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Cupidité et cynisme nourrissent la guerre du Rwanda en RDC
Frederic Mousseau
Internally displaced persons (IDP) in the camp in Roe, in the territory of Djugu, February 2022.
La chute d’un agro-business étatsunien accapareur de terres : faillite d’une nouvelle imposture pour exploiter l’Afrique
Andy Currier
Read in English: Demise of a Land Grabbing US-Agribusiness: The Latest in Failed Scams to Dispossess Africa Le matin du 7 décembre 2023, des confettis
Demise of a Land Grabbing US-Agribusiness: The Latest in Failed Scams to Dispossess Africa
Andy Currier
Lire en français : La chute d’un agro-business étatsunien accapareur de terres :
Nowhere to Go
Violent evictions threaten land and lives in Kenya’s Kamnarok Game Reserve
When European Institutions Sacrifice Farmers for Corporate Profit
Frederic Mousseau, Maya Tsingos
Farmers protests in Brussels. Source: Confédération paysanne A wave of farmer protests has spread across Europe since January 2024.
The Epic Tanzania Tour – Sportswashing Abuses Against the Maasai
Eve Devillers
Screenshot from the Epic Tanzania Tour’s website.
Bankrolling the Carbon Cowboys: The World Bank's Carbon Insurance Plans
Eve Devillers
Forest near the Bairaman River in Papua New Guinea © Paul Hilton / Greenpeace If the plans move forward, MIGA would not only be insu
The Black Sea Grain Initiative: When the United Nations Brokers Profits for Corporations, Bankers, and Oligarchs
Frederic Mousseau
In Istanbul, UN Secretary-General António Guterres observes the WFP ship SSI Invincible 2, headed to Ukraine to pick up the largest cargo of grain yet exported under the