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Tales of Toxics Tourists SOUTHERN AFRICA: Zambia
by Denny and Ruth
September 28th, 2007
We arrived in Lusaka, the capitol of Zambia, and were met my Edward Lange of Development and Education Community Project (DECOP) and his wife Valerie. After cramming our considerable luggage into the trunk of their car, we headed off in search of the local currency and new sim cards for our African cell phone.

Field report: Glencore Copper Mine and Smelter, Mufulira, Copperbelt Province, Zambia:
September 18th, 2007
Acid leaching of copper has destroyed land, crops and lives in a shocking example of greed and deception

NIGERIA


Shell told to pay Nigeria $1.5bn
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4746874.stm
February 24th, 2006
A Nigerian court has ordered oil giant Shell's local operation to pay $1.5bn to the Ijaw people of the Delta region.

SOUTH AFRICA


Durban, South Africa: Oil Depot Inferno
October 4th, 2007
Hundreds of residents on the Bluff in Durban had to be evacuated after three tanks exploded at about 6.30 pm. The blaze could not be contained and by 10.30 pm had spread to six more tanks in the depot

Use profits to clean up your mess, Shell told
The Mercury (Durban)
February 1st, 2007
Environmental groups around the world tell Shell to use their profits to clean up their mess.

Desmond D'Sa Honored by Sunday Times Profile in South Africa
by Brett HornerSunday Times
May 27th, 2003
Desmond D'Sa is Wentworth's own environmental terrier. For 13 years he has been a watchdog snapping at the heels of errant companies, particularly major oil refineries, who have polluted their way through decades of industrial expansion in south Durban.

Police Accused of Harassing Community Activist Over Pollution Protest
by Tony Carnie IOL
November 26th, 2002
The South African police service has been accused of "harassing" a community environmental activist after a placard protest at Mondi's paper factory in Durban last week.

Greenpeace activists storm refinery
by Farhana Ismail
September 4th, 2002
On the final day of the World Summit, Greenpeace activists did what governments, they say, failed to do. They stormed the Sapref refinery in Prospecton, gaining access to a bridge that crosses the Umlaas Canal to drop an anti-pollution banner.





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