International
Conflict Minerals: Tesla Motors Outlines Difficulties In Tracking Conflict Minerals In Its Supply Chain
Jun 3, 2014
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Angelo Young, International Business Times
Tesla Motors Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) said this week in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing that it’s having difficulty determining the source for some of the…
Conflict Minerals: HP and IBM List North Korea as a Supplier in Conflict-Mineral Reports
Jun 3, 2014
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Ian King, Bloomberg Businessweek
A new rule requiring U.S. companies to report information about their suppliers was designed to discourage them from doing business with mines controlled by armed…
Myanmar: Shan State Villagers Barred From Farming Land by Military
Jun 2, 2014
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Nang Mya Nadi, Democratic Voice of Burma
The Burmese military on Thursday rejected a request from local farmers in southern Shan State to continue farming on more than 200 acres of land…
Myanmar: JICA Said Funding Myanmar Evictions
Jun 2, 2014
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Mizuho Aoki, The Japan Times
Villagers in Myanmar forced from their homes by an industrial development project funded by the Japanese and Myanmar governments submitted a formal complaint to the…
Russia/Ukraine: Russia Gives Ukraine More Time to Pay for Natural Gas
Jun 2, 2014
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Andrew E. Kramer, The New York Times
MOSCOW — Russia’s state-controlled energy giant, Gazprom, on Monday pushed back by a week its ultimatum to Ukraine to pay in advance for natural gas…
Conflict Minerals: Initial Conflict Minerals Filings Highlight Lack Of Supply Chain Transparency
Jun 2, 2014
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Insurance News Net
CARLSBAD, Calif., June 2, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- The deadline for public companies' first disclosure to the SEC on conflict minerals has finally arrived, and one…
Conflict Minerals: Companies Detail Use of 'Conflict' Metals
Jun 2, 2014
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John Kester and Maxwell Murphy, The Wall Street Journal
A dozen companies including Google Inc., J. Crew Group Inc., and Deere & Co. acknowledged they or their suppliers may have obtained metals from mines…
South Sudan: South Sudan Earns $1.9b from Oil as Output Boost Pledged
Jun 2, 2014
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Standard Reporter and Bloomberg
South Sudan said it earned $1.9 billion from oil sales in the 12 months through May as the country seeks to restore output lost in…
Sudan: 41 Killed in Sudan Clashes Over Oil-Rich Land
Jun 2, 2014
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Global Post
At least 41 people have been killed in clashes between rival Sudanese clans over the ownership of land being explored for oil in West Kordofan…
South Sudan: S. Sudan Generated $3.5 Billion from Oil Over a Year: Ministry
Jun 2, 2014
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Sudan Tribune
June 2, 2014 (JUBA) – A total of $3.5 billion was realised by South Sudan from its crude oil sales between June 2013 and May…
Conflict Minerals: Companies Turn Awareness to Avoiding Use of Conflict Minerals
May 31, 2014
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Chris Fleisher, Trib Live
Sam Bennardo spends a fair amount of time figuring out where his company gets gold and tin.The two metals are used in a fraction of…
Sudan: Poverty, Social Crisis Worsen Amid Economic Collapse
May 31, 2014
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Abohoraira Ali, Green Left Weekly
Sudan’s people are bearing the brunt of the country’s deepening economic crisis.
According to Bella Bird, World Bank director for Somalia, Sudan and South Sudan, half…
Liberia: Communal Violence Impedes Investment
May 30, 2014
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AllAfrica
Communal violence by groups of people demanding benefits from concession companies is impeding investment, President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has warned.
