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  • Russia Has No Intention of Sending Troops to Ukraine

    Russia Has No Intention of Sending Troops to Ukraine

    {{Russian said on Saturday it had no intention of sending its armed forces into Ukraine, signaling Moscow wants to ease tensions in the worst East-West standoff since the Cold war.}}

    Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov reinforced a message from President Vladimir Putin that Russia will settle – at least for now – for annexing Crimea, although it has thousands of troops near Ukraine’s eastern border.

    “We have absolutely no intention of – or interest in – crossing Ukraine’s borders,” Lavrov told a Russian television channel.

    He added, however, that Russia was ready to protect the rights of Russian speakers, referring to what Moscow sees as threats to the lives of compatriots in eastern Ukraine since Moscow-backed Viktor Yanukovich was deposed as president.

    The West imposed sanctions on Russia, including visa bans for some of Putin’s inner circle, after Moscow annexed Crimea following a referendum on union with the Russian Federation which the West said was illegal.

    The West has threatened tougher sanctions targeting Russia’s stuttering economy if Moscow sends more troops to Ukraine.

    In a sign that Putin is ready to ease tensions in the worst East-West standoff since the Cold War, Putin called U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday to discuss a U.S. diplomatic proposal for Ukraine.

    The White House said Obama told Putin that Russia must pull back its troops and not move deeper into Ukraine.

    The Kremlin said Putin had suggested “examining possible steps the global community can take to help stabilize the situation,” and said the foreign ministers of the two countries would discuss this soon.

    The U.N. General Assembly on Thursday passed a non-binding resolution declaring invalid Crimea’s Moscow-backed referendum earlier this month on seceding from Ukraine, in a vote that Western nations said highlighted Russia’s isolation.

    Both Russia and West accused each other of using threats to affect the vote.

  • Brazil Grows Wary of Venezuela Under Maduro

    Brazil Grows Wary of Venezuela Under Maduro

    {{Brazil, Latin America’s biggest economy and diplomatic power, has toned down its support for Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro because of disappointment over how he is handling mounting economic problems and opposition-led street protests.}}

    The shift, while subtle, has deprived Maduro of some of the regional backing he wants at a time of food shortages, high inflation and political uncertainty in the OPEC nation.

    Broadly speaking, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff remains an ally of Maduro. While Rousseff is more moderate, both are part of a generation of leftist Latin American presidents who grew up opposing pro-Washington governments and believe they are united by a mission to help the poor.

    However, Rousseff has been increasingly disappointed by some of Maduro’s actions and has reined in the more enthusiastic support that characterized Brazil-Venezuela relations under his predecessor, the late Hugo Chavez, according to two officials close to Rousseff’s government.

    Rousseff is worried the Venezuelan government’s repression of recent street protests, and Maduro’s refusal to hold genuine dialogue with opposition leaders, may make the political crisis worse over time, the officials said.

    Worsening turmoil could, in turn, endanger the sizeable interests of Brazilian companies in Venezuela. They include conglomerate Odebrecht SA.

    Brazilian newspaper Valor Economico reported this month that Venezuelan public-sector companies already owe Brazilian companies as much as $2.5 billion in debt.

    “The path Maduro is on is full of risks,” one official said, speaking on condition of anonymity. “We’ve been trying to encourage him to change.”

    The shifting stance does not amount to increased support for the Venezuelan opposition, the officials emphasized, adding that Brazil’s main goal is encouraging democracy and economic stability in the region.

    The clearest example to date of Brazil’s changing tack came at a gathering of regional leaders for the inauguration of Chilean President Michelle Bachelet earlier this month.

    Maduro had said he wanted presidents from Unasur, a South American regional body, to meet while in Chile and issue a declaration of support for his government.

    However, Rousseff was cool to the idea and left Chile just hours after Bachelet was inaugurated. Maduro unexpectedly changed his plans and did not travel to Chile at all.

    {reuters}

  • Smoking Bans Cut Premature Births

    Smoking Bans Cut Premature Births

    {{Banning smoking in public places has helped to cut premature births by 10 percent, according to new research from the United States and Europe.}}

    A study in The Lancet medical journal found that while the impact of anti-smoking laws varies between countries, the overall effect on child health around the world is positive.

    “Our research shows that smoking bans are an effective way to protect the health of our children,” said Jasper Been of the University of Edinburgh’s Centre for Population Health Sciences, who led the study.

