threats to region's freedom 2 May 2012
      THANKS AGAIN  to Pacific Media Watch: Brutal repression of journalists and civil rights in Indonesian-ruled West Papua, censorship and self-censorship in Fiji and abuses of a free press in Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu have been highlighted in a Pacific media freedom report being published tomorrow. The 41-page report by the Pacific Media Centre’s freedom p […]
  • Quick PINA postmortem from the sidelines 30 April 2012
    Another positive outcome from PINA ... work on a new Pacific media freedom documentary by the University of the South Pacific. Pictured: Director Don Pollock, Radio Djiido's Magalie Tingal and Samoa Savali editor Tupuola Terry Tavita. Photo: David Robie AFTER THE furore over contrasting views on PINA 2012 and a season of personal insults and attacks, he […]
  • PINA deconstructed ... peace, progress and propaganda 28 April 2012
    THANKS to Pacific Media Watch for the following item about the Pacific Islands News Association (PINA), media freedom and truth in the Pacific media. But first, this gem of a picture above. PARTNERS AT PINA: Pictured while dining with Fiji regime leader Voreqe Bainimarama at the Lagoon Resort in Pacific Harbour are arch critic Lisa Williams-Lahari (Internati […]
  • Truth, media and the role of journalism education 28 April 2012
    IN THE recent controversy about The Australian's hatchet job and joke video about journalism schools, a couple of comments stood out for Café Pacific for their clarity: Truth telling and analytical skills The ongoing debate about journalism education in The Australian on Jeanet and elsewhere, is part of a healthy debate that exposes different views from […]
  • Social media and the ANZAC press on Fiji 21 April 2012
    A BELATED posting of a presentation at the recent PINA Pacific Media Summit in Pacific Harbour that took a swipe at the Australian and New Zealand media coverage on Fiji. This was part of a panel discussing social media and credibility: By  Leone Cabenatabua, publications manager of the Fiji Sun Should the public believe social media content? That choice res […]
  • After Hackersgate, Britain's biggest media cover-up 12 April 2012
    QUOTE from blogger Guido Fawkes aka Paul Staines: Operation Motorman uncovered industrial scale criminality and hundreds of suspects' names. Currently in Britain the newspapers are neither naming nor shaming because the criminal enterprises are the newspapers themselves, who understandably do not wish to report their own crimes. Their silence is a matte […]
  • Peacemaker Moala helps bury the hatchet over PINA tensions 2 April 2012
    The picture of the conference ... PINA manager Matai Akauola and Taimi Media Network publisher Kalafi Moala having a quiet word about the future. Photo: David RobieWHETHER it was the 21st birthday (as celebrated by the cake at a gala dinner) or 40th anniversary (as flagged by a former president in the opening speech notes), last week’s Fiji milestones for th […]
  • The Fiji disinformation blogs 24 March 2012
    Opinion by Dr Crosbie WalshTHERE are indications of panic in the anti-blog newsrooms. Despite their efforts to liken the Fiji dictatorship to the military dictatorship in Burma, there have been no protest marches or public immolestations. Ordinary Fijians seem to be going about their daily lives in normal ways.From the perspective of the anti-blogs, things a […]
  • 'The King and I' - a tribute to the late Tupou V of Tonga 24 March 2012
    WITH THANKS to Alex Perrottet of Pacific Media Watch:The death of King George Tupou V was unexpected for all – especially for family and close friends.Neil Underhill is an Honorary Correspondent for the British government to King Tupou V. He is also a close personal friend.Born in Fiji, he has lived most of his life there and frequently travels to Tonga to s […]
  • When violence threatens - Grubsheet under attack 19 March 2012
    Fiji Sun March 14 front page.By Graham DavisGRUBSHEET'S burgeoning number of opinion pieces on Fiji are largely designed to counter what we regard as the continuing failure of the mainstream regional media to come to grips with the reality of events there. They’re especially aimed at an Australian audience, to highlight what we regard as the folly of Ca […]
  • Papua's Freeport miners tell their struggle stories 19 March 2012
