The coalition of Human Rights Associations in Chad has called for a national day of mourning on October 10, the date of the official inauguration of the Chad Cameroon Oil Pipeline.
Sub-Saharan Africa
Land
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Bank pushed policies likely to cause famine - book
A former Bank consultant has charged the Bank with pushing policies which would have led to the starvation of a third of a million people in Sierra Leone.
Conditionality
Commentary
The myths and dangers of PRSPs
The myths of Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers - that they are nationally owned, pro-poor, and poverty-reducing - should be debunked.
Accountability
News
Bank silent on corporate corruption in Lesotho
Controversy over the call for debarment of a Canadian contractor is proving a litmus test of the Bank's commitment to apply the same standards to corrupt Northern companies as it does to Southern governments.
Conditionality
News
World Bank and IMF forcing privatisation: new report
Privatisation imposed by the World Bank and the IMF can be harmful to the most…
Environment
Commentary
Chad-Cameroon: oil and poverty reduction don’t mix
Despite World Bank involvement, the Chad Cameroon petroleum project has confirmed that under authoritarian regimes there is a fundamental incompatibility between poverty alleviation objectives and oil exploitation activities.
Accountability
News
IFC project on Bushmen’s land
Most of the Bushmen of a Kalahari reserve in Botswana have been evicted to make way for exploitation of diamonds. Now the International Finance Corporation (IFC) is funding further exploration.
Rights
News
Toxic waste dump or "world-class site"?
A new film points at contradictions in one of the World Bank's Prototype Carbon Fund projects in Durban, South Africa.
Conditionality
News
IMF paper on NEPAD
A new IMF working paper on the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD), calls the agreement "visionary".
Rights
News
African right to water
Activists, academics and civil society met in Accra 12-14 May for a conference entitled "Corporate Globalisation & the Scramble for Africa's Water: scrutinising the roles of Bretton Woods Institutions & donor community".
Environment
News
Le projet pétrolier Tchad-Cameroun: leçons préliminaires
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Finance
News
Bank hypocrisy over Nestlé claim
A Nestl
