BBC News Online produces excellent country reports giving readers a quick snapshot of countries around the world. I recently reviewed their profile for Chad, the north African country to the west of the Sudan.

Chad is an important player in the continuing conflict in Saharan Africa. While most public attention is focused on the horrors in the Sudan, the conflict is regional and informed readers should pay close attention to this resource rich country and its impact on the region.

Click here to read the BBC Country Profile.

Here at GIW, we follow several other blogs on labor and one of the most important blogs out there is Global Labor Strategies.

The people at GLS have published an important study called “Why China Matter: Labor Rights in the Age of GLobalization.”

We urge you to read this important report on this critical subject for Labor.

The BBC reports that “[m]ore than 20,000 workers at a factory in Vietnam that makes shoes for Nike have gone on strike demanding higher pay to cope with rising inflation.

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