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| In pursuit of excellence in journalism by Richard Mgamba, The Guardian July 29th, 2008 Feluzi Shija prospers for years as a small scale miner by mining gold at Buzwagi Gold Mine, located in northwest Tanzania, approximately 80 kilometres south of the Bulyanhulu mine. |
| Activists urge support for stigmatised victim The Citizen Reporter, Mwanza July 8th, 2008 Some human rights activists in Mwanza have, amid growing stigma, appealed to the public to support the 13-year old girl who early this year was raped by a dog. The schoolgirl was in March forced to be intimate with a dog at a camp belonging to Barrick Exploration Africa Limited in Sengerema District, Mwanza. |
 | Freedom of expression under attack: �cosoci�t� hit by a SLAPP |
| ACTION ALERT: Protesters Demand Accountability Outside Barrick Gold's AGM May 6th, 2008 On 6 May protesters gathered outside Barrick Gold's Annual General Meeting to protest the companies destructive mining operations around the world. |
| Barrick Sues Book Publisher Over African Allegations by Joe Schneider, Bloomberg April 30th, 2008 Barrick Gold Corp., the world's biggest gold producer, sued a Quebec publisher for C$6 million ($5.95 million) in damages over a book that claims the company was linked to crimes in Africa. |
| Publisher not deterred by Barrick:
Releasing book today linking gold firm to alleged deaths by Marianne White, Canwest News Service April 14th, 2008 A small Quebec publishing house is giving the green light to a book linking Barrick Gold Corp. to the alleged deaths of Tanzanian miners in 1996, despite the threat of libel lawsuit. |
| New report slams Buzwagi contract
THISDAY March 12th, 2008 A NEW report issued by several faith-based and civil society organisations has slammed the Buzwagi gold mine deal, saying members of parliament and the general public were hoodwinked by ex-minister for energy and minerals Nazir Karamagi into thinking that the upcoming project would pay huge taxes to the government. |
| Tanzania activists and religious communities launch critical mining research by Salma Maoulidi , Pambazuka News March 10th, 2008 Salma Maoulidi looks at the mining research report, "A Golden Opportunity? How Tanzania is failing to benefit from Gold Mining� and argues that it builds a powerful case for continued activism in trade and economic justice in line with various Human rights instruments that call for a country�s wealth and natural resources to benefit primarily local communities. |
| Tanzania court delays ruling on Barrick gold strike
by George Obulutsa, Reuters November 28th, 2007 A Tanzanian court has delayed hearing a case in which a union representing striking workers of Canada's Barrick Gold Corp is seeking to prevent the firm from hiring new workers, a union leader said on Wednesday. |
| PM meets with Barrick as Tanzanian strike continues by Richard Brennan, The Toronto Star November 27th, 2007 Prime Minister Stephen Harper fanned the flames of controversy yesterday when he used another international trip to meet with officials of Canadian mining giant Barrick Gold. |
| Harper's Tanzania visit highlights school children and Canadian business by Mike Blanchfield, Can West News Service via The Ottawa Citizen November 26th, 2007 Prime Minister Stephen Harper trumpeted a new aid initiative and paid a photogenic visit to school children, but played down a closed-door meeting Monday with a Canadian mining company embroiled in a legal dispute here with its local workers. |
| Trade union supports Bulyanhulu workers' strike by GOODLOVE LWAYU, Daily News (Tanzania) November 2nd, 2007 TANZANIA Mines, Energy, Construction and Allied Workers' Union (TAMICO) has supported a strike by 1,800 employees of Bulyanhulu Mine in Kahama District saying it followed all the required legal steps. |
| Barrick Gold sacks hundreds: As strike continues at Bulyanhulu gold mine
by Dar es Salaam , THISDAY IT has been learnt that Barrick Gold Corporation has sacked hundreds of striking miners at the Bulyanhulu gold mine in Kahama District, Shinyanga Region, and is now preparing to announce new job openings to replace them. |
| It still stinks, Barrick by Adam Lusekelo, Daily News Tanzania September 5th, 2007 BARRICK Gold Tanzania Limited has been on a charm offensive. They have tried to explain the hastiness of the deal they did with energy and minerals minister, Naz Karamagi. |
| Tanzania accused of signing premature new gold mining agreement with Barrick by Frank Jomo, Mineweb Criticism has been levelled at the Tanzanian Government by an opposition MP over an agreement allowing Barrick to develop a new gold mine while the Government was in the process of reviewing all mining contracts. |
| MP queries new mining pact by Patrick Kisembo, Dodoma, Guardian Kigoma North legislator Zitto Kabwe yesterday called on Energy and Minerals minister Nazir Karamagi to explain why he signed a new agreement with Barrick Gold Mine in London while the government was still reviewing all mining contracts that it is party to. |
| Barrick in alleged tax evasion scandal by Dar Es Salaam Reporter, This Day November 21st, 2006 Transnational mining giant Barrick Gold Corporation has been accused of evasion and delay in payment of taxes amounting up to 2 bn/- in connection with its operations in Tanzania. |
| "There is Death in them thar' Pits": Canada's Barrick Gold in Tanzania by Tracy Glynn, The Dominion Paper Small-scale miners and farmers have lost their land and livelihoods to open pit mining in Tanzania. |
| Two killed after fracas at mining area
by PST Correspondent and Guardian Reporter, Guardian July 22nd, 2005 Two people have been killed and property destroyed after a fracas pitting villagers against police and operatives of the Placer Dome-owned North Mara Gold Mine erupted in Tarime District, Mara Region. |
| EXPORTING DESTRUCTION: Report Says EDC is Putting People and the Environment at Risk by Asad Ismi, CCPA Monitor, November 2001 This article mentions several mining operations, including Barrick's Bulyanhulu Gold Mine (Tanzania). |