    He said the findings should help to accelerate the introduction of anti-smoking legislation in cities, countries and districts which have yet to do so.

    Laws banning smoking in public places such as bars, restaurants, offices and other workplaces have already been proven in previous studies to protect adults from the health threats associated with passive smoking.

    According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), tobacco already kills around 6 million people a year worldwide, including more than 600,000 non-smokers who die from exposure to second-hand smoke.

    By 2030, if current trends continue, it predicts tobacco’s death toll could be 8 million people a year.

    Only 16% of the world’s population is covered by comprehensive smoke-free laws, and 40% children worldwide are regularly exposed to second-hand smoke, the WHO says.

    Public health experts hope that as more and more countries in Europe and around the world adopt stricter legislation on smoking in public places, the health benefits will swiftly start to become evident.

    Friday’s research in The Lancet, which analyzed data on more than 2.5 million births and almost 250,000 hospital attendances for asthma attacks, was the first comprehensive study to look at how anti-smoking laws affect children’s health.

    With results from five North American studies of local bans and six European studies on national bans, it found rates of both pre-term births and hospital attendance for asthma fell by 10% within a year of smoke-free laws coming into effect.

    “Together with the known health benefits in adults, our study provides clear evidence that smoking bans have considerable public health benefits for perinatal and child health,” said Been.

    He said it also provided “strong support for WHO recommendations to create smoke-free public environments on a national level.”

    BBC

  • Same-sex Marriage Now Legal as First Couples Wed

    Same-sex Marriage Now Legal as First Couples Wed

    {{The first same-sex weddings have taken place after gay marriage became legal in England and Wales at midnight.}}

    Politicians from the main parties have hailed the change in the law.

    David Cameron said the move sent a message that people were now equal “whether gay or straight”, but some religious groups remain opposed.

    Scotland passed a similar law in February; the first same-sex marriages are expected there in October. Northern Ireland has no plans to follow suit.

    In an article for the Pink News website, the prime minister wrote: “This weekend is an important moment for our country.

    {{‘Feels safer’}}

    “It says we are a country that will continue to honour its proud traditions of respect, tolerance and equal worth.”

    The law change would encourage young people unsure of their sexuality, he added.

    Later on Saturday morning, Mr Cameron tweeted: “Congratulations to the gay couples who have already been married – and my best wishes to those about to be on this historic day.”

    Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg said “Britain will be a different place” as a result.

    He congratulated his party for being part of the reform, saying: “If our change to the law means a single young man or young woman who wants to come out, but who is scared of what the world will say, now feels safer, stronger, taller – well, for me, getting into coalition government will have been worth it just for that.”

    Labour leader Ed Miliband congratulated those planning to tie the knot.

    “This is an incredibly happy time for so many gay couples and lesbian couples who will be getting married, but it’s an incredibly proud time for our country as well, recognising equal marriage in law,” he said.

    However, he warned that the “battle for true equality” was not yet won.

    {{‘Not about rights’}}

    One of the first couples to take advantage of the law change were married at Islington Town Hall in London just after midnight.

    Human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell acted as chief witness at a packed ceremony as Peter McGraith and David Cabreza wed after 17 years together.

    Mr Tatchell said the couple and all the others getting married had “made history” and “made Britain a more tolerant, equal place”.

    With a crowd of photographers, journalists and well-wishers waiting, the couple took the opportunity to highlight the international struggle for gay rights.

    But Mr Cabreza added: “From a global and political perspective it’s great too, but for us it’s also about us and our marriage.”

    Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby said on Friday night the Church of England would now drop its opposition to same-sex marriage, as Parliament had spoken.

  • TelexFREE Responds to False Allegations

    TelexFREE Responds to False Allegations

    {{TelexFREE today attempted to clarify what it believes to be a case of mistaken identity arising from an action by the Rwanda Ministry of Trade and Industry.}}

    TelexFREE is a telecommunications company that in February 2014 booked 10,859,669 minutes of VOIP calls internationally, 15,275 of them terminating in Rwanda (less than one tenth of one percent of the company’s volume.)

    According to a report posted by the Rwanda Eye, a company with a name resembling TelexFREE—”P.L.I. TelexFree (Rwanda) Ltd.”—failed to pay taxes of more than $6 million, has been channeling millions of dollars through Rwandan accounts, and is suspected of crimes ranging from tax evasion to money laundering.