    A clip from the documentary Alkinemokiye.Ika KrismantariTHE VOICES of local workers in the world’s largest gold and copper mine controlled by the US-based mining giant Freeport McMoRan in West Papua can be heard loud and clear in a new documentary that chronicles the biggest strike in the company’s history.Alkinemokiye is the latest feature documentary from […]
  • Bainimarama condemns Anzac 'neglect' of Pacific 3 March 2012
    IN THE first extensive interview with Fiji regime leader Voreqe Bainimarama for the past 18 months or so, Fiji-born Australian journalist Graham Davis gives some insights into the commodore's current thinking. Davis highlights the US "open arms" policy in contrast to the Australian and NZ "isolationist" policy towards Fiji. Bainimara […]
  • Another Fiji Coup 4.5 clanger? 28 February 2012
    A PICTURE, as Coup 4.5 says, citing the old adage, paints a thousand words. But in this case, it’s more like a thousand laughs. As if anything was genuine about this image – another death by a thousand pixels with Photoshop is more like it. Just look at the floating coconut tree and absence of shadow and the cross-hatched grass for a start … What is astonish […]
  • Covert trip reveals rule of law ‘lost’ in Fiji 27 February 2012
    Cartoon by Marc Snyder - thanks to Fiji Island Mermaid Press.By Eduardo Reyes in the Law Society GazetteA SECRET fact-finding mission to Fiji has concluded that the rule of law "no longer operates" in the country. The independence of the judiciary "cannot be relied upon" and "there is no freedom of expression", council member an […]
  • It will always be a close call 21 February 2012
    THIS intriguing photo popped up in the Café Pacific inbox from longtime reader, friend and media educational colleague Pat Craddock, recently in Somalia. His thoughts:Some of my friends get worried when they leave their phone at home, some worry when they leave their phone in a bus or even by their bed. How, they ask, can I be sure that I have my phone with […]
  • French rugby: Once the whipping boys, now the rulers of the game 20 February 2012
    AN IRISH perspective on this month's cancelled Paris match on a frozen Stade de France, barely three months after the French Bleus almost won the World Cup against the All Blacks. Pictured: Dimitri Yashvili and the tricolore:COWARD HAD IT RIGHT - FRENCH HOLD US IN CONTEMPTBy Sean DiffleyEighty years ago the French were thrown out of the Five Nations and […]
  • Coup 4.5 - the Fiji politics of hate 9 February 2012
    NOT SO VEILED RACISMBy Graham DavisMOST countries have laws that prevent religious and racial vilification. Most responsible media outlets – including those on the internet – excise comments designed to inflame religious and racial hatred. But sadly not the most prominent of the websites set up to oppose the government of Fiji’s prime minister, Frank Bainima […]
  • Pacific Journalism Review - a new regional media resource 2 February 2012
    PACIFIC JOURNALISM REVIEW - the only media research journal in the South Pacific - has been publishing in the region for the past 17 years. It was launched originally at the University of Papua New Guinea and then had a life at the University of the South Pacific. But it is now published by AUT University's Pacific Media Centre.Apart from the many acade […]

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  • Urban Settlers Battle Evictions 5 June 2012
    Informal settlers on prime land in Papua New Guinea's capital, Port Moresby, are now living under tarpaulin shelters amid the debris of their homes after two attempted evictions to make way for a luxury waterfront development. Undefeated, residents are now preparing a court case to challenge the legality of a lease issued to a commercial developer on la […]
  • World Bank Lauded for Publishing Sanctions Decisions 5 June 2012
    This week, for the first time, the World Bank began publishing decisions by the institution's sanctions board on cases involving fraud or corruption.
  • Turning Disaster Management Strategy Into Action – Part 1 5 June 2012
    Islanders on India's Great Nicobar Island in the Bay of Bengal, barely 144 kilometres from Sumatra, fled when they felt the first tremors of the 8.6 magnitude earthquake on Apr. 11. They leapt across creeks inhabited by estuarine crocodiles, haunted by memories of the devastating 2004 Asian tsunami that took the lives of thousands of people.
  • Schools Plant Seeds of Sectarianism 5 June 2012
    Though most Lebanese take great pride in their national education system, deep sectarian rifts in public schools have made it impossible to ignore the political and religious fragmentation of society or its long-term impacts on youth.
