A French court on Monday dismissed a case by an elderly French-Vietnamese woman against several agrochemical companies, including Monsanto and Dow Chemical, over the use by the #US military of #AgentOrange during the...
Chad military claims victory over rebels in the north
#Chad’s military claimed victory on Sunday in its weeks-long battle with northern #rebels that led to the death of President Idriss #Deby on the battlefield.
Rewilding: Nature’s recovery
Scientists are calling it the sixth mass #extinction and up to a million plant and animal #species are threatened. As we colonise the natural world for our own ends – agriculture, urbanisation – we destroy habitats...
Protests erupt in Iraqi city after killing of activist
#Protesters set fire to trailers belonging to Iran’s consulate in #Karbala on Sunday amid widespread anger over the killing of a prominent #activist in the Iraqi city.
France – Agent orange trial: Verdict expected over toxic chemical use in Vietnam war
A French court was set to give its #verdict on a complaint by French-Vietnamese plaintiff against multinationals for supplying #AgentOrange to the US during the #VietnamWar.
Commemorating the slave trade: In Benin, the city of Ouidah’s fight for memory
#Ouidah has long kept silent. The coastal city never truly faced its past as a former #slave trading port. With the end of Marxism 30 years ago, #Benin began acknowledging the history of previously anonymous sites...
Slave trade remembrance day: The Loi Taubira, ten years on
the French Parliament voted unanimously to declare the transatlantic and Indian Ocean slave trades and the #enslavement of African, Indian, Madagascan and Amerindian peoples a #CrimeAgainstHumanity. #Taubira