    Subsequently, the Rwanda Eye reports, “The government of Rwanda recently announced the ban of all operations of P.L.I. Telexfree Rwanda Ltd.”

    TelexFREE says, “As far as we can tell, this has nothing to do with us other than the fact that somebody is making illegal use of our name. We have in the neighbourhood of half a million customers worldwide, and 121 of them are in Rwanda.

    But we have no connection with P.L.I. Telexfree Rwanda Ltd., the company shutdown in Rwanda. That company allegedly has been in business for 14 years, whereas we just celebrated our second year in business.

    We’ve checked our records and find no evidence of the names of the persons associated with that company registered as either our customers or agents. Rwanda wasn’t on our radar until this report hit the Internet.”

    But some news agencies continue to confuse the two: The East African, reporting on initial investigations of P.L.I. Telexfree Rwanda Ltd., displayed a photo of the TelexFREE website.

    And although calls have been made on the TelexFREE system to Rwanda and commissions have been paid to a few agents, TelexFREE has not been contacted by the Rwandan government, nor does it have any reason to believe any action has been taken against it.

    “It’s both the power and the challenge of VOIP,” says TelexFREE. “Virtually anyone can register and use the system. The best we can figure out right now is that somebody is using our sales program to channel their own agenda, and that kind of repackaging is strictly prohibited by our Policies and Procedures. Our attorneys are doing all they can to find out what is going on.”

    TelexFREE is a private company headquartered in Marlborough, Mass., with offices in a number of regions around the world, but not in Rwanda. TelexFREE has no corporate presence whatsoever in Rwanda.

  • Rwandan Conservationist is Finalist for Rolex Award

    Rwandan Conservationist is Finalist for Rolex Award

    {{Twenty-two young innovators from 13 countries, as diverse as Mexico, Italy, Saudi Arabia, Bangladesh and Fiji, have been singled out as finalists in the 2014 Rolex Awards for Enterprise.}}

    Five of the 22 pioneers will soon become Young Laureates of the Rolex Awards, winning not only vital funding for their ambitious projects, but also an international profile that will mark them out as potential leaders, both at home and internationally.

    Chosen from more than 1,800 applicants from around the world in a competitive pre-selection process, these pioneers have demonstrated their determination to solve some of society’s greatest challenges in five general areas: science and health, applied technology, exploration, the environment and cultural heritage.

    This is the second series in the programme’s nearly four-decade history dedicated exclusively to visionaries under the age of 30, and the first edition of the Young Laureate series with an open application system.

    The five winners will each receive 50,000 Swiss francs to further their work, a Rolex chronometer and the benefits of an ongoing, international publicity campaign. They will also have access to the network of more than 100 previous Laureates of the Rolex Awards.

    “The spirit of enterprise is vibrantly alive. We are deeply impressed with the ingenuity and perseverance of the younger generation as they pursue their goals to expand knowledge and solve some of the daunting problems of the 21st century,” said Rebecca Irvin, head of Rolex philanthropy.

    “Between them, the finalists represent a range of nationalities, backgrounds, languages and levels of education – but each and every one of them has the credentials and fortitude to become a Young Laureate,” she said.

    “Their projects range from engaging local communities in promoting biodiversity in Brazil to advancing solar energy in developing countries, documenting indigenous knowledge in Canada and creating novel electronic tablets for uses from conserving coral reefs in Hawaii to reducing the rate of cardiovascular disease in the Republic of Cameroon and beyond.”

    In April, the Rolex Jury, eight distinguished scientists, environmentalists, conservationists and social entrepreneurs, who comprise the independent panel, will meet in Geneva to select five Young Laureates from among the finalists shortlisted.

    The winners will be announced in June and honoured at a ceremony later this year.

    {{Profile of finalists}}

    The majority of finalists are just under age 30 and the gap between males (59%) and females (41 per cent) is closing, as compared with previous series.

    About a third of the finalists hail from Asia, nearly a quarter from North America and the rest are almost evenly divided between Latin America, Africa, Europe and Oceania/Pacific, with slightly fewer from the Middle East.

    Of the Awards categories represented by the shortlisted candidates, the environment was most popular, followed by science and health, exploration, applied technology and cultural heritage.

    “As ever, the Jury will be faced with the difficult task of selecting five winning candidates from a list of highly innovative and committed young people, all of them seeking much-needed support for their groundbreaking projects,” said Irvin.