  • Bangladesh Braces for HIV Epidemic 5 June 2012
    Bangladesh has shown low HIV prevalence rates so far but may be silently moving towards an epidemic, say experts pointing to underreporting and poor monitoring for the virus in the general population.
  • Verdict Revives Egyptian Anger 5 June 2012
    If the life sentences for former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak and one of his key allies were meant to placate Egyptians, they have had the opposite effect.
  • Calls for Jihad Split Salafist Movement 5 June 2012
    The Arab Spring brought a host of new actors to the political stage. In Jordan, it pushed the Salafists to the fore, where some of the group's more radical elements are now calling for holy war in neighbouring Syria.
  • Taliban Setting Up Human Shields 4 June 2012
    Thousands of civilians reaching Peshawar following military action in Khyber Agency say the Taliban have been preventing refugees from leaving. The refugees say local residents are being used as human shields.
  • Anti-Tobacco Battle Pits Corporations Against Public Health 4 June 2012
    Lawsuits from major tobacco corporations challenging anti-tobacco policies all over the world underscore the ever greater need for a global crackdown on tobacco use, for the sake of both public health and global development goals.
  • Women Look for a Place in New Egypt 3 June 2012
    "It was so frustrating but so exciting at the same time," recalls 15-year-old Mariam Assam, a year-10 student in Cairo. Assam was recalling the days she tried to join protestors during the Egyptian revolution in January 2011 but was intially prevented by her parents who said street protests were no place for a girl to be.
  • Dam Company in Chile Presses Gov't for Supportive Policies 3 June 2012
    Colbún, the electricity generating company that co-owns HidroAysén and its multi-dam project in southern Chile, has recommended suspending the environmental impact assessment for power transmission lines that would connect the hydropower complex to the country's central grid, until the right conditions are in place.
  • Deinstitutionalisation of Mental Health Patients in Argentina Not Enough 3 June 2012
    A new approach to mental health care is slowly making headway in Argentina, against heavy resistance. Based on short-term hospitalisation, fewer psychiatric hospitals, and more services to strengthen the social integration of patients, it is aimed at eradicating inhumane treatment of the mentally ill.
  • RIO+20: U.N. Aims To Offset its Own Carbon Footprint 3 June 2012
    As the international community readies for a global mega- conference on sustainable development in Brazil mid-June, the United Nations is determined to practice what it preaches to the outside world: improve resource efficiency and drastically reduce its own greenhouse gas emissions.
  • For an Ailing Planet, the Cure Already Exists 3 June 2012
    The planet's climate recently reached a new milestone of 400 parts per million (ppm) of carbon dioxide in the Arctic.
  • Climate Change Drives Exodus to Jakarta 3 June 2012
    Another month of plying his ‘becak' (trishaw) in the capital city and Sarjo will be coming back to this West Java district to harvest the rice ripening on his 1,400 sq m paddy.

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  • DISASTRO AEREO A LAGOS, PAESE IN LUTTO DOPO ‘BLACK SUNDAY’ 4 June 2012
    Sono stati decretati tre giorni di lutto nazionale per commemorare le vittime dell’incidente aereo verificatosi ieri a Lagos quando un aereo della Dana Airlines con a bordo 153 persone si è schiantato su alcune palazzine poco distanti dall’aeroporto. Nessuno, tra [...]
  • EROSIONE DELLE COSTE, UN PIANO REGIONALE PER PRESERVARLE 4 June 2012
    L’Unione economica e monetaria dell’Africa Occidentale ha annunciato finanziamenti per un miliardo di franchi Cfa – circa un milione e mezzo di euro – nei lavori per la costruzione di barriere in cemento per limitare i danni dell’erosione costiera sul [...]
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  • BREVI DALL’AFRICA (Sud Sudan, Zimbabwe, Sudan, Benin) 1 June 2012
    SUD SUDAN – Sarebbero più di 100 le vittime causate da quattro giorni di combattimenti tra le Forze armate del Sudan e del Sud Sudan nella regione di Northern Bahr el Ghazal: lo ha sostenuto un portavoce dell’esercito di Juba, [...]
