The UK must permanently return all artifacts from Ethiopia held by the Victoria and Albert Museum and Addis Ababa will not accept them on loan, an Ethiopian government official said. The statement comes after the museum, one of London’s most emblematic tourist attractions, put Ethiopian treasures plundered by British forces in 1868 on display. “Well,…
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UK suggests Zimbabwe return to Commonwealth
The UK would strongly support Zimbabwe’s re-entry to the Commonwealth and praised President Emmerson Mnangagwa for impressive progress since Robert Mugabe was toppled in a military coup. Great meeting with ministers from across #ourCommonwealth this morning for talks with Minister Sibusiso Moyo on how Britain, the Commonwealth & the wider international community will do everything…
Ramaphosa sends mixed signals on land grabs
Contradictory information comes from South African leader Cyril Ramaphosa, who delivers different narratives to different players. Previously Ramaphosa said he intended to organise land summit in April, but the event did not take place. However during his visit to London he reassured Queen Elizabeth there won’t be such expropriation without compensation. Returning land to those…
South Africa joins sugary drinks tax
South Africa has joined the international trend of taxing sugary drinks to reduce high rates of diabetes, hypertension and obesity. But the long-anticipated measure recommended by the WHO was fraught with controversy. Will taxing sugary drinks help solve the obesity problem in South Africa?https://t.co/BBvVfxwZN7 — DW News (@dwnews) April 10, 2018 South Africa and the…
Neglected lions saved from Razgrad zoo
The lions of the Razgrad zoo, aged between 3 months and 12 years, will soon have a life free from suffering. The international animal welfare organisation FOUR PAWS has saved the animals from particularly adverse conditions in an urgent rescue mission which took place over two days. Thus far, the big cats, who come from…
UK to ban ivory items
The sale and export of almost all ivory items would be banned in the UK under plans set out by the government. Today we announced plans to ban the sale of ivory in the UK.The cruel poaching of elephants shames our generationhttps://t.co/N8RtEwHvTU — Theresa May (@theresa_may) October 6, 2017 Environment Secretary Michael Gove has announced…
STOP UK zoo from murdering the tiger!
The tiger that killed Zoo keeper Rosa King has not been put down so far and was unharmed, police said. However there are concerns of the animal rights defenders, who oppose the idea of killing the wild animal for exposing natural instincts. Tigers belong to the wilde, but not to the cages in zoo. #Tiger…
May 'in favour' of fox-hunting
The Prime Minister says she has “always been in favour of fox-hunting” and will recommit to the 2015 Conservative Manifesto promise to give Parliament the chance to make a decision. “This is a situation on which individuals will have one view or the other, either pro or against” – said May during a visit to…
Troika “deeply troubled” by conflict in South Sudan
“The members of the Troika (the UK, US and Norway) and the EU are deeply troubled by the ongoing conflict in South Sudan. We echo the concerns highlighted recently by the Chairperson of the African Union Commission Moussa Faki Mahamat and Chairman of the Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission President Festus Mogae on increased violence,…
MEPs for regulation of online pet trade
The Members of the European Parliament expressed concern about the growing problem of fraud in on-line sales of animals as pets, mainly puppies and kittens, but also exotic spices. An independent investigation showed 600% growth of the puppies sales from Eastern Europe – Lithuania, Poland, Hungary, to the UK, and the other West European member-states….
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