(February 24, 2004) The recent African leaders’ summit in Rwanda finally adopted a unique peer-review system that has the potential of irreversibly changing the face of governance in Africa.
Other News Sources
Call for audit of national debt
(February 22, 2004) A local debt cancellation lobby group, the Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development (Zimcodd) has called for an immediate audit of the national debt stock to establish its extent.
Consortium told to give back B17bn
(February 21, 2004) The public prosecution yesterday filed a suit against the private consortium building the Klong Dan wastewater treatment plant in Samut Prakan over contract violations.
Debt relief double standard for Iraq and Ethiopia, says campaigner
(February 20, 2004) A successor to the Jubilee 2000 UK movement has accused the United States government of a "glaring double standard" in its approach to debt relief for Iraq, compared to Ethiopia.
African advocates to U.S.: Reduce our debt like Iraq’s
(February 20, 2004) In their financial histories, Iraq and the Democratic Republic of Congo share something in common: billions of dollars in international loans that vanished into the coffers of their former dictators, Saddam Hussein and Mobutu Sese Seko.
True North?
(February 20, 2004) Canada’s auditor general dropped a bombshell on the country’s ruling Liberal government last week in a report roundly condemning it for the misuse of at least CDN$100 million in public funds.
Firms urged to join rush for Iraqi ‘gold’
(February 19, 2004) Accountancy firms are being encouraged to set up shop in Iraq to take part in what was last week billed as a modern-day ‘gold rush’.
Dam implicated in dangerous downstream drought
(February 18, 2004) The Three Gorges dam is partly to blame for dangerously low water levels in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River that have caused dozens of ships to run aground, official Chinese media reports say.
Sponsorship scandal is like cancer on Liberal party: Mills
(February 18, 2004) Liberal MP Dennis Mills says the sponsorship scandal is like a cancer eating away at the party – and the public trust.
Editorial: Welcome moves for whistle-blowers
(February 18, 2004) Astonishingly, Canada has no such "whistle-blower" law to shield people from reprisals, unlike the United States, Great Britain and Australia. The government is planning to introduce a draft bill by late March.
JS passes anti-corruption commission bill: TIB terms bill ‘cynical deception’
(February 18, 2004) Amid abstention of major opposition parties, the Jatiya Sangsad [the Bangladesh parliament] Tuesday night passed a bill for formation of an anti-corruption commission.
Belize dam trial: Victory, what victory?
True, Fortis narrowly escaped an injunction to stop construction of the Chalillo dam. Three out of five judges decided the Belizean government’s environmental approval of the dam was not illegal, just flawed.
World Bank financing Nam Theun 2
(February 18, 2004) World Bank financing for Nam Theun 2 clearly contradicts the Bank’s energy policy advice dispensed to Thailand and other developing countries over the past decade.
Dam implicated in dangerous downstream drought
The Three Gorges dam is partly to blame for dangerously low water levels in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River that have caused dozens of ships to run aground, official Chinese media reports say.
Yangtze shipping faces 23-day disruption
Shipping on the Yangtze River will be disrupted for more than three weeks starting Friday [Feb. 20], as the upstream section of the Three Gorges shiplock is closed for inspection, China News Service (Zhongguo xinwen she) reports.
Patricia Adams
Dai Qing
Fan Xiao
Lawrence Solomon
Mu Lan
Probe International
Lisa Peryman
Probe Media
Other News Sources
Probe International 