"I would boil cannabis leaves and drink them like tea every evening to cure my back pain." MP David Ochieng' confesses in Parliament that he uses bhang whenever he returns to his home constituency of Ugenya.
๐ฐ๐ช๐บ๐ธ Kenyan police are still clashing with protesters after firing tear gas and making arrests this morning over a U.S.-backed Ebola quarantine facility on a local air force base.
2 people were killed in demonstrations last week.
The U.S. wants the site to house Americans exposed to Ebola in Congo and Uganda, keeping them off U.S. soil.
Kenya's courts have twice ordered work to stop, but the U.S. kept building anyway.
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If Africa's top referee is inadmissible in America, who qualifies? Many are calling it racism.
Somali referee Omar Abdulkadir Artan was denied entry into the US "due to vetting concerns" even though he had a 3-month multiple entry visa and was traveling on a diplomatic passport
Omar Artan's inability to work at the World Cup - and FIFA's refusal to stand up for him - is a disgrace
It is also a direct result of Gianni Infantino cosying up to Donald Trump, writes @felixkeith
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Iran's football federation says its ticket allocation for the FIFA World Cup has been withdrawn just days before football's global showpiece begins, leaving fans unable to attend their team's matches.
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When it was Qatar 2022 BBC, Sky News and ITV News were doing segments for 40 days and 40 nights about human rights abuse and campaigning for alcohol to be allowed during the World Cup. But USA is refusing to allow a referee and Iranโs team in and theyโve gone quiet. Cowards
The World Cup brings people together like no other event. That is what football is. That is what humanity can be.
Three fans, who also work for Amnesty International, will be travelling to the #WorldCup this year. Here they share their thoughts on why everyone attending the worldโs greatest football tournament deserves to feel safe, included and free to exercise their rights โฌ๏ธ
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