News Ata Muhammad Noor, governor of Balkh and former militia leader, who had threatened to lead mass protests in the wake of the disputed presidential runoff in June, warned on Wednesday of a "civil uprising" if the ongoing ballot recount proves biased and his candidate, Abdullah Abdullah, is not named the winner. "If the vote recount is one-sided or fraudulent, we will not bow down and accept the results," he…

News 27th August 2014 marked the fourth anniversary of the new Kenyan constitution. All the hopes that the Kenyan people had put into it seem to have been eroded leaving hopelessness and despair in their hearts. The new constitution took the government expenditure on wages alone up to $ 4.6 billion leaving only $2.3 billion for development due to the increase of the number of government employees. A survey conducted…

News On Monday, August 18, 2014 a photo essay was published by Michelle Siu in Time Magazine documenting the rising problem of children smoking in Indonesia. Further investigation uncovers disturbing film footage online showing babies of two addicted to two packets of cigarettes a day. Sui states; "Indonesia's economy is dependent upon the tobacco industry, which has proven to be extremely profitable. Many Indonesians make their livelihood through tobacco farming,…

News On 14 August 2014, two opposition parties started their independence and revolution marches from Lahore, the provincial capital of Pakistan's most populated province, Punjab. The marches were to converge in Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan. Both parties demanded the resignation of Nawaz Sharif and his brother Shahbaz Sharif. They promised their followers that the demise of the current rulers is not far away and then a new Pakistan will…