Category: Global Issues

Congos Oil Ministry Accused of Greenwashing

By Global Issues KINSHASA, Jun 16 (IPS) – Nine of the 16 oil blocks to be auctioned in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) next month overlap Protected Areas, according to a review of official government maps by Greenpeace Africa. Read the full story, “Congos Oil Ministry Accused of Greenwashing”, on globalissues.org → Source: Congos […]

Death Sentences in Myanmar

By Global Issues BRUSSELS, Jun 15 (IPS) – “The illegal military junta provides further evidence to the international community of its disregard for human rights as it prepares to hang pro-democracy activists,” said Thomas Andrews and Morris Tidball-Binz, UN special rapporteurs in Myanmar for human rights and extrajudicial arbitrary executions, respectively on June 10, 2022. […]