Africa

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Conning the People: Privatization in Canada

A five-part radio documentary series about the disastrous effects of privatization in Canada and internationally. Written by Asad Ismi Produced by Kristin Schwartz Narrated by both Production assistance by Kristiana Clemens and sounds by Wing Hong Tse. Download or listen online at this link. Email Asad Ismi for CD copies of the documentary at <redstorm.ismi@gmail.com> […]

Canadian Mining Companies Set to Destroy Ghana’s Forest Reserves

By Asad Ismi Under pressure from Canadian and U.S. mining companies, the Ghanaian government seems ready to pass legislation in June 2003 which will open the country’s protected forest reserves to mining. The companies’ bulldozers are ready to rip apart thousands of hectares of rainforest in the Ashanti, Eastern and Western Regions if the government […]

Nigeria’s Corporate Killers

By Asad Ismi Multinational oil companies operating in Nigeria are complicit in human rights violations according to a recent report released by Human Rights Watch. The report titled “Nigeria: The Niger Delta: No Democratic Dividend,” points out that “…oil companies are seen by the residents of the Delta [Nigeria’s main oil producing area] to have […]