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Malawian Opposition Leader Blasts President Banda's Handling of Lake Border Dispute

6 Aug 2013- 10:08 by OOSKAnews Correspondent LILONGWE, Malawi The head of Malawi’s opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), Peter Mutharika, this week criticized President Joyce Banda’s handling of the country’s border dispute with Tanzania over Lake Malawi, also known as Lake Nyasa. Speaking
Malawi Issues 172 Mining Licenses, Raising Environmental Concerns

The Malawi government has issued 172 mining licenses in the past four years as part of its effort to boost the country’s agriculture-dependent economy.
El Salvador Claims Guatemalan Mine Threatens Its Water

El Salvador has claimed a gold and silver mine in Guatemala would pollute the water quality of its essential Lempa River, which provides 37 percent of the country’s drinking water. The government of El Salvador is now calling on the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (CIDH) to pressure Guatemala to halt Goldcorp’s Cerro Blanco mine.
Banda Pledges Malawi Will Not Share Contested Lake; US Remaining Neutral

Malawian President Joyce Banda reiterated this week that Malawi would not agree to share ownership of any part of Lake Malawi with any “other country,” referring to neighboring Tanzania.
Burma Hydro Project a Cover for Chinese Gold Mining?

8 May 2012- 12:53 by OOSKAnews Correspondent MYANMAR, RANGOON The Thai-based Shwe Gas Movement claimed at the end of April that Chinese companies are planning to extract gold from Peophru Island in the Laymro River in western Burma’s Arakan state "under the guise of constructing a hydropower

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Malawian Opposition Leader Blasts President Banda's Handling of Lake Border Dispute

Malawi Issues 172 Mining Licenses, Raising Environmental Concerns

El Salvador Claims Guatemalan Mine Threatens Its Water

Banda Pledges Malawi Will Not Share Contested Lake; US Remaining Neutral

Burma Hydro Project a Cover for Chinese Gold Mining?