French Guiana villagers seek UN help to stop solar project

Geneva (AFP) Mar 15, 2024

Indigenous villagers in French Guiana called Friday on UN bodies to intervene to stop the construction of a solar power plant they fear will harm their way of life. The Organisation of Indigenous Nations of French Guiana and the International Service for Human Rights said they filed requests on behalf of the villagers with the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination to inter