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[Africa, Cameroon, Nigeria, South Africa] INVESTIGATION: Tobacco giant, British American Tobacco, caught in intensive smuggling, corporate espionage
Following events in South Africa, the BBC in July 2008 aired a documentary, 'Bannatyne Takes on Tobacco', which looked at BAT's tactics in Africa and revealed that the tobacco multinational was breaking rules in Nigeria, Malawi and Mauritius.
Jul 7, 2012
Premium Times (ng)
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Jul 9, 2012 09:05
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[South Africa] Study shows WHO anti-smoking measures threaten African livelihoods
Oct 30, 2012
Business Day (za)
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Oct 30, 2012 16:43
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[Africa, China, Malawi, Tanzania] Helping Tobacco Grow
JTI now invests directly in tobacco cultivation and a plant which can trace its history back thousands of years
Dec 17, 2012
JT International (JTI) (Japan Tobacco) (jp)
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Dec 17, 2012 17:13
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Africa’s ‘no’ to anti-smoking measures
The association of southern Africa’s tobacco producers says anti-smoking measures as mulled by the World Health Organization would spell economic ruin for at least 15 African countries.
Oct 29, 2012
RUVR Voice of Russia (ru)
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Oct 29, 2012 16:05
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[Algeria, UK] How cigarette smuggling fuels Africa's Islamist violence
Contrabrand tobacco is a $1bn trade in north Africa, run by extremists including Mokhtar Belmokhtar, who masterminded the attack on the Algerian gas plant. The trade is highly profitable – and very low risk
Jan 26, 2013
The Guardian (uk)
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Jan 26, 2013 23:55
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[Zambia, Zimbabwe] African tobacco farmers oppose WHO ban
This came up at an International Tobacco Growers’ Association-Africa meeting held recently in Zambia. Tobacco growers opposed the ultimate eradication of tobacco growing
Jun 14, 2012
Zimbabwe Herald (zw)
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Jun 15, 2012 12:40
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[Africa, Russia, South America/Caribbean] Malawi farmers’ livelihood to go up in smoke as Chile bans public puffing
"We're very concerned with the smoking ban in Chile, in Russia and other countries have also proposed similar bans,” Malawi’s Tobacco Control Commission (TCC) chief executive officer Bruce Munthali told The Nation newspaper. “Tobacco farmers as any othe
Apr 6, 2013
MaraviPost.com (mw)
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Apr 6, 2013 05:11
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[Africa, Kenya, Korea - South] Anti-tobacco laws gain currency as UN endorses tough control measures
A crucial conference on tobacco in South Korea that proposes serious restrictions in production of the crop could spell death knell the lucrative tobacco farming. Tobacco farmers are closely monitoring outcome of the conference backed by United Nations
Nov 19, 2012
The Standard (ke)
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Nov 19, 2012 18:40
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[Africa, Zimbabwe] Huge outcry over tobacco prices
TOBACCO growers in Manicaland have decried the "good crop and poor price" fiasco obtaining at the country's auction floors arguing that the trend was gradually forcing them out of the farming business.
Apr 12, 2013
Manica Post (zw)
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Apr 12, 2013 13:29
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[Somalia] How cigarette smuggling fuels Africa's Islamist violence
Contraband tobacco is a $1b trade in north Africa, run by extremists including Mokhtar Belmokhtar
Feb 2, 2013
Gulf News (ae)
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Feb 2, 2013 12:54