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Fire in Spain’s Canary Islands forces La Gomera exodus

Published in Monday August 13th, 2012 In In the media

August 13, 2012 Firefighters are battling a forest fire on La Gomera in Spain’s Canary Islands which forced the evacuation of nearly 1,000 people by ferry overnight. The worst affected area on La Gomera is Valle Gran Rey. Road access has been cut by the fire, which has spread with high winds and tinder-dry vegetation. […]

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In the Name of the Future, Rio Is Destroying Its Past

Published in Monday August 13th, 2012 In In the media

August 12, 2012 By THERESA WILLIAMSON and MAURÍCIO HORA THE London Olympics concluded Sunday, but the battle over the next games has just begun in Rio, where protests against illegal evictions of some of the city’s poorest residents are spreading. Indeed, the Rio Olympics are poised to increase inequality in a city already famous for it. Last month, […]

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Rio 2016: The race is on to revamp Brazil’s party city

Published in Monday August 13th, 2012 In In the media

(Português) 13 August 2012 The curtain has fallen on the London Olympics, so all eyes are now turning to the next host city – Rio de Janeiro. Brazil has a huge task to get the venues ready, as the BBC’s Quentin Sommerville reports from the city. At the beach’s edge in Barra da Tijuca in […]

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In Kenya, 200 Buildings in Eldoret Town May Be Demolished

Published in Monday August 13th, 2012 In In the media

August 10, 2012 More than 200 major buildings in Eldoret town, including six banks, might be demolished to pave the way for the construction of a Sh7.5 billion highway. Engineers surveying the construction of the Eldoret-Malaba Highway have alerted the Eldoret Municipal Council that the buildings are located on the road reserve and will interfere […]

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Nigeria: Lori-Ogbebor Leads Protest Over Land Acquisition By Govt

Published in Friday August 10th, 2012 In In the media

August 8, 2012 HUNDREDS of Itsekiri indigenes of Okere community in Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State, were yesterday, led on a protest by Chief Rita Lori-Ogbebor against alleged forceful acquisition of their land, measuring over 3.197 hectares by Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan for the building of a model primary school. The protesting community […]

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Nigeria: The Scramble for African Land (I)

Published in Friday August 10th, 2012 In In the media

August 9, 2012 Just like more than two-thirds of the human body consists of water, the earth is 75 per cent water. Land is therefore a precious finite resource that is just a quarter of the earth’s surface. No wonder it has been a source of many conflicts and wars over the centuries. The Arab […]

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Zimbabwe: U.S.$4 Million Required for Relocation of Tokwe-Murkosi Displacements

Published in Friday August 10th, 2012 In In the media

August 9, 2012 Government requires US$4 million to build four new schools for nearly 3 000 families being relocated to pave way for the Tokwe-Murkosi Dam in Chivi South. Relocation of the families from the dam’s flood area has started with nearly 60 families having already been resettled in the Chisase area near Nuanetsi Ranch. […]

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Philippines struggles to help millions of flood victims

Published in Friday August 10th, 2012 In In the media

August 9, 2012 Flooding in the Philippines from monsoon rain has affected millions of people in Manila and throughout Luzon. The emergency services are struggling to cope with the massive numbers of people seeking disaster relief. Philippine authorities on Thursday made an appeal for help in containing the fallout from heavy monsoon rains, as the […]

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France clears Roma camp in fresh wave of expulsions

Published in Friday August 10th, 2012 In In the media

August 9, 2012 French police raided a makeshift Roma camp on Thursday, evicting 200 people as the Socialist government quietly follows the former conservative administration’s policy of repatriating illegal immigrants. Dozens of police officers in riot gear descended on the camp near the city of Lille, in northern France, shortly after dawn to oversee the […]

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Nigeria: Human Rights Commission to Investigate Demolitions

Published in Wednesday August 8th, 2012 In In the media

August 7, 2012 The National Human Rights Commission has vowed to investigate the recent demolition of human settlements in different parts of the country by federal or state authorities. Hundreds of thousands of residents were displaced at the Waterside in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Mpape in the Federal Capital Territory and Makoko in the Lagos […]

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