World Bank suspends Tanzania tourism funding after claims of killings and evictions
Plan to expand Ruaha national park has been beset by allegations of abuse, leading bank to withhold final $50m of $150m budget
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Plan to expand Ruaha national park has been beset by allegations of abuse, leading bank to withhold final $50m of $150m budget
The World Bank has suspended funding for a tourism project in Tanzania that caused the suffering of tens of thousands of villagers, according to a U.S.-based rights group that has long urged the global lender to take such action.
U.S. sanctions imposed in 2022 against Nicaragua’s mining industry were supposed to help combat a bloody wave of human rights abuses against local communities. But several years later, some aspects of the sanctions still aren’t being enforced, allowing mining companies to continue operations and even expand into new parts of the country.
Oakland, California, November 10: Anuradha Mittal, Founder-Executive Director of Oakland Institute had bagged the 2022 Feyerabend Award. Established in memory of philosopher of science, Paul K. Feyerabend, the “Paul K. Feyerabend Award — A World of Solidarity is Possible” recognizes exemplary individuals, communities or organisations that bring...
UNITED NATIONS (IDN) — The late Everett McKinley Dirksen, an American politician. once famously said: "A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you're talking real money".
Studies show since AGRA's founding, food insecurity has increased by 31%
Misguided projects to plant trillions of trees distract from the real work of controlling carbon emissions and reining in climate change.
Misguided schemes to plant trillions of trees distract from the real work of controlling carbon emissions and reining in climate change.
L’ONG de défense des droits Survival International a accusé le gouvernement de « violence choquante » et d’expulsion des Massaïs de leurs terres pour faire place à la chasse au trophée