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Denmark’s climate policy: a model to emulate?
Several thousand young Danes have been participating in the global Fridays for Future climate school strikes. These are a coordinated series of protests that demand action on climate policy. Inspired by their Swedish neighbour, climate activist Greta Thunberg, participants have weekly taken to the streets, city halls and the Parliament to call... Read more -
Tanzania mobilizes to stop female genital mutilation
Girls vow to reject FGM after receiving training from ATFGM Masanga on alternative rites of passage Come December, it is expected that about 600 girls will be at risk of undergoing female genital mutilation (FGM) in the Tarime District of Mara Region in Tanzania, East Africa. Efforts to save those girls from the procedure have... Read more -
Will Ukraine join the “Cannabis world”?
On May 15, a committee of the Supreme Council of Ukraine supported a draft law on legalization of medical cannabis. It was registered in the Supreme Council on May 20, under the number 10313. This legislative process was sparked by a petition posted on the website of the Parliament of Ukraine last January, calling for the legalization of... Read more -
Tanzanian security officials confiscate elephant tusks
On Monday morning, Tarime Rorya Regional Police Commander (RPC) Henry Mwaibambe shows journalists five elephant tusks confiscated from two young men. (Photo by Jacob Mugini) Tanzanian security officials have charged two men with illegal possession of elephant tusks worth 170.17 million Tanzanian shillings. The Tarime Rorya Regional Police Commander... Read more -
New Tanzanian Minister: protection of environment is task of every citizen
New Minister of the State in the Vice-President’s Office, Mr George Simbachawene (centre), in a happy moment with his Deputy Minister, Mr Mussa Sima (right), while visiting the National Environment Management Council Headquarters in Dar es Salaam today. On the left is NEMC Director General, Dr Samuel Gwamaka. Mr. George... Read more -
Preparations begin for 2019 Mara River Day celebrations in Tanzania
Tanzanian and Kenyan journalists covering the first Mara Day celebrations held in Mugumu town , Serengeti District in Tanzania September 15, 2013 Tanzania will host the next Mara River Day celebrations this September. Held on September 15th each year, Mara River Day incorporates a different theme each year to campaign for sustainable conservation of... Read more -
Tanzania : Environment Council halts
use of Acacia Mining TFS NECM Director General, Dr. Samuel Gwamaka, stresses a point recently as he inspects North Mara Gold Mine’s Tailings Storage Facility. TSF has been leaking contaminated water, and Dr Gwamaka ordered the gold mine to cease operations at the TSF until the seepages were under control (photo by Jacob Mugini) The National Environment Management Council... Read more -
Arson attack at Kyoto Studio:
Japanese anime turns to horror On Thursday, July 18, in Uji, Japan, a 41-year-old man broke into the Kyoto Animation Co., screaming “Die!” as he sprayed petrol on the floor. The fire that resulted started at 10:30 a.m. (Japanese local time), when 74 workers were in the studio. 33 people were killed and 35 sustained burns and other injuries. Most people on the 2nd and 3rd third... Read more -
Costa Rica: protests against government tax measures intensify
The week has begun with protests and blockades in the main access roads to the country. On the night of Monday, July 1st, the government sent riot police to greet the demonstrators, after having declared its willingness to open dialogue with the protestors sectors and dismiss the minister of education. The neoliberal measures have provoked protests... Read more -
Trump invites war with Iran
Of enormous concern is that the Trump administration has for months been raising the ante with Iran, engaging in increasingly provocative actions that make war with Iran more likely. Three things to keep in mind here: First, President Trump and his son-in-law Jared Kushner are very close to the Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman.... Read more -
Kushner offers “opportunity of the century” (to Israel)
Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner has been conducting a two-day economic workshop in Bahrain this week, as the first leg of his long-promised proposed peace agreement for Israelis and Palestinians. Kushner has floated the suggestions of international investment in the West Bank and Gaza of more than $60 billion, though he has not committed the U.S. to any of... Read more