May 21, 2013
News in 'Environment' section
Foreign rush for Africa’s arable land and impact on food security
May 10, 2012Africa is fast becoming the world’s bread basket, attracting investors from different countries around the world, who are buying up and/or leasing arable land to produce food for their own countries.
Liberian lawmakers say current oil deals breach law
May 9, 2012Liberia’s House of Representatives has unanimously voted for the re-negotiation of all of the country’s oil contracts.
Mali conflict triggers refugee movement never seen in Sahel
May 9, 2012While political and military actors have so far failed to end growing instability, a new report says millions of people across the Sahel region continue to face “extreme risk of hunger and malnutrition,” with recent political instability in the region worsening the situation.
HRW on deaths of 100s of children from lead poison in Nigeria
May 7, 2012Lead poisoning at artisanal gold mines in Nigeria’s northern state of Zamfara has caused the deaths of some 400 children since March 2010, said Human Rights Watch (HRW), ahead of a big international conference on the issue in Abuja on 9 May.
ICRC on humanitarian plight of people in northern Mali
May 5, 2012The fighting that led to the overrunning of the principal cities of Kidal, Gao and Timbucktu plunged northern Mali into chaos and set off a big humanitarian crisis.
How good are Sierra Leone mining jobs ?
April 23, 2012In Sierra Leone, many citizens are running after jobs provided by mining companies, while pay and conditions of service provided by these companies are still being contested.
Calm returns to Sierra Leone mine after 3 die in violence
April 19, 2012Calm has returned to Sierra Leone’s northern mining city of Bunbuna, following a violent protest amidst a mine workers strike, which left three people dead and at least eight others injured on Wednesday.
Sierra Leone: Mine workers protest turns violent, 1 death
April 18, 2012BREAKING NEWS
By Mohamed Konneh/WADR Correspondent
One person is said to have been shot dead and several others wounded in in Sierra Leone’s northern town of Bunbuna, as striking workers staged a protest at a mining company.
Africa: Despite more spending, less access to water,sanitation
April 17, 2012--WB official says it’s unacceptable
A World Bank official has said despite the increase in budgets for water and sanitation in much of Africa since access to portable water was recognized as a Millennium Development Goal (MDG) in 2000, “bigger budgets and more spending have not appreciably expanded access to services in most countries.”
'Change in power could affect progress in food security'--IFPRI
April 16, 2012The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) has warned that change in leadership could undermine progress made in improving food production and ensure food security Africa.
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