Day: December 24, 2021
34 South African Youth Die During Initiation Rites
Instead of celebrating their sons’ coming-of-age, this month 34 families in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province are mourning their deaths. At least 34 young men have died this month during traditional initiation to manhood rites. The country’s cultural rights commission is calling for a crackdown on schools that offer the dangerous rituals to prevent more deaths. Initiation to manhood is
Gambia Commission Says Ex-President Jammeh Responsible for Murder, Torture, Rape
A Gambian truth and reconciliation commission said in a report published Friday that former President Yahya Jammeh was responsible for a spree of killings, torture and rapes during his 22-year rule over the tiny West African nation. The independent Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC) was set up when Jammeh left Gambia for exile in Equatorial Guinea after refusing to
US to Lift Travel Ban on 8 Southern African Countries
The U.S. will lift travel restrictions to eight southern African countries on New Year’s Eve, the White House announced Friday. The restrictions, imposed last month, were meant to blunt the spread of the COVID omicron variant. The Nov. 29 ban barred nearly all non-U.S. citizens who had recently been in South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Lesotho, Eswatini, Mozambique and Malawi.
FDA Authorizes Marketing of 22nd Century Group’s VLN® as a Modified Risk Tobacco Product
VLN® Cigarettes VLN® Is World’s First and Only Combustible Cigarette to Receive FDA MRTP Designation FDA Adds Evidence-Based, Headline Claim “Helps You Smoke Less” to Company’s Requested Claims VLN® 95% Reduced Nicotine Content Cigarettes to Launch in the U.S. Within 90 Days VLN® to Launch Outside the U.S. in First Quarter 2022 BUFFALO, N.Y., Dec. […]