    “All of the candidates demonstrate the spirit of enterprise so cherished by Rolex and supported by the company over the past century. We will be very excited to learn the names of the five winners following the Jury meeting – and we look forward very much to helping the new Young Laureates implement their pioneering projects and presenting them to a global audience.”

    {{Awards for Young Laureates}}

    The biennial Rolex Awards were begun in 1976 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the waterproof Rolex Oyster chronometer, a milestone in watchmaking, and invest in individuals worldwide who have the courage and conviction to carry out groundbreaking projects to benefit humankind and the planet in areas generally encompassing science, the environment, exploration and cultural heritage.

    In 2009, Rolex decided to encourage the next generation of leaders by dedicating every second series of the Rolex Awards for Enterprise to young innovators between the ages of 18 to 30 – the Young Laureates.

    {{Rolex philanthropy}}

    The Rolex Awards for Enterprise and its sister programme, the Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative, comprise the two major international philanthropic programmes run by the Rolex Institute.

    Both the Rolex Awards series dedicated to Young Laureates and the Arts Initiative were designed to foster innovation and advance the work of young people who exemplify the vision, ingenuity and excellence that defines the Rolex brand.

    2014 ROLEX AWARDS FINALISTS

    {{Andie Ang}} – Singapore
    Reconnect groups of Indochinese silvered langurs in Vietnam with aerial bridges to permit breeding between fragmented populations, strengthening the gene pool and increasing the likelihood of their survival.

    {{John Burns}} – United States
    Develop novel waterproof electronic tablets to promote community-based monitoring and conservation of coral reef ecosystems in Hawaii, where the coastal populations depend on marine resources.

    {{Marita Cheng}} – Australia
    Develop an easily mounted, smartphone-controlled robot arm for disabled people who use wheelchairs as a result of spinal injuries or debilitating diseases such as multiple sclerosis.

    {{Rafael Morais Chiaravalloti}} – Brazil
    Apply community-based mapping that will enable locals, conservationists and tourist operators to create a sustainable management plan for the western border of Brazil’s Pantanal wetland.

    {{Sayam Chowdhury }} – Bangladesh
    Curtail hunting and poaching of endangered wildlife in three fragile ecosystems of Bangladesh by involving the local community and educating them about the benefits of conservation.

    {{Eden Full}} – Canada
    Advance solar energy in developing countries by promoting a solar-tracking device that generates more electricity than a stationary solar panel and filters water at the same time.

    {{Medhavi Gandhi}} – India
    Revive and preserve the traditional arts, crafts and culture of Indian tribes to help alleviate poverty through the development of creative, sustainable businesses.

    {{Neeti Kailas}} – India
    Develop a unique system to carry out early and mass screenings of newborns in resource-poor settings to monitor hearing loss and prevent the consequent loss of speech.

    {{Divya Karnad}} – India
    Build a sustainable fisheries model in India by bridging the divide between seafood producers and consumers through conservation programmes linking the community with fishermen.

    {{Yashraj Khaitan }} – India
    Develop cutting-edge, smart-grid technology to make rural power distribution more efficient, reliable and economically sustainable.

    {{David Lang}} – United States
    Support a global community of professional and amateur ocean explorers who collaborate to create innovative tools such as low-cost underwater robots for citizen exploration and science.

    {{Jeffrey Marlow}} – United States
    Launch schoolchildren worldwide on a journey of discovery by involving them in the science behind NASA’s Opportunity Mars rover and educating them about space exploration and astrobiology.

    {{Sarah McNair-Landry}} – Canada
    Circumnavigate Canada’s Baffin Island, the world’s fifth largest island, to collect and document the dog-sledding knowledge of the Inuit communities before it is lost forever.

    {{Soham Mukherjee}} – India
    Educate and train rural communities in India’s Gujarat state to prevent venomous snakebites and administer appropriate first aid.

    {{Olivier Nsengimana}} – Rwanda
    Save Rwanda’s Grey Crowned Crane, which faces increasing threats to its habitat and a growing illegal trade, in order to conserve Rwanda’s biodiversity.

    {{Akosita Rokomate}} – Fiji
    Encourage sustainable management of natural resources on Fiji’s Kia Island, which is part of the Great Sea Reef and a biodiversity hotspot, by incentivizing the community to practise long-term conservation.

    {{Gerardo Ruiz de Teresa }} – Mexico
    Install solar-energy systems to eradicate energy poverty in Mexico’s rural communities and create employment.

