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WEO HAULS YES TANZANIA FOR PROTECTING YOUTH

Utengule/Usongwe Ward in Mbeya rural district, ward executive officer (WEO) , Daud Mbembela has hailed Youth Education through Sports Tanzania (YES TZ) a youth led and youth focused non organization which advocates for youth reproductive health and rights (SRHR), promoting democracy and good governance by stimulating young people participation and engagement and building the capacity and culture of entrepreneurship to Tanzanian youth.  He said he has been hearing about YES Tanzania working with and for young people to advocate forSRHR, including family planning. He said that the organization is going help to reduce teenage pregnancy and HIV for young people. According to the WEO, Utengule/Usongwe ward lacks youth friendly reproductive health services. He requested YES Tanzania to come and rescue young people in the area by sensitizing and training service providers about youth friendly health services as well as SRHR issues so as to reduce adolescent pregnancies a...

David Cameron ridicules Boris Johnson's second EU referendum idea

Prime minister aims jibes at London mayor in Commons as cracks appear in Tory truce over EU referendum Nicholas Watt , Alan Travis and Rowena Mason David Cameron has vented his frustration at Boris Johnson over Europe, as he ridiculed the mayor of London over his apparent call for a second EU referendum and came close to accusing him of backing a vote to leave to boost his chances of one day leading the Conservative party. In a sign that a Tory truce on Europe is under severe strain before the official campaigning has even begun, the prime minister infuriated anti-EU campaigners by describing Johnson’s idea for a second vote as undemocratic and one “for the birds”. As the London mayor shook his head and shouted “rubbish” in the Commons chamber, the prime minister mocked Johnson by likening his idea for a second referendum to a couple who start divorce proceedings as a way to make up. “I have known a number of couples who have begun divorce proceedings,” Ca...