"Community issues relating to land and benefits…
Liberia: Liberia-EU Sign Forest Governance and Trade Agreement
May 30, 2014
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Al-Varney Rogers, AllAfrica
Monrovia — A joint agreement between Liberia and the European Union, which intends to put in place a system to verify the legality of Liberia's…
Iraq/Syria/Turkey: A New Turkish Aggression Against Syria: Ankara Suspends Pumping Euphrates’ Water
May 30, 2014
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Suhaib Anjarini, Al-Akhbar English
The Turkish government recently cut off the flow of the Euphrates River, threatening primarily Syria but also Iraq with a major water crisis. Al-Akhbar found…
Conflict Minerals: The Conflict Minerals Reports Are Trickling in, and They Show Progress
May 30, 2014
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Lily Hay Newman, Slate
ou wouldn't want anything sinister lurking in your smartphone. But the tin, gold, and other potential "conflict minerals" in there could have a checkered past…
Conflict Minerals: 'Conflict Minerals' Deadline Looms for Technology Firms
May 30, 2014
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Dave Lee, BBC News
Companies manufacturing products that use "conflict minerals" must submit a plan to deal with the problem to US regulators by Monday.The term applies to raw…
South Sudan: South Sudan's Oil Production Drops By 32%
May 29, 2014
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Sudan Vision
Oil production in South Sudan has dropped by at 32% according to the Minister of Oil and Petroleum Stephen Dhieu Dau.“The on-going conflict has dealt…
Myanmar: Kachin Farmers Protest Over Yuzana Land Grabbing
May 29, 2014
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Eleven Media Group
Farmers from Hukong Valley in Kachin State have held a press briefing on May 28 to denounce the grabbing of their land by the influential…
Myanmar: Election Body’s Land Proposal Divides Burma’s Political Parties
May 29, 2014
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The Irrawaddy
RANGOON — The National League for Democracy (NLD) and the Shan National League for Democracy (SNLD) say they will not accept properties if the government…
South Sudan: South Sudan Opposition Against UNMISS Guarding Oil Facilities
May 29, 2014
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Lucy Poni, Voice of America
NAIROBI — South Sudan's opposition forces on Thursday said they were happy with all but one aspect of the new focus announced by the United…
Myanmar: Japan Aid Widens Myanmar Factories vs Farms Divide
May 29, 2014
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Aye Aye Win and Elaine Kurtenbach, Associated Press
THILAWA, Myanmar (AP) -- Tin Hsan and her husband lived modestly in the outskirts of Myanmar's commercial capital Yangon, growing rice and betel leaves on…
South Sudan: South Sudan Borrows $200m From Oil Companies as War Hits Output
May 28, 2014
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Mading Ngor, Bloomberg
South Sudan borrowed $200 million from oil operators and postponed repayments on domestic loans after the country’s six-month-old conflict cut crude output, the government’s main…
Liberia: Big Year for West Africa's New Oil Province
May 28, 2014
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Petroleum Economist
FIVE years ago, a new interpretation of West Africa's petroleum geology suggested the deep waters lying off Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast and Ghana could…
Myanmar: China Loan Suspensions Hurt Mandalay Jade Market
May 28, 2014
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Naw Noreen, Democratic Voice of Burma
A recent change in policy by the Chinese government, to stop giving loans to jade merchants, has affected trade at the world-famous jade market in…
Myanmar: Farmers Plough On in Karenni Land Grab Case
May 28, 2014
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Nang Mya Nadi, Democratic Voice of Burma
More than 200 farmers staged a protest on Tuesday in the town of Hpruso in Karenni State against land grabs by the Burmese military by…
Myanmar: Karen State: Landmine Kills Six-Year-Old Girl And Critically Injures Five Villagers
May 28, 2014
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Karen News
A six-year-old girl was killed and five villagers wounded by a landmine in U Mu Ta village, Hlaingbwe Township, two kilometers away from the Thai…
Conflict Minerals: Intel Stiff-Armed Pursuing African-Mine Conflict Minerals
May 27, 2014
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Ian King, Bloomberg
Intel Corp.’s chips contain tantalum, gold, tin and tungsten -- all made from minerals that can be mined from war-torn parts of the Democratic Republic…
China/Vietnam: Chinese Vessel Sinks Vietnamese Fishing Boat, Raising Tensions
May 27, 2014
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Barbara Demick, The Los Angeles Times
A Chinese ship rammed and sank a wooden Vietnamese fishing boat near a Chinese-operated oil drill in disputed South China Sea waters, Vietnamese state media…
China/Vietnam: China and Vietnam Point Fingers After Clash in South China Sea
May 27, 2014
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Jane Perlez, The New York Times
BEIJING — Tensions in the South China Sea escalated sharply on Tuesday as China and Vietnam traded accusations over the sinking of a Vietnamese fishing…