    {{Francesco Sauro }} – Italy
    Lead a multidisciplinary team of scientists to explore ancient quartzite caves in table-top mountains between Venezuela and Brazil and uncover the secrets behind the landscape’s evolution.

    {{Livio Valenti}} – Italy
    Use silk biomaterials to create a heat-stable polio vaccine that does not require refrigeration and can efficiently reach people living in remote areas of the world.

    {{Nathalie Vlcek}} – Brazil
    Document and revitalize the endangered Tuyuka language, spoken by 20 indigenous communities in Brazil and Colombia, and engage the people in composing a theme-based dictionary of their language.

    {{Arthur Zang }} – Cameroon
    Reduce the rate of cardiovascular-disease mortality in countries with a shortage of cardiologists by using a Cardio-pad medical tablet to perform cardiac examinations and permit remote readings.

    {{Hosam Zowawi }} – Saudi Arabia
    Develop faster laboratory tests for superbugs and raise awareness of antibiotic resistance in the Gulf States through an education campaign

  • Egypt’s New Military Chief Swon in

    Egypt’s New Military Chief Swon in

    {Field Marshal Abdul Fattah al-Sisi and Gen Sedki Sobhi (file)
    Sedki Sobhi (right) was promoted to first lieutenant-general shortly before Abdul Fattah al-Sisi’s resignation}

    {{Egypt’s new armed forces chief and defence minister has been sworn in, a day after Abdul Fattah al-Sisi resigned so he could stand for the presidency.}}

    Interim President Adly Mansour confirmed Gen Sedki Sobhi’s appointment at the weekly cabinet meeting in Cairo.

    Gen Mahmoud Hegazi, whose daughter is married to one of Mr Sisi’s sons, was named the army’s new chief-of-staff.

    Mr Sisi, who held the rank of field marshal, reportedly turned up at the cabinet meeting in civilian clothes.

    As commander-in-chief last July, he led the overthrow of President Mohammed Morsi following mass opposition protests.

    The military-backed interim authorities subsequently launched a crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood that has left more than 1,000 people dead and seen some 16,000 others detained.

    They have also struggled to combat jihadist militants based in the Sinai peninsula who have attacked government and security forces personnel, killing more than 200.

    {{‘Coup leader’}}

    Mr Sisi attended Thursday’s cabinet meeting to submit his resignation as defence minister and see his former chief-of-staff sworn in as his successor, the Mena news agency reported.

    Announcing his presidential bid on Wednesday, the 59 year old said he was answering “the demand of a wide range of Egyptians who have called on me to run for this honourable office”.

    Mr Sisi promised he would soon offer “a clear platform for a modern and democratic Egypt”.

    But he warned of an “extremely difficult task” ahead as the country faced up to its “economic, social, political and security realities”, including the threat of “terrorists”.

  • UNAMID Chief Condemns Attacks on Darfur IDPs Camps

    UNAMID Chief Condemns Attacks on Darfur IDPs Camps

    {{The head of Darfur’s joint peacekeeping mission (UNAMID) slammed the recent attacks by Sudanese government militias on camps for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Darfur, calling for aid agencies to be granted access to provide humanitarian assistance to civilians in conflict zones.}}

    “The ongoing attacks on civilian villages and camps for internally displaced people, alleged to be carried out by the Rapid Support Forces, are a matter of concern and are an ugly blemish on our efforts to dialogue; regardless of who is ultimately responsible for this violence, it must now stop,” said Mohamed Ibn Chambas in a speech he delivered at Um Jaras Forum for Zaghawa tribal leaders held in Chad, last Wednesday.

    Chambas was referring to an attack carried out by the RSF on IDPs at Khor Abeche camp on Saturday 22 March. The militiamen killed one person, burnt shelters and stole livestock. The UNAMID said that over 2,000 people sought refuge at its base in the area.

    The RSF militia said they were chasing rebels belonging to the Sudan Liberation Movement – Minni Minnawi and another armed faction led by Ali Karbino after a series of attacks carried in South and North Darfur. The fighters of the two groups are generally recruited from the Zaghawa clans in the region.

    The UNAMID chief further said the rebels should stop their attacks and seek a negotiated solution adding they failed to defeat the national army during their 11-year insurgency.

    “Also, the military attacks of the rebel movements must stop; they have proven incapable of defeating Sudan Armed Forces and only increase the suffering of the people of Darfur,” he said.

