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Monthly Archives: June 2011
Libyan bishop warns of internal conflict, criticizes NATO strikes
VATICAN CITY (CNS) –The top church official in Libya expressed fear that the protracted conflict there would generate fighting among factions and tribes, but said he believed a negotiated solution was still possible, the Vatican’s missionary news agency reported. Continue reading Libyan bishop warns of internal conflict, criticizes NATO strikes
Explosion damages Nigerian cathedral; extremist group blamed
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — A Catholic cathedral in northern Nigeria was seriously damaged in an explosion caused by a bomb believed to have been set off by a group of Muslim extremists, the Vatican’s missionary news agency reported. Continue reading Explosion damages Nigerian cathedral; extremist group blamed
Understanding Land Investment Deals in Africa
Tuesday, June 7, 201
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Hedge Funds Create Volatility in Global Food Supply with Land Grabs Across Africa
Financial backers – including U.S universities and pension funds – are lured by high returns and turn a blind eye to theft of land, displacement of people
Oakland, CA – Hedge funds and other foreign speculators are increasing price volatility and supply insecurity in the global food system, according to a series of investigative reports released today by the Oakland Institute. The reports are based on the actual materials from these land deals and include investigation of investors, purchase contracts, business plans and maps never released before now. Continue reading Understanding Land Investment Deals in Africa
Zimbabwe : Liberation Hero Tekere Passes On
By Staff Writer
HARARE—Edgar Tekere, one of Zimbabwe’s luminary of liberation struggle and founder of the ruling Zanu party in the fight for independence, died Tuesday. He is credited for stopping his former ally President Robert Mugabe from establishing a one party state. Continue reading Zimbabwe : Liberation Hero Tekere Passes On
Strauss-Kahn: a metaphor for IMF practices
Leonardo Boff
Theologian
Earthcharter Commission
One might think that it is a tragedy that the head of the IMF, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, succumbed to his vice, the obsessive search for perverse sex. Running naked after a Black maid in suite 2806 of the Sofitel Hotel in New York City, he grabbed and forced her to have sex. The details were thoroughly described by the New York District Attorney. For the sake of decency, I will not repeat them. It was not a tragedy for him: it was just one more person in this world whom he has victimized. Afterwards, he got dressed, and went directly to the airport. Continue reading Strauss-Kahn: a metaphor for IMF practices
Peru election: Ollanta Humala claims victory
Peru’s Ollanta Humala has declared victory over rival Keiko Fujimori in the presidential election run-off. With 80% of votes counted, the leftist ex-soldier has 50.7% of the vote – 1.4 percentage points ahead of his conservative rival. In his victory speech, he promised that poor Peruvians would share the country’s mineral wealth and benefit from its impressive economic growth. Ms Fujimori is the daughter of jailed ex-president Alberto Fujimori. Continue reading Peru election: Ollanta Humala claims victory
Peru: Fujimori and Humala face off in presidential vote
Voters in Peru are set to cast their ballots on Sunday in a closely fought presidential second-round run-off. They face a choice of Keiko Fujimori, daughter of jailed ex-president Alberto Fujimori, and Ollanta Humala, one-time ally of Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez. The two candidates are at opposite ends of the political spectrum – a fact that has worried some Peruvians who say they will not vote for either of them. Continue reading Peru: Fujimori and Humala face off in presidential vote
Nigeria: Alarm over Child trafficking
Police accuse the doctor of buying the babies from the girls and reselling them for several thousand dollars in profit to childless couples.
By Eunice Kilonzo
ABUJA—Nigerian police say 32 pregnant teens could face charges after being accused of plotting to sell their babies in a child trafficking ring. Police arrested the girls and a doctor in charge of a clinic in southeast Abia state. Police commissioner Bala Hassan says the pregnant women were housed at the clinic until their babies were born. Police accuse the doctor of buying the babies from the girls and reselling them for several thousand dollars in profit to childless couples. Authorities also suspect that some of the babies were being bought so their body parts could be used in rituals. Continue reading Nigeria: Alarm over Child trafficking
Spiritual Environmentalism: Healing Ourselves by Replenishing the Earth
Waangari Maathai: What role does spirituality play in our work to heal the earth?
The environment becomes sacred, because to destroy what is essential to life is to destroy life itself.
by Wangari Maathai
During my more than three decades as an environmentalist and campaigner for democratic rights, people have often asked me whether spirituality, different religious traditions, and the Bible in particular had inspired me, and influenced my activism and the work of the Green Belt Movement (GBM). Did I conceive conservation of the environment and empowerment of ordinary people as a kind of religious vocation? Were there spiritual lessons to be learned and applied to their own environmental efforts, or in their lives as a whole? Continue reading Spiritual Environmentalism: Healing Ourselves by Replenishing the Earth
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