  • LULA CANDIDATO NEL 2014, “SOLO SE DILMA NON SI RIPRESENTA” 1 June 2012
    E’ pronto a ripresentarsi per la corsa alla presidenza nel 2014, ma solo se Dilma Rousseff non esprimerà il desiderio di candidarsi per un secondo mandato: reduce da un tumore, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, 68 anni, presidente più popolare [...]
  • CONFERENZA DI ISTANBUL: APPELLI, OMISSIONI E BANCHI VUOTI 1 June 2012
    “Il nostro paese ha da offrire qualcosa in più di pirati, milizie e immagini di fame e siccità. Vogliamo scrollarci di dosso l’etichetta di nazione fallita”: lo ha detto davanti a una platea di capi di Stato e di governo [...]
  • VERSO RIO+20: SPAZIO ANCHE ALLE DONNE 1 June 2012
    La brasiliana Dilma Rousseff, la costaricana Laura Cinchilla, l’argentina Cristina Fernández, la lituana Dalia Grybauskaite e la liberiana Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf hanno già confermato la loro partecipazione al ‘Vertice delle donne leader per il futuro che le donne vogliono’ (Women Leaders’ [...]
  • PROTESTE A ESPINAR, SI PREPARA “TAVOLO DEL DIALOGO” 1 June 2012
    “Speriamo di poter riprendere il dialogo a Espinar entro il fine settimana” ha detto in conferenza stampa da Lima il ministro dell’Ambiente, Manuel Pulgar, riferendosi al conflitto in corso nell’omonima provincia delle Ande sud-orientali del Perù dove da lunedì è [...]
  • A RISCHIO FUTURO INTERA REGIONE, ONU CHIEDE IMPEGNO PER PACE 1 June 2012
    Ha chiesto alla Comunità internazionale di sostenere con tutto il suo peso il piano di Kofi Annan e auspicato l’apertura di inchieste sulle violazioni di diritti umani e l’uccisione di civili l’Alto commissario dell’Onu per i diritti umani Navi Pillay. [...]
  • GIORNATA DI SOLIDARIETÀ CON I FRATELLI DEL MALI 1 June 2012
    Condividere le sofferenze della gente nelle zone occupate del Nord del Mali: è il proposito della giornata di solidarietà col popolo fratello che le due diocesi cattoliche del Niger celebreranno domenica. A Niamey, la capitale, e a Maradi, i fedeli [...]

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  • DR Congo: Rwanda Should Stop Aiding War Crimes Suspect 4 June 2012
    Tweet Widget Facebook Like Rwandan military officials have been arming and supporting the mutiny in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) of Gen. Bosco Ntaganda, who is wanted for war crimes by the International Criminal Court (ICC). (Goma) – Rwandan military officials have been arming and supporting the mutiny in eastern Democratic Republic of Co […]
  • Isolate Syria’s Arms Suppliers 3 June 2012
    Tweet Widget Facebook Like Governments and companies around the world should stop signing new contracts with arms suppliers such as the Russian firm Rosoboronexport that are providing weapons to the Syrian government. In light of compelling evidence that the Syrian army is responsible for crimes against humanity against Syria’s people, the Russian state-owne […]
  • Egypt: Mubarak Conviction a Message for Next President 2 June 2012
    Tweet Widget Facebook Like The landmark conviction of the former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on June 2, 2012, on charges of complicity in the murder of peaceful protesters during pro-democracy protests sends a powerful message to Egypt’s future leaders that they are not above the law, Human Rights Watch said today. (London) – The landmark convicti […]
  • Russia: EU Should Raise LGBT Issues at Summit 1 June 2012
    Tweet Widget Facebook Like The European Union should raise concerns about human rights violations against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people with the Russian authorities during the EU-Russia Summit in St. Petersburg. (Moscow) – The European Union should raise concerns about human rights violations against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and […]
  • China: Legacy of Tiananmen Denial Erodes Rule of Law 1 June 2012
    Tweet Widget Facebook Like The Chinese government’s failure to admit to the massacre of unarmed civilians in June 1989 continues to arrest the development of meaningful rule of law in China. (New York) – The Chinese government’s failure to admit to the massacre of unarmed civilians in June 1989 continues to arrest the development of meaningful ru […]
