Expert says faith groups play an environmental role

By Fredrick Nzwili Nairobi, 29 March (ENInews)–Religious denominations and people of faith play crucial roles in caring for the environmentand mitigating the effects of climate change, according to the head of the Alliance of Religions and Conservation (ARC).

Zimbabwe: Foreign-Owned Mining Firms Up for Grabs by Locals

News from Africa New controversial rule compels foreign mining companies to sell majority stake to locals. By Staff Writer HARARE—Zimbabwean Government under new regulations released on Monday has compelled all foreign-owned mining companies in its country to sell majority stakes to locals in the next coming six months.

Bombers killed in Jos as bomb meant for church explodes

sunnewsonline Another major bloodshed was averted in Jos, the Plateau State capital, when  two  attempts to detonate  bombs in  two separate locations yesterday failed through divine intervention.  However, at least four people died over the botched incident.

Bauchi boils again, 5 killed, houses destroyed

Sun News Online At least five people were feared killed, many others injured and property worth millions of naira destroyed in Tafawa Balewa Local Government Area of Bauchi State following outbreak of fresh crisis in the area, yesterday.

Sharpeville massacre survivor moves into first home

The Guardian South African woman, 92, who was shot in leg by police 51 years ago, receives keys to government-built houses. She survived the Sharpeville massacre, witnessed the rise and fall of apartheid and celebrated the release of Nelson Mandela.But this week Mamai Anna Maloso achieved a personal ambition when, after the wait of a [...]

Peru’s presidential election: Inside out

The Economist PERU has a tradition of political outsiders who appear from nowhere to stage political shocks. The most notable example was Alberto Fujimori, a previously obscure university rector who won the presidency as an independent in 1990 even though opinion polls gave him less than 5% of the vote only a fortnight before the [...]

Mining Ban and US law: Cause for Economic Crisis in Congo?

AFJN From the Jan-March 2011 Edition of Around Africa, by Bahati Jacques, AFJN Senior Policy Analyst Since President Barack Obama signed into law the Conflict Mineral Act on July 21, 2010 (section 1502, of US public law N0 111-203), non-profit organizations and electronics companies have been working to influence the Department of State and the [...]

Instead of Bombing Dictators, Stop Selling Them Bombs

Common Dreams “Turn their Swords into Plowshares” by Medea Benjamin and Charles Davis When all you have is bombs, everything starts to look like a target. And so after years of providing Libya’s dictator with the weapons he’s been using against the people, all the international community – France, Britain and the United States – [...]

Environment Refugees’ Unclear Legal Status:New Approaches Urgently Needed, Study Says

EcoJesuit.com By Thorsten Philipp, SJ The phenomenon is well known since long, but concrete numbers are rare: more and more people are forced to relocate permanently from their homes, due to environmental degradation and ecosystem losses. Projections for 2050, released by the International Organization of Migration in 2008, range from 25 million to one billion [...]

Harvard students spend spring break living like immigrant farm workers

Orlando Sentinel When the students finish with a morning in the fields, picking over the last few heads of cabbage before the land is plowed under to grow sod, they head to a youth group back in Apopka, where they listen to teens talk about a young immigrant’s life. They speak of alienation, loneliness and [...]