In Uganda environmental impact assessment is usually a presidentialist con to enable Museveni to push his agenda

In Uganda environmental impact assessment is usually a presidentialist con to enable Museveni to push his agenda

Corporate sustainability deception or corporate sustainability fraud continues to predominate in the EIA process and to cause great suffering especially in the poor countries where corporates undertake projects and programmes not so much to spur development as to make money.

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How deadly gangsters traded crime for food production in Nairobi slum: ‘When police bullet took my brother, I knew I had to change’

How deadly gangsters traded crime for food production in Nairobi slum: ‘When police bullet took my brother, I knew I had to change’

Some two million people or 40 per cent of Nairobi’s population of five million people, live in informal settlements, according to CFK Africa, a non-governmental organisation that runs health and poverty reduction programs in such neighbourhoods and is familiar with Vision Bearerz’ work.

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250 people killed in deadly Israeli strikes Gaza as visiting Trump helplessly says ‘people are starving’

250 people killed in deadly Israeli strikes Gaza as visiting Trump helplessly says ‘people are starving’

Israel has faced increasing international isolation over its campaign in Gaza, with even the United States, its staunchest ally, expressing unease over the scale of the destruction and the dire situation caused by its blockade on deliveries of food and other vital aid.

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Zimbabwe’s elephant population is rising rapidly, stoking conflicts with villagers over resources

Zimbabwe’s elephant population is rising rapidly, stoking conflicts with villagers over resources

Zimbabwe’s collaring project may offer a way forward. Sixteen elephants, mostly matriarchs, have been fitted with GPS collars, allowing rangers to track entire herds by following their leaders. But Hwange holds about 45,000 elephants, and parks officials say it has capacity for 15,000. Project officials acknowledge a huge gap remains.

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