  • ICC: Pursue Case Against Rwandan Rebel Leader 1 June 2012
    Tweet Widget Facebook Like The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) should urgently submit information sought by the court in the case against a Rwandan rebel leader whose forces are still committing atrocities in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Human Rights Watch said today. On May 31, 2012, the ICC judges unanimously found that th […]
  • Colombia: Amend “Legal Framework for Peace” Bill 31 May 2012
  • Malaysia: Reverse Book Ban 31 May 2012
  • Sudan: Ban Death by Stoning 31 May 2012
  • Turkey: Don’t Bar Access to Abortion 31 May 2012
    Tweet Widget Facebook Like Turkey should not attempt to ban or greatly restrict abortion, as Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s statements have recently suggested. Erdoğan announced that he views abortion as murder and that his government is preparing legislation to severely limit women’s access to abortion. Human Rights Watch is concerned tha […]

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  • Survival chiama in causa Mick Jagger sulla corsa illegale al gas nell’Amazzonia peruviana 31 May 2012
    L’anno scorso, il governo peruviano ha nominato Mick Jagger suo “Ambasciatore onorario dell’Ambiente”.© Survival Il leggendario musicista Mick Jagger è stato coinvolto da Survival International nella vicenda che riguarda “l’accaparramento illegale di gas” nell’Amazzonia peruviana. Nonostante si fosse impegnato esplicitamente a non farlo, il governo del Perù […]
  • ‘Il Mundial dimenticato’ scende in campo con Survival per i diritti indigeni. La provocazione alla Fifa 30 May 2012
    Un fotogramma del video provocatorio diffuso da Survival sul web in relazione al film "Il Mundial dimenticato", che vede protagonista la Nazione Mapuche.© Survival/Verdeoro Survival, l’organizzazione internazionale per la difesa dei popoli indigeni, ha preso parte nei giorni scorsi alla campagna di lancio del film “Il Mundial dimenticato” con un vi […]
  • Gli Indiani celebrano i 20 anni del 'Parco Yanomami' con un video 25 May 2012
    Donna Yanomami, Brasile.© Fiona Watson/Survival Per celebrare il 20esimo anniversario della creazione del “Parco Yanomami”, gli Indiani Yanomami del Brasile hanno diffuso le immagini aeree di una loro comunità incontattata. Il territorio degli Yanomami si estende lungo il confine tra Brasile e Venezuela ed è oggi l’area forestale indigena più grande del mond […]
  • È ufficiale: la tribù 'più minacciata del mondo' è sopraffatta numericamente dagli invasori per 10:1 17 May 2012
    Piccola Farfalla e il suo popolo, gli Awá, sono la “tribù più minacciata del mondo”. © Survival La reale portata del pericolo che grava sulla “tribù più minacciata del mondo” è stata resa nota ufficialmente oggi, quando le autorità brasiliane hanno ammesso la superiorità numerica degli invasori sui membri della tribù degli Awá, arrivata in una delle loro ris […]
  • I ‘traffici interni’ del Perù che punta al gas delle terre indigene protette 16 May 2012
    Un uomo Nanti. La sua tribù è minacciata da un ulteriore espansione dei progetti energetici del Perù all’interno delle aree protette.© Survival Il Perù sta segretamente e attivamente cercando nuove riserve di gas all’interno delle aree tribali protette, in flagrante violazione delle leggi che proibiscono lo sviluppo di simili progetti. La Riserva Nahua-Nanti […]
  • Bambina indigena violentata e uccisa: continua la repressione in Bangladesh 15 May 2012
    Una famiglia di Chakma dalle Chittagong Hill Tracts del Bangladesh, dove omicidi, torture e stupri contro gli indigeni sono all’ordine del giorno.© Mark McEvoy/Survival Una bambina di undici anni appartenente alla tribù dei Chakma del Bangladesh è stata violentata e uccisa da un colono. Sujata Chakma è stata assalita il 9 maggio, vicino al suo villaggio, men […]
  • Paraguay: sorvolo conferma la distruzione della terra ayoreo 14 May 2012
