Land & Environment

Over the past several years, the people of Jemna, a region in southern Tunisia famous for its excellent quality dates called Deglet Nour (the dates of light), have been engaged in an important and inspiring struggle around land rights.

“Your bullets won’t kill our dreams.” From the 24^th anniversary celebration on COPINH’s liberated territory, Utopia. Credit: Beverly Bell

Vásquez in front of shrine to Berta Cáceres. Photo: Beverly Bell

A mzungu on horseback was killed in Kenya last week.

Gone are the days when the city of Port Harcourt was a preferred destination. Nigeria is a country of many cities, but not many were fortunate to be admired. “Garden City” was the signature phrase that described this city. It was clean.

The Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations (COPINH), the Lenca indigenous group Cáceres cofounded in 1993, continues to work for justice for indigenous peoples and territories, for protection of the earth, and for democracy in Honduras.

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Eight Tanzanian environmental rights activists are headed to court in Mzuzu on March 9 following two months in detention and nine postponements of their trial. Malawian authorities arrested the human rights defenders in late December during a peaceful educational exchange in the Karonga region.

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In Oscar Wilde’s famous play, The Importance of Being Ernest, the hero pretends to be the honourable Ernest Worthing who to his surprise he turns out to be at the end of the play.