Sunday, 01 August 2010
Music, dancing and smiling platitudes greeted the royal guest in the fishing village of Samochima, northern . But cutting through the convivial mood was a cry of anguish – and a plea for a way of life threatened by tourism in the world's largest inland delta. Crown Prince Haakon of Norway had arrived as a goodwill ambassador for the Development Programme (UNDP). While addressing an audience in the shade of some fig trees, he was confronted by a local fisherman, Saoshiko Njwaki, who spoke out...
Full Story: The Observer
 


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