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Colombia to stop spraying coca fields with glyphosate

Colombian authorities must stop using the controversial herbicide glyphosate — also known by its brand name Roundup — to eradicate illicit coca plantations, President Juan Manuel Santos said on Saturday. “I am going to ask the government officials in the National Drug Council at their next meeting to suspend glyphosate spraying of illicit cultivations (of coca),” Santos said. The president said the order did not mean Colombia would “lower its

Tens of thousands flee fighting in South Sudan, aid groups withdraw

By Denis Dumo JUBA (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of people have fled fierce fighting in South Sudan’s northern Unity State and humanitarian organizations have withdrawn staff from the area, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and other groups said on Saturday. A government military spokesman, Philip Aguer, confirmed the fighting in Unity State. Doctors without Borders said it had shut down a hospital in the town of

Tens of thousands flee fighting in South Sudan, aid groups withdraw

By Denis Dumo JUBA (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of people have fled fierce fighting in South Sudan’s northern Unity State and humanitarian organizations have withdrawn staff from the area, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and other groups said on Saturday. A government military spokesman, Philip Aguer, confirmed the fighting in Unity State. Doctors without Borders said it had shut down a hospital in the town of