    © Survival Un volo a bassa quota di Survival International sulla foresta del Chaco paraguaiano ha confermato i timori che gli allevatori di bestiame stiano distruggendo l’ultimo rifugio rimasto agli indiani Ayoreo incontattati. Le immagini aeree del Chaco, nella regione settentrionale del paese, mostrano grandi tratti di terra a pascolo, deforestata per far […]
  • Sentenza della Corte Suprema a favore degli Indiani Pataxó Hã-Hã-Hãe 11 May 2012
    I Pataxó Hã Hã Hãe si sono mobilitati per fare pressione sulle autorità brasiliane perché difendessero il loro diritto alla terra.© José Cruz/ABr Gli indiani brasiliani Pataxó Hã-Hã-Hãe stanno festeggiando la decisione della Corte Suprema che permetterà loro di vivere indisturbati sulle loro terre. I Pataxó, che vivono nello stato di Bahia, sono stati vittim […]
  • Paura tra i Boscimani per il ritorno delle forze di sicurezza nel Kalahari 10 May 2012
    I Boscimani vengono arrestati nonostante abbiano il diritto di vivere e cacciare all’interno della Central Kalahari Game Reserve.© Survival Le forze di sicurezza del Botswana stanno arrestando e intimidendo i Boscimani nonostante il diritto legalmente riconosciuto alla tribù di vivere e cacciare nella loro terra ancestrale, la Central Kalahari Game Reserve ( […]
  • Amazzonia: la strada che potrebbe tagliare in due la terra delle tribù incontattate 4 May 2012
    Si ritiene che i Mashco-Piro incontattati vivano sul percorso della strada. Un gruppo appartenente alla tribù è stato avvistato recentemente molto più a sud.© Diego Cortijo/www.uncontactedtribes.org Il Congresso del Perù sta per approvare il progetto di costruzione di una strada molto controversa che potrebbe tagliare in due il territorio in cui vivono almen […]
  • Dieci anni dopo, la strada illegale per i safari umani è ancora aperta 3 May 2012
    La strada illegale che permette i “safari umani” rimane aperta 10 anni dopo la sentenza che ne ordinava la chiusura.© G Chamberlain/ Survival Esattamente dieci anni dopo l’ordine di chiusura emesso dalla Corte Suprema dell’India, la strada delle Andamane al centro dello scandalo dei “safari umani” è ancora aperta. La Andaman Trunk Road (ATR) passa attraverso […]
  • Niente pesce per gli Enawene Nawe 2 May 2012
    Un uomo Enawene Nawe. La drastica diminuzione del pesce nei fiumi ha provocato “disperazione” tra gli Indiani.© Survival Gli Indiani Enawene Nawe dell’Amazzonia brasiliana si sono detti “disperati” perché il rituale di pesca annuale non ha praticamente portato loro pesce. Per il quarto anno consecutivo gli Enawene Nawe hanno visto la popolazione ittica dei l […]

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  • The Hidden Reality in Dilma's Forest Code "Veto" 1 June 2012
    Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff tried to create the illusion last week that she was vetoing the very worst parts of Brazil's new Forest Code to protect the Amazon rainforest. The reality, however, is entirely different.
  • Ecuadorans Take Fight Against Chevron to Canada 1 June 2012
    For the past year, Chevron has refused to pay an $18 billion pollution lawsuit judgment from a court in Ecuador. So on Wednesday, the company's Ecuadoran opponents moved the case to Canada.
  • Chevron-Ecuador Fight Comes to Canada 31 May 2012
    A peripatetic, two-decade-old pollution lawsuit against Chevron has bounced from New York to Ecuador, back to New York, and now on to the Superior Court of Justice in Toronto, Canada.
  • Chevron Sued in Canada over Ecuador Case 31 May 2012
    Plaintiffs who won an $18.2bn environmental damages case against oil majorChevron in Ecuador after 19 years of litigation have turned to Canada to enforce the ruling.
  • Chevron Sued in Canada by Amazon Residents 31 May 2012
    Lawyers representing residents of an Amazon rain forest filed a lawsuit in Canada to seize assets there belonging to Chevron as part of their effort to collect an $18.2 billion judgment they won in Ecuador in a pollution case.
  • International Coalition Protests Chevron Shareholders' Meeting 31 May 2012
    An international coalition protested outside the Chevron shareholders' meeting Wednesday in San Ramon, claiming the company is engaging in risky and dangerous operations overseas.
