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Ethiopia: At least 2 protesters against MIDROC Gold's mine alleged negative health impacts killed; govt suspends company's license
Author: Liyat Fekade, Ethiopiaexplorer.com
"Ethiopia suspends license of largest gold mine in southern Ethiopia after at least two protesters were killed by regional security forces"...
Africa: Initiative promoting export-oriented agribusiness "at the cost of local farmers" is losing ground, says columnist
Author: Flora Sonkin, in Oakland Institute
"Two Blows in a Row: The New Alliance for Food Security Loses Ground"...
Ethiopia: How farmers are displaced to pave way for housing projects, compromising their right to food
Author: BBC
"Ethiopia's farmers forced off land for housing"...
- Related in-depth areas: Land Rights & Displacements
Ethiopian court drops charges against human rights defender advocating for local community rights against agribusiness
Author: Anywaa Survival, Bread for All, GRAIN, Inclusive Development International, Oakland Institute
"Free at last: charges against indigenous land rights defender & former World Bank inspection panel translator dropped"...
- Related in-depth areas: Land Rights & Displacements Latest news on human rights defenders
Author: Aisa Manlosa and Denise Margaret Matias, Euractiv
Frauen sind nun erwerbstätig, aber die #MeToo-Kampagne hat gezeigt, dass der Arbeitsplatz ein Nährboden für Ungleichheit und Gewalt gegen Frauen sein kann....
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NGOs welcome France's withdrawal from initiative that promotes agribusiness at the expense of local farmers in 10 African countries
Author: Action against Hunger, CCFD-Terre Solidaire & Oxfam France
"France Withdraws from NAFSN: Agribusiness is not the cure for hunger"...
- Related in-depth areas: Land Rights & Displacements
Front Line Defenders report highlights killings of 312 human rights defenders in 2017, underlining the role of business
Author: Front Line Defenders (Ireland)
"Annual Report on Human Rights Defenders at Risk 2017", 3 Jan 2018...
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Author: Bündnis für nachhaltige Textilien
Auf seinem Weg, die Bedingungen in globalen Textillieferketten zu verbessern, hat das Bündnis für nachhaltige Textilien nun entscheidende Schritte in Richtung Internationalisierung gemacht: Eine strategische Kooperation mit der Initiative „Action...
Report alleges Elbit Systems' subsidiary sold spyware used by Ethiopia govt. to spy on dissidents; company comments
A report by University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs' Citizen Lab alleges that Elbit System's subsidiary sold spyware used to spy on dissidents by Ethiopian govt. The company responded that it only sells surveillance products to law...