Toxic waste dumped in Africa February 18, 2009
Posted by Rethabile in africa, human rights, poverty, stupidity.Tags: africa, stupidity
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“Tonnes of toxic waste from municipal dumps in the West are being dumped illegally in countries like Nigeria and Ghana, an investigation has found.
Hundreds of thousands of broken items like TVs and computers are being sold to dealers on the pretext of re-use.
Under EU law, such household appliances must be dismantled or recycled.
But they are stripped of raw metals by those working on poisoned waste dumps, the report by Greenpeace, Sky News and Britain’s Independent newspaper found.”
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See, this pisses me off…
Speaking of Africa June 28, 2008
Posted by Rethabile in culture.Tags: africa, culture
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Changeseeker, of Why Am I Not Surprised, says, “Yesterday, surfing the web for the first time since I moved last week, I decided to stalk my favorite website builder’s work and came across a call for applications for the Focus Features Africa First Short Film Program. The application period opened May 12th and closes July 15th, so if you don’t have an idea you’ve already fleshed out pretty seriously, it’s probably too late. And the competition is only for African filmmakers. But you never know.
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