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BY KEITH NUTHALL

OIL tankers sailing past the often unstable shores of west Africa will be safer in future, following the commissioning of a fully-equipped regional Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre in Monrovia, Liberia, coordinated by the International Maritime Organisation. The centre will help ships in distress off the Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Union’s (EU) rapid alert system for contaminated food and feed (RASFF) has warned nuts imported into the EU are still commonly contaminated with aflatoxins. It reported in August British customs seizures of groundnuts (and fine corn meal) from India, plus peanut butter from Ghana, containing the toxin.…

BY ALAN OSBORN

INCREASES in greenhouse gas pollution caused by deforestation, especially in developing countries, will be part of a revised Kyoto Protocol, covering the years beyond 2012. This was the agreement of a working group at a meeting last week (Aug 21-27) of the UN-sponsored global Climate Change Talks in Accra, Ghana.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

LARGE mining companies take the environment seriously today, maybe rather more than in times past. They are devoting significant resources to reducing or mitigating the environmental problems caused by mining. But what about the small and artisanal mines that pepper much of the developing world?…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

AS Developments readers sink their teeth into chocolate Easter eggs this spring, it may be heartening to know that some profits generated by Cadbury’s seasonal confectionary are being diverted to Ghana’s small cocoa farmers. The British chocolate giant and the UN Development Programme have created an innovative fund, initially commanding US$2 million, rising to US$10 million by 2010, for investment in small farming communities in this cocoa exporting country.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

CADBURY and the UN Development Programme have created an innovative fund, initially commanding US$2 million, rising to US$10 million by 2010, for investment in small Ghana cocoa producing communities. The money will improve farming to boost yields and bean quality.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

A SENIOR official from European Union (EU) anti-fraud office OLAF has become the chairman of the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) new Inter-Governmental Negotiating Body (INB) charged with drafting a protocol fighting the illicit tobacco trade. This will be an international treaty aimed at creating worldwide measures combating this illegal commerce, linked to the WHO’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE SECURITY of nuclear power installations may be a priority in terrorism-fearing rich countries, but not in poorer states, with many other problems. But it is equally important of course: nuclear accidents, sabotage and terror attacks are devastating wherever they occur.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
PHILIP Morris International (PMI) has released a detailed intelligence dossier on cigarette and other tobacco product counterfeiting, in a bid to encourage the international cooperation it deems necessary to effectively fight this crime. The report highlights 17 countries around the world where it thinks cigarette counterfeiting is a particular problem and where the cigarette company has specific advice: Latvia, the Czech Republic, Ukraine, Russia, Thailand, Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, China, Egypt, Belize, Panama, Uruguay, Paraguay, Brazil and Ghana.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE UNITED States Trade Representative (USTR) has released a series of detailed reports outlining the threats posed by counterfeiters worldwide and the inability of many governments to fight the problem.

Its sheaf of intelligence includes comprehensive warnings from cigarette giant Philip Morris, a company that has adopted a high profile in fighting counterfeiters and smugglers.…