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UN denies complicity in Congo human rights abuses after leaked report 1 Dec 2009 07:25 GMT
... metals group AMC and Malaysian Smelting Corporation (MSC) as being among the persistent offenders. Global Witness is urging states where named companies are domiciled to hold these operators to account. ...
'People vote for Nguema so they can survive' 30 Nov 2009 06:50 GMT
... Riggs was fined $41-million and subsequently collapsed. Despite all that, the human rights group Global Witness last week published documents of an investigation by the U.S. Justice Department and Immigration ...
Criminal gangs plunder Madagascar forests - report 28 Nov 2009 18:42 GMT
... of dollars, two environmental campaign groups have said. In a report issued this week, Global Witness and the Environmental Investigation Agency said between 100 and 200 rare rosewood trees were ...
Criminal gangs plunder Madagascar forests -report 28 Nov 2009 18:48 GMT
... of dollars, two environmental campaign groups have said. In a report issued this week, Global Witness and the Environmental Investigation Agency said between 100 and 200 rare rosewood trees were ...
'Gangs plunder Madagascar forests' 28 Nov 2009 19:35 GMT
... of dollars, two environmental campaign groups have said. In a report issued this week, Global Witness and the Environmental Investigation Agency said between 100 and 200 rare rosewood trees were ...
Eq. Guinea vote to reinstall leader denying graft 29 Nov 2009 09:50 GMT
... was fined $41 million and subsequently collapsed. Despite all that, the human rights group Global Witness last week published documents of an investigation by the U.S. Justice Department and Immigration ...
Criminal gangs plunder Madagascar forests 29 Nov 2009 09:51 GMT
... of dollars, two environmental campaign groups have said. In a report issued this week, Global Witness and the Environmental Investigation Agency said between 100 and 200 rare rosewood trees were ...
Eq. Guinea vote to reinstall leader denying graft 29 Nov 2009 10:11 GMT
... was fined $41 million and subsequently collapsed. Despite all that, the human rights group Global Witness last week published documents of an investigation by the U.S. Justice Department and Immigration ...
'Elections here have become a game' 28 Nov 2009 12:37 GMT
... rate of poverty." Angue Ondo's letter did not address allegations of corruption brought by Global Witness, the British group devoted to fighting corruption in natural resources. This month, the group ...
Congo rejects criticism of UN-backed force 26 Nov 2009 18:00 GMT
... activities are contributing to keeping armed groups alive," said Gavin Hayman, of resource watchdog Global Witness. ((Editing by ; mark.john@thomsonreuters.com; Dakar Newsroom +221 33 864 5076)) (For more Reuters Africa ...
Eq. Guinea vote to reinstall leader denying graft 29 Nov 2009 09:44 GMT
... a spectacular moral failing by the banks, pretty shocking stuff," said Anthea Lawson of Global Witness. Her organization says the money bought a $35 million Malibu mansion, $33 million private ...
PREVIEW: Equatorial Guinea poll 'rubber stamp', rights groups warn 27 Nov 2009 10:51 GMT
... of the richest countries in the world," said Anthea Lawson, a senior investigator at Global Witness, which monitors the link between natural resources and human rights abuses. "Instead its people ...
Guinea poll 'a sham', say rights groups 27 Nov 2009 12:17 GMT
... of the richest countries in the world," said Anthea Lawson, a senior investigator at Global Witness, which monitors the link between natural resources and human rights abuses. "Instead its people ...
E Guinea poll 'a sham', warns rights groups 27 Nov 2009 14:12 GMT
... of the richest countries in the world," said Anthea Lawson, a senior investigator at Global Witness, which monitors the link between natural resources and human rights abuses. "Instead its people ...
Eq. Guinea leader expected to win near 100 percent 27 Nov 2009 17:10 GMT
... rate of poverty." Angue Ondo's letter did not address allegations of corruption brought by Global Witness, the British group devoted to fighting corruption in natural resources. This month, the group ...

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