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Search results for "Africa" ...
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"KZN Reverands Prey On The Dying"
At one time, Reverends Harris and De Witt brought comfort to the patients of The Dream Centre, an HIV-Aids hospice center in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. This was before they fled the country with a stash of cash. The two men had been largely inflating their subsidy claims to the Department of Health and taking the extra money for their own use.
Tags: Cape Town; KwaZulu-Natal; The Dream Centre; National Department of Health; Les Harris; Neville de Witt; Mophela Housing Project
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Investigation into the Chinese Sex Mafia
A series of investigations uncovers a human trafficking ring in Ghana. Chinese girls are lured to the country by being promised singing careers in African operas but are then sold to wealthy individuals for sex.
Tags: Ghana; Africa; opera; Chinese; human trafficking; sex slavery; molestation; ring; sex mafia; anas aremeya; crusading guide;
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"Bloody Shame"
Joshua Hammer and Will Bourne go deep into Africa to tell the story of how the Zimbabwean Army has violently taken over diamond fields as a means for illegal cash flow for itself. They go on to explain the failings of the Mugabe dictatorship and how the Kimberley Process has "failed miserably."
Tags: Zimbabwe; Africa; blood diamond; Kimberley Process; Mugabe
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China Storms Africa
China's drive for resources in Africa has depleted one sub-Saharan country after another is wreaking havoc environmentally and morally as corruption is on the rise and workers are being exploited.
Tags: Congo; Zambia; mining; Eh; pathogen; Mozambique; timber; copper; World Health Organization
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China in Africa: Young Workers, Deadly Mines
Reporters found a Chinese-directed mining industry in Congo that exploited teenagers to risk their lives mining ore. China promised the Congo government a $9 billion loan for access to the mines, but the payment never arrived.
Tags: lung disease; dust; false medical report; raw materials; Peru; Zimbabwe; mining inspection;
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The Jihadi Trainer
Islamic militant Abu Omar was the trainer of the foreign fighters from the Arab World, Europe and North Africa to kill American troops in Iraq. The report explains his knowledge of building armor-piercing roadside bombs and use of the Internet to reach a larger audience.
Tags: Abu Musab al-Zaraqwi; jihad; Al Qeada;
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Gripen- The Secret Deals
SVT investigated the selling of the Swedish fighter plane, the Gripen to the Czech government. In result the news organization uncovered bribery of politicians, the Austrian Count Alfons Mensdorff-Pouilly, a former Canadian government minister and a Czech weapons dealer. This prompted further investigation into two other Gripen deals between Hungary and South Africa.
Tags: Gripen; fighter planes; weapons; air force; Czech; SAAB; BAE; undercover reporting; hidden camera; Hungary; South Africa; arms dealer; weapons dealer
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To Catch a Con Man
Examining Internet crimes, NBC found that "advance-fee" scams "were actually pulling in more American victims than ever." However, local and foreign law enforcement was doing little to successfully "find and prosecute the perpetrators."
Tags: Internet; crime rings; advance-fee; scams; Nigeria; Africa; Europe; Internet crimes
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Divine Intervention: U.S. AIDS Policy
"The Center’s year-long investigation revealed how rigid rules and funding earmarks of President's Bush $15-billion initiative to fight HIV/AIDS abroad- the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief- hinder effective HIV programming and frustrate countries struggling with the pandemic."
Tags: AIDS; HIV; South Africa; PEPFAR; Ethiopia; Haiti; condoms; education; generic drugs; brand name drugs
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Cotton Bailout: How your tax dollars turn markets upside down, prop up big growers and squeeze small farmers
"The series examined the impact of U.S. agricultural subsidies on small farmers in the United States and Africa, and investigated the buse of federal payment limits by large growers."
Tags: agriculture; AJC; Georgia; Congress; USDA; subsidy; subsidies; farming; growers; Africa; USA; United States