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WEST AFRICA REGIONAL MONEY LAUNDERING ORGANISATION STARTS WORK IN EARNEST
BY ALAN OSBORN
IT’S had a somewhat laborious beginning but at long last it seems that the West African regional body for fighting money laundering – formally known as the Groupe Inter-gouvernemental d’Action contre le Blanchiment en Afrique (GIABA) – is ready to begin operations in earnest.…
MILITARY OFFERS NURSES UNORTHODOOX PATH TO CAREER FULFILLMENT
BY DEIRDRE MASON
IN an era when military intervention has been given a bad name through the Iraq morass, serving with the army, navy or air force might not be the immediate choice of many nurses as a career path which helps the needy.…
WTO EXTENDS FREE-TRADE WAIVER FOR BLOOD DIAMOND CONTROLS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE WORLD Trade Organisation (WTO) has exempted from its standard free trade rules for a further six years countries involved in the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme combating ‘blood diamond’ sales.
Its current waiver was to expire December 31 and protects trade restrictions undertaken by participating countries preventing rough diamonds being exported to non-signatory states.…
EU ROUND UP - DIMAS LEAKS EU CARBON CAPTURE LAW PLANS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN Union (EU) environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas has unveiled European Commission plans to next year launch comprehensive legislation boosting effective carbon capture and storage.
The laws would remove legal barriers impeding research and development into this environmental technology and would also lay down rules on liability, for instance, if stored CO2 leached into the environment.…
IFC PUMPS MONEY INTO GHANA GOLD MINE
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE INTERNATIONAL Finance Corporation (IFC) of the World Bank is pumping US$125 million into Ghana’s Ahafo gold mine project, which is controlled by a subsidiary of the USA-based Newmont Mining Corporation. Part of the money will help tackle criticism from aid groups that the open pit project will displace or affect the livelihoods of 9,000 people.…
SOUTH AFRICAN NURSING BRITAIN RECRUITMENT HIT
BY STEVEN SWINDELLS, in Johannesburg
ONGOING recruitment of South African nurses to the UK is pushing South Africa’s already hard pressed public health system close to the brink of collapse and putting patient care at risk, the country’s lead nursing union and health experts have warned.…
MIGA INVESTMENT GUARANTEES OIL AND GAS SECTOR WORLD BANK
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE MULTILATERAL Investment Guarantee Agency, or MIGA, is the international organisation companies turn to when they want to invest in a jurisdiction where their assets might not be that safe. Oil and gas companies have long used MIGA to cover risks that are too tasty for the private insurance industry, and at December 2005, MIGA had supported 13 oil and gas projects, with guarantees totalling US$707 million, with a standard leverage of five-to-one, so investments covered are actually five times larger.…
AFRICA LAKE SHRINKAGE UNEP REPORT
BY KEITH NUTHALL
SATELLITE images of the shrinking Aral Sea in central Asia have long horrified environmentalists, but now similar creeping disasters are threatening the many fresh water and brackish lakes of Africa. These are illustrated by disturbing satellite images within an atlas produced by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).…
AFRICA LAKE SHRINKAGE UNEP
BY KEITH NUTHALL
Lake Songor Lagoon, Ghana: 1990 and 2000
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AFRICA LAKE SHRINKAGE UNEP REPORT
BY KEITH NUTHALL
SATELLITE images of the shrinking Aral Sea in central Asia have long horrified environmentalists, but now similar creeping disasters are threatening the many fresh water and brackish lakes of Africa. These are illustrated by disturbing satellite images within an atlas produced by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).…