Haiti’s Debt and Toxic Dumping
G7 nations pledge for clearing Haiti's financial burden and
from Trafigura to TVs, fighting back against toxic waste from massive
multinationals and careless consumers. This week, two related stories on debt
and compensation.
Haiti's debt will be cancelled but what does it mean in
practice?
And, what would you do if the fertile land or waters you grew around
were polluted by an industry that simply didn't care about the devastation it
had caused?
Henry Bonsu is joined in the studio by FIONA DARROCH, environmental and human rights lawyer, and director of PROTIMOS www.protimos.org. Also featuring, Rev Al Sharpton; Patrick Naagbanton from the Centre for Environment, Human Rights and development in Nigeria; Tom Hart, US Government Relations Director at ONE and David Leigh, Head of Investigations at The Guardian Newspaper (UK)
What can Africa learn from FIFA 2010?
Last week, President Jacob Zuma was in London on a state visit to promote UK-South Africa business relations
Blanket HIV testing: would it work?
This week world's leading experts predicted that we could eradicate HIV/AIDS within 40 years.
Is Africa the new hotspot?
Last week, the prestigious Africa Investor Tourism Investment Awards were held in the Zimbabwean capital Harare
Madiba: freedom 20 years on
February 11th this year celebrated 20 years since Nelson Mandela’s release from Robben Island in 1990.











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