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Canada must help Colombia crack down on illicit gold trade

  • In the last decade, there has been a strong push by non-governmental organizations and civil society groups in Canada and abroad asking Canadian policy-makers
Opinion | BY BENJAMIN MUSAMPA | January 11, 2017
A man pans for gold in Chiquitania, Bolivia. Mining activity spans everything from artisanal to large-scale industrial operations. Canadian companies are involved in about 50 to 70 per cent of mining activity in Latin America. Jean-François Gornet photograph courtesy of Flickr

Canada must help Colombia crack down on illicit gold trade

Opinion | BY BENJAMIN MUSAMPA | January 11, 2017
  • In the last decade, there has been a strong push by non-governmental organizations and civil society groups in Canada and abroad asking Canadian policy-makers

Canada must help Colombia crack down on illicit gold trade

Opinion | BY BENJAMIN MUSAMPA | January 11, 2017
  • In the last decade, there has been a strong push by non-governmental organizations and civil society groups in Canada and abroad asking Canadian policy-makers
A man pans for gold in Chiquitania, Bolivia. Mining activity spans everything from artisanal to large-scale industrial operations. Canadian companies are involved in about 50 to 70 per cent of mining activity in Latin America. Jean-François Gornet photograph courtesy of Flickr

Canada-Africa economic ties at a crossroads

  • Stephen Harper’s Conservative government focused on economic diplomacy over development challenges in Africa. Now, Ottawa’s policymakers under Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government face the daunting
Opinion | BY BENJAMIN MUSAMPA | September 7, 2016
Artisanal and small-scale mining creates many jobs in Africa. Center for International Forestry Research photograph by Ollivier Girard

Canada-Africa economic ties at a crossroads

Opinion | BY BENJAMIN MUSAMPA | September 7, 2016
  • Stephen Harper’s Conservative government focused on economic diplomacy over development challenges in Africa. Now, Ottawa’s policymakers under Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government face the daunting

Canada-Africa economic ties at a crossroads

Opinion | BY BENJAMIN MUSAMPA | September 7, 2016
  • Stephen Harper’s Conservative government focused on economic diplomacy over development challenges in Africa. Now, Ottawa’s policymakers under Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government face the daunting
Artisanal and small-scale mining creates many jobs in Africa. Center for International Forestry Research photograph by Ollivier Girard

The next frontier of conflict minerals: South America

  • In the last decade, columbite-tantalite (coltan) has been a source of global controversy as a strategic resource illegally exported from conflict-ridden Democratic Republic of
Opinion | BY BENJAMIN MUSAMPA | May 25, 2016
Former NDP MP Paul Dewar introduced a bill, defeated at second reading in the last Parliament, to put tighter controls on conflict minerals from the Great Lakes region in Africa used to produce smartphones and laptops. Trade in conflict minerals appears to have now emerged in Venezuela. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

The next frontier of conflict minerals: South America

Opinion | BY BENJAMIN MUSAMPA | May 25, 2016
  • In the last decade, columbite-tantalite (coltan) has been a source of global controversy as a strategic resource illegally exported from conflict-ridden Democratic Republic of

The next frontier of conflict minerals: South America

Opinion | BY BENJAMIN MUSAMPA | May 25, 2016
  • In the last decade, columbite-tantalite (coltan) has been a source of global controversy as a strategic resource illegally exported from conflict-ridden Democratic Republic of
Former NDP MP Paul Dewar introduced a bill, defeated at second reading in the last Parliament, to put tighter controls on conflict minerals from the Great Lakes region in Africa used to produce smartphones and laptops. Trade in conflict minerals appears to have now emerged in Venezuela. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
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