Prosecuting masterminds of the Rwandan genocide has so far cost about €820-million. Twenty-eight sentences have been handed down to date. Should the ICTR achieve its goal of concluding 70 trials by the end of 2008, each trial will have cost on average at least €12-million.
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/ 26 December 2005
Cameroon, on the west coast of Africa, relies heavily on its trade in tropical wood. No one knows for sure exactly how much it makes from these exports. But according to estimates, about half is from trees illegally felled. Environmental activists have been protesting for years against such tropical rainforest logging.
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/ 13 September 2005
The recent terrorist attacks in Sinai were a heavy blow to Egyptian tourism. Egypt relies on tourists and would like to attract as many as possible. Major attractions have always included the pharaoh’s tombs and the Red Sea’s rich aquatic environment. Now, Christian pilgrimage sites rank among those tourist destinations.
What had been the star of the world summit on sustainable energy two years ago in Johannesburg can be seen next to the highway to Pretoria. A huge solar collector gleams in the sun on the grounds of the South African Development Bank. But the high-tech has a flaw: The round disc is rarely correctly positioned, so that it usually points earthwards, rather than towards the sun as it is supposed to do.