    Over 81,300 villagers fled their areas in South and North Darfur since the last week of February following the fighting between the rebels and government forces. The Sudanese authorities however denied humanitarian access to the affected civilians.

    On Thursday the UNAMID deputy chief Joseph Mutaboba and UN resident and humanitarian coordinator, Ali Al-Za’tari called again to the government “and all actors and parties involved in the conflict and the international community to take robust measures to ensure the protection of civilians and unimpeded access of aid workers in Darfur”.

    They two officials said in a joint statement released on Thursday that more than 215,000 people fled their homes since the beginning of the year due to the clashes between the government and rebel but also because of the tribal violence .

    “Enormous amounts of humanitarian need are being generated by this violence, but our ability to assess the condition of people who have been affected by the conflict and deliver to them the aid that they need has been severely hampered,” reads the joint statement.

    {{ANTI-REBEL CAMPAIGN}}

    RSF commander, Mohamed Hamdan, who is also a general in the Sudanese intelligence and security services (NISS), announced on Thursday that his militia is still chasing the rebels and clashed with them in Bahr Al-Arab area in East Darfur near the border with South Sudan’s Bahr el Ghazal.

    He said they captured some foreigners who had been forced by the rebels to join them, adding others prisoners were recruited in South Sudan.

    The militia leader said they captured 8 vehicles loaded with weapons and ammunition and killed many rebels without elaboration. he added they lost 5 militiamen.

    The remaining rebels crossed the border into South Sudan through Tomssaha area in East Darfur, he said.

    {sudantribune}

  • Sudan Votes Against Crimea ‘Occupation’

    Sudan Votes Against Crimea ‘Occupation’

    {{Sudan was among 11 countries at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) that voted against a resolution declaring a referendum held this month in Crimea on the region splitting from Ukraine as invalid.}}

    Cuba, North Korea, Nicaragua, Syria, Venezuela, Zimbabwe, Armenia, Belarus and Bolivia also voted against the non-binding vote. There were also 58 abstentions in the 193-nation UN body.

    Following the vote, Moscow formally annexed Ukraine’s southern region after the results showed an overwhleming majority in favor of joining Russia.

    The move drew strong condemnation specially from the US and European countries some of which moved to impose unilateral sanctions.

    A Washington Post factbox states that about 2 million people live in Crimea of which around 60% see themselves as ethnic Russians and speak Russian.

    The referendum in Crimea is somewhat similar to the one held in October 2013 in the disputed region of Abyei that lies between Sudan and South Sudan.

    The outcome of the three day unilateral vote organized by Ngok Dinka pro-south tribe showed a near unanimous desire in favor of Abyei joining South Sudan.

    Initially Juba appeared supportive of the referendum by giving Abyei residents time off to vote, but later distanced itself from it. There was also no international support for it from the start and was swiftly rejected by Khartoum.

    Abyei was scheduled to hold a referendum with that of South Sudan in January 2011 but was suspended because of disagreements between the two countries over who was eligible to participate in the vote.

    In a bid to resolve the impasse, the African Union mediation team proposed in 2012 holding a referendum in Abyei in October 2013, stipulating that only the Ngok Dinka permanently residing in the area would be allowed to take part in the plebiscite.

    However, Sudan swiftly rejected the proposal, saying it ignored the eligibility of the nomadic Arab Misseriya tribesmen and argued that local government institutions must be established first before any vote can take place.

    Just as Moscow insists that Crimea has historically been part of Russia, Khartoum has the same conviction on Abyei.

    {sudantribune}

  • Prostitutes Suspend Colleague Over Liaising With Thieves

    Prostitutes Suspend Colleague Over Liaising With Thieves

    {{A prostitute has been suspended by colleagues after she was found collaborating with thieves to rob property of clients.}}

    Last week, prostitutes operating at Matimba in Rwezamenyo sector in Nyarugenge district kicked out their colleague from operating within their area after noticing that she was aiding thieves to rob their clients.

    Nadia was chased away in the presence of a local authority who signed a letter justifying her total expulsion from the zone of where men come to pick them for commercial sex.

    Matimba sex workers claim that Nadia’s behavior could harm the image of their work while at the same time scaring away clients who may fear to be attacked by robbers.

    Nadia had previously been warned that she would be driven away if she didn’t change behaviour.

    She admitted to accusations, however, saying, “I have dissociated from collaboration with robbers.”

    To the centrally, Prostitution is illegal in Rwanda .