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Liberia: Two killed and one injured after mine collapses
Author: Selma Lomax, Front Page Africa (Liberia)
‘Two Buried Alive in Jackson Village Mine Collapse’ 21 February 2020...
- Related in-depth areas: Latest news on natural resources Natural Resources
So. Africa: Customer safety concerns raised as manufacturer recalls ‘unfit for human consumption’ products
Author: Sunday Times (South Africa)
‘Manufacturer recalls 'unfit for consumption' 400g tins of Pilchards’ 23 February 2020 ...
- Related companies: Shoprite
Laos: Chinese-owned banana farms are polluting a river affecting over 500 families
Author: Max Avary & Richard Finney, Radio Free Asia
"Lao River Clogged With Trash From Chinese Banana Farms", 3 February 2020...
- Related in-depth areas: Chinese investment overseas
So. Africa: Court grants access to report on prison violence that may reveal torture of inmates by security company
Author: Estelle Ellis, Daily Maverick (South Africa)
‘Human rights lawyers win access to Mangaung prison riot report’ 11 February 2020...
- Related in-depth areas: Private military & security companies
- Related companies: G4S
Author: Monitoreo Económico
“Transnacionales prefieren aguas fronterizas porque pueden quitar concesiones a los usuarios”, 9 de febrero de 2020...
- Related in-depth areas: Access to water Recursos naturales
- Related companies: Ferromex (part of Grupo México) HSBC J.P. Morgan (part of JPMorgan Chase) Mexichem
Mozambique: 11 people die after mine tunnel collapses
Author: Africa Feeds (Ghana)
‘11 miners die after tunnel collapse’ 7 February 2020...
- Related in-depth areas: Latest news on natural resources Natural Resources
- Related companies: Gemfields
Zimbabwe: Survivor of collapsed mine says more bodies trapped despite rescue operations being called off
Author: Zim Eye (Zimbabwe)
‘Mine Disaster Survivor Says More Bodies Are Trapped Underground As Rescue Operations Are Terminated’ 10 February 2020...
- Related in-depth areas: Latest news on natural resources Natural Resources
Indonesia: Batik Air transports 270 Indonesian passengers from virus-hit Wuhan during a humanitarian mission
Author: Rizki Fachriansyah, The Jakarta Post
"Social media users laud Batik Air for evacuating Indonesians from virus-hit Wuhan", 3 February 2020...
- Related companies: Batik Air
Myanmar: Protesters urge closure of the military-run Myaing Kalay cement factory for allegedly causing water contamination
Author: Myat Moe Aung, Myanmar Times
"Kayin villagers blame black water on factory", 28 January 2020 [...] The protesters called for the closure of the military-run Myaing Kalay cement factory... [...] Their top concern is the scarcity of clean water in the surrounding villages, which th...
Ghana: Abandoned mining pit collapses, killing two suspected illegal miners
Author: Pulse TV (Ghana)
‘Two ‘illegal miners’ die in abandoned pit’ 2 February 2020...
- Related in-depth areas: Latest news on natural resources Natural Resources