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April 2000 : news summary:
Natural
Disasters, Hazards and Emergencies
Various,
25-27/4/00
~ Features and reports on the famine that threatens 50m in India.
‘Destruction
reaches grand scale proportions‘, FT, 26/4/00
~ Assesses the fate of the Brazilian rainforest.
‘Worldwide
aid appeal as catastrophes loom‘, Metro, 26/4/00
~ Highlights the areas of the world which are currently or could
potentially be affected by natural disaster and the need for aid.
Security/Conflicts
Various,
24- 27/4/00 ~ Updates and reports from Zimbabwe.
Also: ‘South Africa’s anxious eyes on Zimbabwe‘,
The Economist, 15-21/4/00, p69
~ Land seizures in Zimbabwe are creating tension in neighbouring
S. Africa
Also: ‘At risk in Africa‘, The Economist, 22-28
April 2000, pp13-14
~ Examines events in Zimbabwe and the most suitable candidates
for intervention.
Also: ‘The mess one man makes‘, pp19-22
~ Analyses Mugabe’s political position within Zimbabwe.
‘It
is the kind of thing…‘, IND, 27/4/00
~ Report on the conflict between Ethiopia and Eritrea.
Human
Rights
‘Situation
worsens for children in Nicaragua‘, TWNF, March 2000
~ Nicaraguan minister & Head of the National Commission to
Abolish Child Labour gives go ahead for coffee plantations to
employ children of 12 or above. Mentions UNICEF study on child
prostitution.
‘Achieving
the human right to food security‘, TWNF, March 2000
~ Examines the need for equal distribution of food and wealth
rather than economic growth per se to achieve global food security.
‘Rwanda
accused of abuses‘, IND, 27/4/00
~Rwanda accuses of concealing human rights abuses.
‘Immigrants
in Europe face job discrimination, says ILO‘, TWNF, March
2000
~Report shows immigrants in Europe face discrimination in the
labour market.
Corruption
‘The
long struggle for Zimbabwe’s land‘, The Economist, 15-21 April
2000, p70
~ Land reforms in Zimbabwe have been hampered by corruption.
‘Weeding
out corruption‘, FT, 25/4/00
~ The pressure to attract foreign investment is now easing for
Asia and so it seems has the commitment to improved corporate
governance.
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