Center for Economic and Social Rights: All Risk and No Reward for Botswana's Miners
September 17, 2020
September 17, 2020
NEW YORK, Sept. 17 (TNSRep) -- The Center for Economic and Social Rights issued the following news release:
Since the discovery of diamonds in Botswana in the 1960s, the country has seen spectacular economic growth. Mineral and resource extraction has made Botswana one of the wealthiest countries in Africa. In spite of this tremendous wealth, however, Botswana continues to be a deeply unequal country. It has consistently ranked among the most economically unequal countries in the wo . . .
Since the discovery of diamonds in Botswana in the 1960s, the country has seen spectacular economic growth. Mineral and resource extraction has made Botswana one of the wealthiest countries in Africa. In spite of this tremendous wealth, however, Botswana continues to be a deeply unequal country. It has consistently ranked among the most economically unequal countries in the wo . . .