  • The True Cost of Chevron 30 May 2012
    Each year Chevron faces opposition at its shareholder meeting, but this protest drew a larger and more diverse crowd galvanized by the oil giant's year of legal problems, oil spills and fines for reckless business practices.
  • Ecuadorians Shake Up Chevron Shareholder Meeting 30 May 2012
    At its Annual General Meeting, Chevron executives gave a good show – and a chillingly hard line. CEO John Watson insisted that all was well, the company was raking in money and there was nothing to worry about.
  • Chevron Faces Shareholder, Union and Community Revolt at Annual Meeting 30 May 2012
    San Ramon, CA – Today, more than 150 protested at Chevron's annual shareholder meeting, joining together a unique group of union members, shareholders and community leaders. Every year, Chevron faces opposition at its shareholder meeting, but today's protest drew a larger and more diverse crowd galvanized by the oil giant's year of legal […]
  • Activists Gather for Chevron Shareholders Meeting 30 May 2012
    San Francisco, CA – For many Chevron investors, today's annual shareholders meeting represents a chance to hear top management extol their company's profits and plans. For activists drawn to the meeting from around the world, it's a chance to confront a company they say has poisoned their land, water and air.
  • Controversial Forest Code Vetoed in Brazil 29 May 2012
    Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has rejected divisive elements of a new law that would have relaxed the forest cover farmers must preserve on their land.
  • Chevron's Leading Critics From Brazil to Ecuador to Richmond Expose Abuses 29 May 2012
    San Francisco – Labor and community leaders from Brazil, Ecuador, Nigeria, Angola, California and Texas revealed the true cost of Chevron's operations in the places where they live.
  • Taking it to Chevron's Doorstep 29 May 2012
    Tomorrow Chevron will be practicing the elaborate rite of corporate public relations known as the Annual General Meeting for shareholders with plenty of image-buffing and apple-polishing for top executives and the board of directors, plus praise for the company's obscene profits.
  • Rousseff Under Pressure to Veto Brazil's New Forest Code 25 May 2012
    Brasilia, Brazil – Activists on Thursday said they handed Brazil's president a petition with nearly two million signatures urging her to veto a new forestry code that could result in increased Amazon rainforest deforestation.
  • If President Rousseff Passes the Forest Code, It Won't Be Only Brazil that Suffers 25 May 2012
    Never before has the survival of so much rainforest depended on one person. But that is where President Rousseff of Brazil finds herself. The Brazilian congress just passed a forest code that puts the Amazon and other forests in jeopardy.
  • Belo Monte Dam Controversy to be part of UN Review of Brazil's Human Rights Record 25 May 2012
    Geneva – On May 25, the United Nations will examine the Brazilian government's track record for human rights during its Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in Geneva, Switzerland. Central to this debate will be the multiple claims of human rights violations surrounding the construction of the Belo Monte Hydroelectric dam, slated for the Xingu River in […]
  • Belo Monte Dam Hit by Friendly Fire 24 May 2012
    São Paulo, Brazil –Those who made the final decision on the design of Brazil's Belo Monte hydroelectric dam will face legal action in the future for the damages caused. This is the kind of warning one would expect from environmentalists, but in this case it comes from a surprising quarter: staunch supporters of hydropower.
  • Fight Oil with Water: Chevron's Embarrassment in Ecuador 23 May 2012
    Every day Chevron tries desperately to greenwash its image. But the millions of dollars blown on ad campaigns and PR firms do nothing to alleviate environmental damage and human suffering caused by their operations.
  • Amazonian Tribes Launch Water Project Amidst Legal Battle 23 May 2012
    San Francisco – After decades of health issues and legal battles, indigenous communities in the Ecuadorean Amazon have joined with humanitarian and environmental groups to launch ClearWater, a locally led effort to provide clean water to impacted communities.
  • Protests for Healthy Water Policy in Peru Link Highlands and Jungle 22 May 2012
    From the Andes to the Amazon, indigenous and mestizo groups across Peru plan to mobilize on May 31 to resist industrial development projects that they say would destroy vital natural water sources and threaten community survival.

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