News on Ghana, via the African Mining Network and writer Yolanda Torrisi, Chairperson of the Network and commentator on African mining issues:

A quick note to draw your attention to an interesting piece over on inter press service about how “Megaprojects” can ‘Destroy Reputations in Brazil’ (and, one imagines, by extension, anywhere else).

Related to our recent decision to cover the 6th Annual Responsible Extractives Summit 2015 [LINK], we thought we’d bring to your attention an interesting survey by the organisers of the conference, Ethical Corporation.

It’s a survey they conducted with 249 Senior CSR Professionals in the extractives industry, free copies of which are available for download here.
 
The survey looks at:

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As 2015 rumbles on, and even as the epidemic abates, from time to tim we'll run these - the link to the most recent edition of the regular Ebola Digest. There's still considerable risk attached to the aftermath of the epidemic and those active in West Africa (and elsewhere) would do well to keep abreast.

A global Witness press release, this one - Click here to read the report.. Rather than summarise, here's the (short) release in full:

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As 2015 rumbles on, and even as the epidemic abates somewhat, we'll continue to run these regularly for the time being - the link to the most recent edition of the regular Ebola Digest.

As 2015 rumbles on, and even as the epidemic abates somewhat, we'll continue to run these regularly for the time being - the link to the most recent edition of the regular Ebola Digest.

Central African Republic seldom makes the news but that does’t make life there any less risky—as this Bloomberg piece makes abundantly clear.

As 2015 rumbles on and the epidemic abates, we'll continue to run these regularly for the time being - the link to the most recent edition of the regular Ebola Digest.