News stories by Hans Wetzels

  1. African Farmers Could Benefit from More Friendly EU Agriculture Policies

    - Inter Press Service

    UNITED NATIONS, Aug 06 (IPS) - Gilbert Bor manages a small farm in the western highlands of Kenya. Landscapes are hilly, village roads lined with pine trees, his cows mostly of the Friesian breed. He is up at 6:00am daily to lead his animals through the woods into the valley below.

  2. A Treaty to End Corporate Immunity?

    - Inter Press Service

    UNITED NATIONS, Apr 25 (IPS) - Hans Wetzels is a writer for Africa Renewal* published by the United Nations

    When Ecuadorean diplomat Luis Gallegos first proposed a "Binding Treaty on Business and Human Rights," many countries and environmental activists welcomed the idea with open arms.

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