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Topi Trail Safaris

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Topi Trail Safaris is a Mid-range and Luxury safari business founded by two young professional entrepreneurs, Tumwine John Paul and Singura Francis. They set up the most courteous and professional company in order to raise the quality of tour operations in East Africa and Africa wholesomely. The company began by doing local transport on Lake Bunyonyi one of the deepest… Read More
Development Health Advice 

Thursday’s Daily Brief: STIs worldwide, food safety and food prices, updates on Iraq and East Africa

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More than one million sexually transmitted infections occur every day: WHO The global scale of sexually transmitted infections (STI) should be a “wake-up call” to governments, UN health experts said on Thursday, citing data showing that one in 25 people today have “at least one” curable STI, which occur at a rate of more than one million a day worldwide.… Read More
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‘From farm to plate’, first-ever World Food Safety Day demonstrates the need to take unsafe food off the menu

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“These deaths are entirely preventable,” said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. Unsafe food – contaminated by bacteria, viruses, parasites or chemical substances – also causes nearly one-in-ten people, or some 600 million, to fall ill globally each year. “World Food Safety Day is a unique opportunity to raise awareness about the dangers of unsafe food with governments, producers, handlers and consumers”, he… Read More
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More than one million sexually transmitted infections occur every day: WHO

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Highlighting the “concerning lack of progress” by countries in stopping the spread of these and other STIs, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned that if left untreated, they can have a profound impact on the health of teens, adults and unborn children. “This is a wake-up call for a concerted effort to ensure everyone, everywhere can access the services they… Read More
Human Rights 

Colombia: Rights experts condemn killing of reintegrated former rebel fighter, call for respect of peace process

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Dimar Torres Arévalo, a demobilised member of the FARC, which battled against Government forces for more than 50 years, was found dead on 22 April outside a National Army camp in North Santander, near the border with Venezuela.   The attack, which the UN experts say is an extrajudicial execution, represents “a risk to the peace process as it does not respect the final… Read More
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Pedal power makes ‘positive impact on climate’, urges UN on World Bicycle Day

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Taking to two wheels fosters “sustainable consumption and production”, and has a “positive impact on climate”, according to the UN. Moreover, biking enhances access to education, health care and sport; and the synergy between the bicycle and the cyclist raises a more intimate and immediate awareness of the local environment. According to the UN Environment Programme, even though the benefits… Read More
Human Rights 

Sudan: UN chief deplores excessive force used against pro-democracy protesters, calls on military and civilian leaders to ‘stay the course’ in negotiations

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Secretary-General António Guterres “strongly condemns the violence” and “the use of force to disperse the protestors at the sit-in site”, said a statement issued by his Spokesperson, adding he was also alarmed at reports that “security forces have opened fire inside medical facilities”. Mr. Guterres reminded the Transitional Military Council of its responsibility for “the safety and security of the citizens… Read More
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