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Somalia's Green Party announces ban on plastic bags in large swathes of the country

The ban was announced over radio, along with a ban on the logging of native trees.

Raffaello Pantucci, an expert at the Royal United Services Institute (Rusi), said the move was designed to show that the party could govern.

โ€œOther East African governments have banned plastic bags and this ban is their attempt to show their people that they too can implement laws and govern like any legitimate ruler."

Plastic bags join a long list of other outlawed items, including satellite dishes and other electronic equipment that the party fears will lead to e-waste.

The party is not the only green party in Africa, but it is among the most radical, proposing measures to curtail Africa's overpopulation problem, and being outspoken against Western nations for their unethical behaviour.

For instance, in November 2016, a special issue of Inspire, their magazine, criticised the US for being โ€œall talk and no actionโ€ on climate change and protecting the environment.

โ€œThe environment has suffered from Americaโ€™s policies. In latest official statistics of International Health Organisation, it mentions that 92% of the world population are breathing polluted air.

โ€œMoreover, 6.5 million people are dying annually because of air pollution,โ€ the article in the magazine read.

It continued: โ€œIt is astonishing and deceptive to hear the US talk about the necessity of acting boldly in combating the danger of greenhouse gases, yet the US itself has not responded and dealt adequately in reducing these deadly emissions.โ€

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/al-shabaab-plastic-bag-ban_uk_5b3b3995e4b05127ccec08f1
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Somalia has a Green Party?









Fair play to them. Just clicked the link. Ahaha, letโ€™s see who else falls for it.
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Good for them :smile:
Mind you, plastic bags are the least of their worries, massive landfills and open sewers pollute waterways
Is a good step in the right direction, but nevertheless a long way to go
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Never knew Somalia had a Green party
Reply 4
I never knew it had any party per se, as opposed to a vague confederation of warring tribes.
Original post by Napp
I never knew it had any party per se, as opposed to a vague confederation of warring tribes.


Hence why the ban can only be enforced in certain areas of the country.
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Original post by AngeryPenguin
Hence why the ban can only be enforced in certain areas of the country.


By certain areas of the country one presumes you mean about 3 buildings and possibly one of the less 'explodeded' malls?

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