Zambia: Chinese are good investors, bad employers – Report

Human Rights Watch (HRW) is accusing Chinese-run copper mining companies in this Southern African country of routinely flouting labor laws and regulations designed to protect workers’ safety and the right to organise. The accusation plays into the hands of newly elected president, Michael Sata, a longtime critic of Chinese investment and labor practices in the [...]

Written on November 3, 2011 | Posted in Analysis,Headline,News From Development Partners | 0

Kenya: How do we make sense of hate crimes?

If there is one thing that guarantees to unify 85% of Kenyan Citizens, young old, working or not, whatever their tribe, (apparently 85% of the country is Christian) are the events in the church that night in Eldoret. Damian , an established IT consultant in Nairobi says “We struggle to take it in, this level [...]

Written on November 1, 2011 | Posted in Culture & Tourism,Headline,Inside Africa | 0