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Africa’s natural resources could dramatically improve the lives of millions
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Author: African Progress Panel
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Date Written: 10 May 2013
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Primary Category:
Resource Extraction
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Document Origin: African Progress Panel
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Secondary Category:
Economic Justice
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Source URL:
http://www.africaprogresspanel.org
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Key Words: Resources, benefits, services, Graca Machel,government policies,
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Summary & Comment:
while natural resources may have fuelled a decade of rapid economic growth, most Africans have still not seen the benefits, report says. In many African countries, natural resource revenues are widening the gap between rich and poor. Although much has been achieved, a decade of highly impressive growth has not brought comparable improvements in hea . . .
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A brutal tragedy that should never have happened
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Author: Brian Ashley
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Date Written: 20 August 2012
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Primary Category:
Resource Extraction
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Document Origin: Amandla magazine
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Secondary Category:
Southern Region
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Source URL:
http://www.amandlapublishers.co.za
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Key Words: South Africa, mineworkers massacre, police, Lonmin, NUM
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Summary & Comment:
Here Amandla magazine comments on reasons for the Lonmin massacre as failure of political, management and union leadership. Amandla maintains that union leadership has been given sweet deals by the company - Lonmin- and so failed to defend its workers. This also allowed a rival mining union to start up and divide the workers. Amandla recommends the . . .
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Mines still have a long way to go to negate their harmful effects on communities
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Author: Benchmarks
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Date Written: 14 August 2012
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Primary Category:
Resource Extraction
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Document Origin: Benchmarks
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Secondary Category:
Southern Region
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Source URL:
http://www.bench-marks.org.za/
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Key Words: South Africa, platinum, Lonmin, massacre, communities
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Summary & Comment:
Media Statement by Benchmarks Foundation. This study follows on their original study in 2007, of the Platinum mining companies in Northwest Province. These include Lonmin mine, where only a few days after this issuing of detailoed reports, the massacre of some 34 miners by police took place. The study shows that the detailed recommendations to Par . . .
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Botswana: Debswana and the curse that is diamond discovery in the Boteti area
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Author: Zowa Development Trust
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Date Written: 1 August 2012
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Primary Category:
Resource Extraction
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Document Origin: Peoples’ Issues
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Secondary Category:
Southern Region
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Source URL:
http:// http://indigenouspeoplesissues.com
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Key Words: Botswana, Boteti, diamonds, villagers, economic justice, sustainability
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Summary & Comment:
Debswana is jointly owned by DeBeers and the Botswana government. The latter thus has divided loyalties. The ZDT speaks on behalf of the people of Boteti area, where there are 4 huge diamond mines, who wish to persuade Debswana not to take any of their issues for granted and to enter into dialogue with them, as they are making sustained and deliber . . .
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Journalist arrested for investigating Canadian mining firm
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Author: Ghanaweb.com
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Date Written: 17 July 2012
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Primary Category:
Resource Extraction
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Document Origin: Justice Lee Adoboe
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Secondary Category:
Media
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Source URL:
http:// http://www.ghanaweb.com/
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Key Words: Ghana, mining, police.
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Summary & Comment:
The Criminals Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Monday arrested and detained a Ghanaian journalist Pascal Kudiabor at the instance of a Canadian-Ghanaian mining firm ,Emmaland Cardero Mining Company Limited. The constitution does not allow anybody to compel a journalist to disclose the source of a published news item. JK
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African civil society calls on governments to promote mining investments
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Author: socialwatch.org
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Date Written: 14 July 2012
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Primary Category:
Resource Extraction
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Document Origin: socialwatch.org
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Secondary Category:
AU/NEPAD
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Source URL:
http://www.socialwatch.org
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Key Words: African Mining Vision, Yao Graham, local services, local control
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Summary & Comment:
50 activists and experts participated early July in the Pan-African Civil Society Networks Meeting on the African mining vision AMV, which was created and signed in 2009 by government leaders. One goal is to strengthen governance mechanisms to enhance the contribution of the mining sector to national development, remarked Dr Yao Graham, coordinator . . .
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Understanding conflict minerals provisions
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Author: Enough Project
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Date Written: 30 June 2012
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Primary Category:
Resource Extraction
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Document Origin: enough
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Secondary Category:
Economic Justice
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Source URL:
http://www.enoughproject.org/
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Key Words: Eastern Congo, Minerals Provisions, Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform, DRC
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Summary & Comment:
The recent passage of provisions on conflict minerals from eastern Congo in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform act has brought unprecedented attention to the linkages between trade in minerals crucial to electronics and other industries and the ongoing conflict in DRC. This article contains some of the frequently asked questions about the topic. M.M . . .
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