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The World Bank-supported Chad-Cameroon oil pipeline has been operational for over six years, but the controversy surrounding the so-called oil for development project has hardly died down.
The 1070 km (670 mile) pipeline transports oil from the Doba fields of southwestern Chad to a marine loading terminal off the Atlantic coast near Cameroon. From one end of the pipeline to the other, project partners raised the hopes and expectations of local populations.
But today, for those who had no real choice or say about the project, the disappointment is profound.
I read a strong piece today on AlterNet, A Humanitarian Disaster in the Making Along the Chad-Cameroon Oil Pipeline -- Who's Watching?, written by Brendan Schwartz and Valery Nodem who I recently had a chance to meet in Yaoundé.
Christiane Badgley, for the Pulitzer Center
Christiane Badgley, for the Pulitzer Center
This is an angry man. He's standing in a 4 million CFCA (US$ 9000) fish pond. Well, it was supposed to be a fish pond.
Christiane Badgley, for the Pulitzer Center
Christiane Badgley, for The Pulitzer Center
Christiane Badgley, for the Pulitzer Center
Christiane Badgley, for the Pulitzer Center
Christiane Badgley, for the Pulitzer Center
Christiane Badgley, for the Pulitzer Center
The pipeline across Chad and Cameroon that ExxonMobil built with World Bank help has residents chafing at promises unmet.
This is a painting lesson that combines Pablo Picasso's famous 1937 Guernica with current day issues presented from The Pulitzer Center.
This is a painting lesson that combines Pablo Picasso's famous 1937 "Guernica" with current day issues presented by the Pulitzer Center.
This is a painting lesson that combines Pablo Picasso's famous 1937 Guernica with current day issues presented by the Pulitzer Center.
This lesson plan outlines a project that allows students the opportunity to connect with a contemporary crisis somewhere in the world.
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