April 12, 2007
Zimbabwe: Still Picking Up the Pieces After Operation Murambatsvina
Life is still an uphill struggle for hundreds of thousands of Zimbabweans forced to live in the open after the government-led Operation Murambatsvina (Drive out Trash) demolished… Read more »
September 19, 2006
Cote d'Ivoire: French Executives Arrested in Toxic-Waste Scandal
Authorities in Cote d'Ivoire have arrested two senior French officials of a Dutch-based commodities company in connection with a toxic waste scandal that has shaken an already… Read more »
September 18, 2006
Cote d'Ivoire: Clean-Up of Toxic Waste Begins
International waste removal experts in protective suits and masks have begun cleaning up toxic waste that was dumped in several areas of Abidjan in a scandal that has further… Read more »
August 04, 2006
Zimbabwe: Survival After Operation Murambatsvina
A year after Zimbabwe's controversial campaign to demolish illegal urban settlements and informal markets, thousands of people remain in limbo, fearful of renewed raids by the… Read more »
July 25, 2005
Zimbabwe: Evictions Continue Despite International Condemnation
Ignoring a call by the United Nations to halt evictions of people living in unauthorised housing, Zimbabwean police on Friday ordered residents out of Porta Farm, one of… Read more »