by Carmelo Ruiz-Marrero, CorpWatch Blog Glencore corporation, the secretive Swiss commodities giant which has become one of the world’s biggest traders of grain, oil and minerals, has hit an unlikely roadblock: one of South America’s poorest countries. On June 22,… Read moreBOLIVIA PUSHES BACK AGAINST GLENCORE
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Fighting in Somalia's central Galmudug state has killed 120 people and displaced 100,000 in recent days. Two hospitals were shelled, presumably by government forces, in the town of Guri-El, causing aid groups to suspend operations in the area. The conflict pits government forces against the regional militia group Ahlu Sunna Wal Jamaa (ASWJ)–former allies in the fight against the jihadist al-Shaabab insurgency. A moderate Sufi sect, ASWJ has been fighting the Shaabab since 2008, and forged a pact with the government two years later. But Mogadishu is now denying the group's bid for a regional power-sharing deal, and demanding that the militia be integrated into the national armed forces. (Photo via Strategic Intelligence)
Peruvian Rainforest Dwellers Charge Privatization Scheme by Bill Weinberg, Indian Country Today When the United Nations process on climate change unveiled the program known as Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) three years ago, it was hailed as… Read moreREDD: LAND-GRAB IN THE NAME OF CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION?
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Indigenous leaders at the climate summit in Poznan Dec. 9 protested that the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand blocked inclusion of indigenous rights provisions in the proposed protocol on Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD). Photo:… Read moreIndigenous leaders protest in Poznan
Since January, some 4,000 Black Mauritanians have returned home from Senegal, as part of an ongoing repatriation process run by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). More than 25,000 Mauritanian refugees still wait in Senegal, having been pushed across… Read moreMauritanian refugees wait in Senegal
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