WHO faces uncertain future as US accuses it of being ‘mired in bureaucratic bloat, entrenched paradigms, conflicts of interest’

WHO faces uncertain future as US accuses it of being ‘mired in bureaucratic bloat, entrenched paradigms, conflicts of interest’

During the Covid-19 pandemic, the WHO capitulated to pressure from the Chinese government by promoting “the fiction that Covid originated from bats or pangolins, rather than from Chinese government-sponsored research at a biolab in Wuhan,” Kennedy said, in a reference to the lab-leak theory of Covid-19’s origin.

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UN and shipping experts warn world economy faces collapse in 90 days if current trends in maritime security persist

UN and shipping experts warn world economy faces collapse in 90 days if current trends in maritime security persist

Melina Travlos, President of the Union of Greek Shipowners, delivered a stark warning to Council members: if the global shipping system grinds to a halt, the world economy will collapse in just 90 days.

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Goose that lays golden egg: Kenya working on laws that protect tourism industry from spinoffs of human-wildlife conflicts  

Goose that lays golden egg: Kenya working on laws that protect tourism industry from spinoffs of human-wildlife conflicts  

According to Museiya the proposed Wildlife Conservation and Management Act 2025 seeks to modernise how the nation governs, conserves, utilises and shares benefits from wildlife resources for the good of all Kenyans.

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Trump is building a global gulag for immigrants captured by bureau of Immigration, Customs and Enforcement

Trump is building a global gulag for immigrants captured by bureau of Immigration, Customs and Enforcement

The White House did not respond to a request for clarification about which countries are receiving third-country nationals. In the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, the George W. Bush administration created a worldwide network of secret prisons and torture sites as part of its global war on terror. Its crown jewel, the Guantánamo Bay detention centre, was established in January 2002 as a place for the United States to hold so-called enemy combatants.

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While eastern Congo keeps world’s tech running, 70 per cent of local people live abject poverty

While eastern Congo keeps world’s tech running, 70 per cent of local people live abject poverty

The Rubaya mines have been at the centre of the fighting, changing hands between the Congolese government and rebel groups. For over a year now, it has been controlled by the M23 rebels, who earlier this year advanced and seized the strategic city of Goma and Bukavu in a major escalation of the conflict.

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Kenya announces major improvements in compensation of human-wildlife conflicts victims

Kenya announces major improvements in compensation of human-wildlife conflicts victims

Tourism Principal Secretary Sylvia Museiya said the current administration has prioritised timely compensation, unlike the previous regime, which she claimed paid little attention to the issue.

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Why Africa’s youngest leader is a hit: Traore articulates revolutionary message that appeals to youth frustrated by thievery of Western democracy

Why Africa’s youngest leader is a hit: Traore articulates revolutionary message that appeals to youth frustrated by thievery of Western democracy

The latest Traore frenzy reached a new peak late April with a solidarity march in the country’s capital, Ouagadougou, following an alleged coup attempt and comments by Gen Michael Langley, the head of US military in Africa, accusing the Burkina Faso leader of misusing the country’s gold reserves.

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Beauty and the Beast: Kenya battles poisonous cosmetics as women constitute burgeoning market

Beauty and the Beast: Kenya battles poisonous cosmetics as women constitute burgeoning market

According to the KEBS website, some of the skin lightening products include Jaribu Skin Lightening Lotion, Amira Skin Lightening Lotion, A3 Cleartouch Complexion Lotion, Fair White Body Clearing Milk and Precieux Treatment Beauty Lotion, Movate, Jaribu, Rico, Miki, Mekako, Tura, Fair lady, and Jambo.

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Some 120 vultures die after eating carcass of elephant poisoned by poachers in South Africa’s flagship national park

Some 120 vultures die after eating carcass of elephant poisoned by poachers in South Africa’s flagship national park

The Kruger National Park covers approximately 20,000 square kilometres (7,722 square miles) and is nearly twice the size of small countries like Jamaica and Qatar.

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Environment in Uganda is the theatre where leaders trade indigenous rights for cheap Chinese and Indian toys

Environment in Uganda is the theatre where leaders trade indigenous rights for cheap Chinese and Indian toys

The 1995 Constitution, designed by the very group of people in power today strategically places all the natural resources of Uganda in the singular hands of the President Tibuhaburwa Museveni, who has several times stated that what matters today are interests, not identities (of the indigenous groups of Ugandans. The interests are political, military, economic, financial, as well as the use of these to dominate and conquer the indigenes well in the future.

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