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Current Feed ContentPresident Jammeh Threatens to Kick Butchers out If….PresidentJammeh has again talked tough against what he described as the unacceptablehigh price of meat. Speaking last week during a tour of public facilities andinstitutions, the President attributed the spiralling price of meat to theinordinate tendency of some butchers and cattle dealers to hike prices in thecountry, warning that they either reduce their prices or risk being kicked out.The Presidentcontended that it is unacceptable for butchers to sell a kilo of meat forD100.00 or more,...Pipedreams: River basin transfers threaten world’s most vital resourceGland, Switzerland Massive engineering schemes to divert and even reverse the flow of rivers undermine entire ecosystems and can damage the livelihoods of the very poor, says WWF in a new report. The report — Pipedreams? Interbasin transfers and water shortages — shows that water transfers between rivers are inevitably costly schemes that damage the natural environment, interrupting flows between rivers and compromising their ability to provide food and water. Along with dams and other highly... |