Tag: development
Macron warns of ‘new colonialism’ in Pacific, but clings to French ‘colonies’
ANALYSIS: By Ravindra Singh Prasad
In a historic first visit to an independent Pacific state by a sitting French president, President Emmanuel Macron has denounced...
Porgera mine ‘killing fields’ – 21 Papua New Guineans die since March 6
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby
The successful restart of Papua New Guinea’s New Porgera Limited gold mine is currently at high risk due to...
Africa’s highway takes shape – bureaucrats, mud and all
Flashback to a cover story in African Development magazine in April 1974. The Trans-African Highway (TAH) was expected to ease trade and other contacts...
Archive: Pacific media benchmark
REVIEW: By Murray Horton
It is a graphic illustration of corporate New Zealand's colonial mentality that our Eurocentric news media tell us all about the...