News headlines for “Rights of Indigenous People”, page 52
Squatting on Kenya’s Mineral Wealth
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Sep 04 (IPS) - Zeinab Mohamed is a 70-year-old squatter in Kwale County, in Kenya's Coast Province. Like many other Coast Province residents, for decades, Mohamed has lived in what squatters call "floating houses".
Survivors of Peru’s Armed Conflict Still Waiting
- Inter Press Service
LIMA, Sep 02 (IPS) - Venicia Ávalos, a 65-year-old indigenous woman from Peru's highlands region of Ayacucho, looks for her son's name among a labyrinth formed by thousands of small grey stones.
‘Biggest Guns’ to Control Somalia’s South
- Inter Press Service
MOGADISHU, Sep 02 (IPS) - Somali clan leaders say that an Aug. 27 agreement between the government and only a few leaders from the country's three southern Jubba regions, which aims to resolve the ongoing dispute over who controls the area, creates more problems than it solves.
Native Americans Take Lead in Tar Sands Resistance
- Inter Press Service
SPOKANE, Washington, Sep 01 (IPS) - Native American tribes in the United States have taken the lead in opposing the expansion of the Athabasca Tar Sands in Alberta, Canada, engaging in civil disobedience to the point of arrest and attempting to physically block shipments of construction equipment from passing through their native lands.
Civil Society Calls for Vote on Drilling in Ecuador’s Yasuní Park
- Inter Press Service
QUITO, Aug 24 (IPS) - The Ecuadorean government's decision to allow oil drilling in the Yasuní National Park, one of the most biodiverse areas of the planet, has caused alarm among environmentalists and indigenous people, who are calling for a referendum on the issue.
Civil Society Trial Finds Oil Corp Guilty in Colombia
- Inter Press Service
BOGOTA, Aug 22 (IPS) - An "ethical and political trial on pillaging of natural resources" in Colombia condemned three foreign corporations, including Canada's Pacific Rubiales Energy, which has dozens of oil and natural gas operations around the country.
Q&A: Colombia Still in the Icy Grip of Impunity
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 20 (IPS) - Death threats are hardly uncommon in Colombia. In fact, if you are a human rights activist, it is practically guaranteed.
Haitian Farmers Lauded for Food Sovereignty Work
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Aug 14 (IPS) - Work by the Group of Four (G4) union of Haitian peasant organisations, along with Via Campesina, a South American organisation with which G4 has created a partnership, has been singled out for promoting "good farming practices and advocat for peasant farmers" in Haiti.
Alberta's Oil Sands Bring Jobs, Services and Despair
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Aug 05 (IPS) - "First the bugs began to disappear," says Eriel Deranger, spokesperson for Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation.
Report Finds Pattern of Inequity in Development Aid
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 31 (IPS) - Despite global efforts to provide development aid, the world's poorest are getting poorer, says a new report by the Catholic Agency for Overseas Development (CAFOD).
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