(May 15, 2000) The absolute terror engulfing the West African state of Sierra Leone is a grim reminder of the chaos and widespread bloodshed frequently erupting on that violence-plagued continent.
Abacha’s stolen millions in British banks
(May 10, 2000) Hundreds of millions of pounds stolen by the late Nigerian dictator General Sani Abacha and his entourage is stashed in bank accounts in London and Jersey, lawyers working for the Nigerian government claimed yesterday.
It takes two to tango when it comes to corruption
(April 30, 2000) A landmark case against international corruption begins in the Maseru High Court this week, with a number of huge companies in the dock on charges of bribery.
President Obasanjo appeals for immediate debt relief for Nigeria
(March 28, 2000) President Olusegun Obasanjo has called for immediate debt relief for Nigeria, pointing to the fact that his country is at a crucial time in its democratic transition and in urgent need of international support.
NSS harass Leuta for attending Dam-Affected Peoples Conference
(March 8, 2000) Three agents of Lesotho’s National Security Service (NSS) have repeatedly harassed Mr. Benedict Leuta in recent months. Leuta is a resident of the Lesotho Highlands who lost land to the recently constructed Katse Dam.
Odious debts
(January 1, 2000) There is “no (repeat, no) prospect for Zaire’s creditors to get their money back in the foreseeable future.” – Edwin Blumenthal, International Monetary Fund.
Lesotho bribery case set for May
(December 8, 1999) The multimillion-rand Lesotho Highlands Water Project bribery trial, involving more than 20 international companies and individuals, will begin on May 2 next year and run for five months, the chief magistrate of Maseru said yesterday.
When big dams spell disaster: assessing the Lesotho Highlands Water Project
(December 1, 1999) The Lesotho Highlands Water Project has its origins in the apartheid era. Lesotho Highlands communities are supporting the project, despite the destruction it has caused to their homes and arable land. South African environmental organisations, however, oppose it for various reasons. Steve Rothert explains why this project challenges traditional perspectives about large dams and development.
Water project’s former CEO in court
(November 30, 1999) Two individuals, including Masupha Sole, and representatives of three international companies, appeared before the chief magistrate of Maseru yesterday on charges of alleged bribery amounting to R22m.
Givers and takers
(November 30, 1999) Most Taxpayers in the rich industrialized countries believe, as the Pearson Commission inquiry into foreign aid believed, that “it is only right for those who have to share with those who have not.” Much of the Western World’s sharing, though, has been in the form of loans, not gifts. The Third World has borrowed about one-third of the $400 billion in foreign aid that it has received from the rich countries’ national aid agencies.
Corrupt companies should be suspended from WB contracts
(November 29, 1999) Dam-building companies charged with corruption in a Lesotho court should be suspended from receiving World Bank contracts while they are under investigation, says International Rivers Network.
Wolfensohn will lose face if he gives nod to dirty dozen
(November 17, 1999) The simple issue on the agenda at a World Bank meeting in Pretoria is corruption – specifically the padding of Katse Dam construction costs by a "dirty dozen" of multinational corporations.
Funders ponder response to corruption
(October 21, 1999) The World Bank and other official financiers meet next month to discuss ways out of a corruption scandal reaching from the remote highlands of Lesotho to their own headquarters.
Swiss admission of supporting Apartheid
(October 14, 1999) The Swiss government has acknowledged that its refusal to impose sanctions on apartheid South Africa 15 years ago was indefensible.
In 1991, we proposed a way out of the Third World debt crisis. Now it’s happening.
(September 21, 1999) In 1997, after hearing about Probe International’s campaign to enforce the doctrine of odious debts, a group of South African activists knew they had found the answer to their quest for a just and principled stand against the accomplices to apartheid.
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