Kenya-British American Tobacco (BAT) Tactics To Undermine Tobacco Control Regulation..

Kenya-British American Tobacco (BAT)  Tactics To Undermine  Tobacco Control Regulation..

  Kenya has the highest recorded smoking prevalence in Sub-Saharan Africa, and ten percent of 13-15-year-olds smoke. Since Kenya’s ratification of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) in 2004, the Ministry of Health has been advocating for legislation that decrease the prevalence of smoking.   Kenya’s efforts to try and introduce tobacco control legislation that regulates the marketing and sale of tobacco products has been resisted by British American Tobacco (BAT) and other tobacco…

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Prophecy: Zimbabweans Ask To Be Or Not TO Be?

Prophecy: Zimbabweans Ask To Be Or Not TO Be?

In a nation brought down to its knees by collapsed service delivery in health, education, roads, electricity and water supply services, widespread hunger, unaffordable day to day lives of the ordinary street person whilst the corrupt filthy rich multi millionaire, Mugabe, Zim1 family, Zanu PF stalwarts and securocrats enjoy the lifestyles of the super rich, we now look to the heavens for answers to where this is taking us to, how and when it will end….

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Georgia’s President Mikheil Saakashvili Has Stepped Down

Georgia’s President Mikheil Saakashvili Has Stepped Down

On Wednesday 23/12/15 Georgia’s President Mikheil Saakashvili announced a surprise  resignation from office, a position he has held since 2013. Georgian media, have advanced speculations that, because his party’s popularity has fallen, President Mikheil Saakashvili  would step down to channel his focus on campaigning to parliamentary elections for  November 2016. Georgia’s President Mikheil Saakashvili has offered no explanation for his resignation. By Sibusiso Ngwenya photo-tabula-Georgia’s President Mikheil Saakashvili  

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Vascoda Mugabe Escapes Gloomy Zimbabwe For A Bright Christmas In The East

Vascoda Mugabe Escapes Gloomy Zimbabwe For A Bright Christmas In The East

 At the gloomiest time for Zimbabweans when unemployment is running at 90%, service delivery such as electricity, health care, education, roads and hosing have collapsed, Zimbabwe’s hard working,..erm..sorry I mean globe trotting despot President Robert Mugabe  is off the the east. Mugabe  a.k.a Vascoda Mugabe flew out on  Wednesday 23/12/15 from Harare International airport for  his ‘look East Policy’ holiday where he regularly spends his annual holiday’s every year end. This indifferent attitude about the state of affairs back…

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Thai Court Sentences Two Burmese Men To Death For Murder Of Two British Tourists

Thai Court Sentences Two Burmese Men  To Death For Murder Of  Two British Tourists

Two Burmese men , Zaw Lin and Wai Phyo have been found guilty over the murder of  two British tourists Hannah Witheridge, 23, from Norfolk, and David Miller, 24, from Jersey. Following a highly publicised trial, Zaw Lin and Wai Phyo have been sentenced to death over the murder of the two British packers on holiday on the southern Thai island of Koh. The bodies of the two British packers were found on a beach  on 15 September…

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25 Killed And 100 Injured In Saudi Arabia Hospital Fire

25 Killed And 100 Injured In Saudi Arabia Hospital Fire

A hospital blaze that broke out in a a southern Saudi Arabia Hospital, starting in the intensive care unit resulted in at least 25 people deaths  and 100 people injured.  The devastating fire  in the intensive care and maternity departments of the Jazan General Hospital was later brought under control, and the injured were transferred for treatment at private and general hospitals in the area. By Sibusiso Ngwenya photo- theguardian

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Bethlehem Christmas Decorations And Lights Subdued Because Of West Bank Violence

Bethlehem Christmas Decorations And Lights Subdued Because Of West Bank Violence

The  biblical birthplace of Jesus, Bethlehem is a prime destination for Christian pilgrims-particularly over Christmas. But  recent violence between Palestinians and Israeli’s has led to a decline in bookings and cast a pall over celebrations. West Bank has been shaken by violent clashes between Palestinian protesters and Israeli security forces this year. Bethlehem has seen its own share of unrest, and local officials fear this may have turned visitors away. With Christmas around the corner, the…

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‘Islamic State Of Somalia Bans Christmas Celebrations: ‘Because They Are Contrary To Our Culture’

‘Islamic State Of Somalia Bans Christmas Celebrations: ‘Because They Are Contrary To Our Culture’

Islamic nation of Somalia follows Sultan of Brunei’s example and bans Christmas celebrations because ‘they are contrary to our culture’ Security forces primed to break-up festivities in the capital Mogadishu Feared Christian events may provoke attacks by Al Shabaab terror group Sultan of Brunei has threatened to jail Muslims who celebrate Christmas President of Somalia Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has banned Christmas celebrations because they ‘contrary to Islamic culture’ Somalia has banned Christmas and New Year…

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Sultan Of Brunei Bans Christmas ‘Because It Could Damage Muslim Faith’

Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah  Photo: EPA Tiny conservative nation on Borneo warns citizens that putting up festive decorations or singing carols could threaten the country’s Muslim Faith.  Brunei has banned public celebrations of Christmas, warning that putting up festive decorations or singing carols could threaten the country’s Muslim faith. The conservative Islamic country on the island of Borneo allows non-Muslims to celebrate Christmas, but only within their communities, and they must first alert the authorities. At…

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Zimbabwe’s Airports Faced With Closure After US$3,1 Million Firefighters Lawsuit To Attach Fire Engines

Zimbabwe’s  Airports Faced With Closure After US$3,1 Million Firefighters Lawsuit To Attach Fire Engines

A group of fire-fighters almost plunged the 4 country’s airports into chaos after they obtained a court order to attach fire engines at the facilities. The fire-fighters won a US$3,1 million lawsuit against the Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe (CAAZ). Attaching the engines would have virtually stopped all flights in the country as no plane would have been able to land or take off. According to the Herald, the debt arose over the deployment of…

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