The News Review:
- News Room – Full Article
- Why War Zones Love Monopolies
- ‘Operation Free Flow’ to Recommence’.
- ‘South African lessons for NI’
News Room – Full Article
IDEX Online – May 31, 2004
According to Ian Smillie, the delegations main concern is with countries affected by war: I saw how it affected Sierra Leone. But he is encouraged by the changes in the West African country resulting from the KP. Sierra Leone has an export tax and part of the proceeds goes to local charities, to ensure its worthwhile to maintain the certification system. We want to ensure that the requirements are maintained and that countries dont slide back, Thamage added. He is now trying to recruit the World Bank to lend a hand and help the locals in Sierra Leone. Asked what challenges the KP faces now that rules and requirements have been agreed on, Smillie referred to implementation where there is an illicit market. He feels the role of the Process is to make illegal trade difficult, comparing the Process to battling car theft maybe you cant stop it altogether, but laws and enforcement can curb it.
Why War Zones Love Monopolies
CNNMoney.com – May 31, 2004
“In wartime the system often gets mixed up,” he says. “Whoever controls violence in a particular area can establish monopolies. ” In Sierra Leone, for example, where Humphreys has surveyed hundreds of ex-combatants, rebels in the mid-1990s seized control of a key diamond-mining area. The government brought in Executive Outcomes, a now defunct South African security firm run by soldiers of fortune, with its own fleet of combat helicopters. The government, too impoverished to afford the company’s hefty rates, instead worked out an arrangement whereby a Canadian mining company related to the mercenaries was promised monopoly rights to the richest part of the field for 25 years. The mercenaries quickly drove out the rebels.
‘Operation Free Flow’ to Recommence’.
Free with registration – Asia Africa Intelligence Wire – AccessMyLibrary.com – May 31, 2004
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‘South African lessons for NI’
BBC News – May 31, 2004
Attempts to adopt similar models have also been made in other parts of Africa, such as Sierra Leone. Now it seems Northern Ireland may have something to learn from it as well. Mr Murphy said: “Part of that is to be able to come and talk to people in South Africa about how their Truth and Reconciliation process worked. “We’re not saying that’s going to be absolutely the model for one second for Northern Ireland. “But I think there are ways we can talk to people who have expertise and experience, learn from them, particularly about the storytelling involved over the last number of years, and then take that experience back with us.