US imposes sanctions on companies tied to Sudan forces as fighting rages
Khartoum, Sudan/Washington DC, US Reuters The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on companies it accused of fuelling the conflict in Sudan, stepping up pressure on the army and a rival paramilitary force to stop fighting raging in Khartoum and other regions. The US Treasury Department said it targeted two companies linked to the army, […]
Postcards: Burkina Faso’s vanishing gold boom puts livelihoods at risk
ANNE MIMAULT and HELEN REID, of Reuters, report on the impacts of a Islamist insurgency and political instability in Burkina Faso…
Brazil’s largest Indigenous reservation overrun by illegal gold mining, says report
Brasilia Reuters An illegal gold mining boom on Brazil’s largest Indigenous reservation has brought disease, violence and grave human rights violations on the Yanomami people, according to research and allegations included in a new report on Monday, blaming high gold prices and tacit government support. The report by the Hutukara Yanomami Association found a 46 […]
Nearly 30 per cent of Brazil’s gold exports are illegal, report says
Brasilia, BrazilReuters Roughly 28 per cent of Brazilian gold exports in 2019 and 2020 likely came from illegal mines, a report by public prosecutors and the Federal University of Minas Gerais found, pointing to widespread forging of documents and lack of effective law enforcement. The report from federal prosecutors and the Federal University of Minas […]
POSTCARDS: ENVIRONMENTALIST PRIEST IN PERU SAYS VERY LITTLE HAS CHANGED SINCE POPE’S VISIT
PAULA DUPRAZ-DOBIAS reports for Religion News Service from Peru…
PERU: SUPERSTITION DRIVES CHILD SEX TRAFFICKING IN MINING TOWNS
STEPHANIA CORPI, of the Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how the superstitious belief that having sex with a girl – especially a virgin – brings good luck fuels child sex trafficking in Peru’s illegal gold mining region…