Reported at Al Jazeera.net At least 163 people have died in northern Nigeria in recent weeks as a result of lead poisoning from illegal gold mining in several remote villages. Henry Akpan, the Nigerian health ministry’s chief epidemiologist, said on Friday that 111 children were among those killed in Zamfara state, many of them under

Présentation: Andrew Lee Smith, Founder and CEO of True North Gems(TNG), described his companies’ fine track record of beneficiation both in Greenland and in other First Nation Communities. He states that the accusations of collusion between TNG and BMP against the Inuit’s rights to small scale mining and selling of rubies are absolutely false. En

Présentation: Greg Valerio de Cred Jewellers est l'un des militants et des défenseurs les plus passionnés de bijoux du commerce équitable. Ici, il raconte l'histoire de comment à partir d'un point de vue personnel de la façon dont il travaille pour apporter la justice sociale pour les peuples indigènes du Groenland. Un merci spécial à Greg pour la permission d'imprimer cet article, qui sera