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CHINA-NIGERIA: New Refinery Planned for Lagos Free Trade Zone
- Inter Press Service
Nigeria is a place where many more deals are announced than are ever completed. But July saw progress towards the construction of one of three new Nigerian refineries that were the subject of a memorandum of understanding between the Nigerian and Chinese governments earlier in the year.
RIGHTS-CHINA: Migrants Are Badly Needed, But Get Little Support
- Inter Press Service
Thirty-six-year-old Luo Fusheng left his hometown in China’s Jiangxi province a decade ago to look for work to help support his family. Unskilled and with limited education, Luo eventually ended up in the factory city of Shenzhen, more than 700 kilometres to the south, where he now works as a security guard.
ZIMBABWE: Veggies Dried and Tasted
- Inter Press Service
A resurgence of interest in dried traditional vegetables has opened up a market opportunity for women entrepreneurs in Zimbabwe’s second city, Bulawayo.
Civil Society Hails New Oil and Mining Transparency Standards
- Inter Press Service
National and international civil society groups Thursday hailed the U.S. Senate's passage of a major financial reform act that includes a key anti-corruption provision requiring energy and mining companies to publicly disclose payments they make to governments around the world.
AFRICA: Everything but Arms Initiative Benefits Too Few People
- Inter Press Service
The Everything but Arms trade initiative, which provides preferential treatment to poor countries, benefits only a limited range of people in the target populations. It should also be expanded to more countries, civil society organisations say.
Major Strides Seen in Halting Illegal Logging
- Inter Press Service
A comprehensive report, released Thursday by Chatham House, finds that production of illegal timber worldwide has declined by 22 percent since 2002, a trend that is benefiting both communities dependent on tropical forests and the global climate.
Pacific Islands Criticise Stalled Climate Financing
- Inter Press Service
Despite the creation of a High-Level Advisory Group on Climate Change Financing (AGF), a group of hard-hit Pacific islands is expressing doubt that aid will be delivered in a timely manner.
PARAGUAY: Women Manage Dairy for Self-Sufficiency
- Inter Press Service
A year ago, Ramona Pereira was stuck with humdrum domestic drudgery in a rural village in Paraguay. Now she is the leader of a committee of women dairy producers in her community, and at 38 she feels like a new woman.
Big Tobacco Profits from Kazakh Child Labour, Report Says
- Inter Press Service
Hoping for better opportunities than they can find at home, many families from Kyrgyzstan travel to find work. Neighbouring Kazakhstan has the strongest economy in Central Asia, and tobacco farms attract workers fleeing Kyrgyzstan's high unemployment.
DEVELOPMENT-ZIMBABWE: 'Competing With the Dogs for Bones'
- Inter Press Service
'People used to mock me, saying that I am competing with dogs for bones, but these taunts do not deter me,' says Sibongile Mararike with no sign of rancour.
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