The Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global has invested around 10 billion US Dollars in multinational alcohol corporations. “This has to stop”, is the message from a campaign by Norwegian civil society organisations that was launched in Oslo yesterday. The main claim of the campaign is that investing in alcohol companies is incompatible with the overarching …

“A very welcome decision which makes it possible to widen and strengthen FORUT’s collaboration with the United Nations”, says Secretary General of FORUT, Morten Lønstad, in a comment to the fact that FORUT has been granted Special Consultative Status at ECOSOC. The link address is: http://www.add-resources.org/forut-granted-consultative-status-at-ecosoc.5897520-315750.html

Healthy Lanka Alliance for Development has been presented with the award for Best Alcohol and Drug Prevention Organisation for the year 2015 by His Excellency Maitripala Sirisena, President of Sri Lanka. The award was presented in recognition of Healthy Lanka’s dedicated services towards creating a well-informed society free from alcohol and drugs. The link address …

The Globe, the magazine of the Global Alcohol Policy Alliance, has been published with its first issue in a new format and design. The most important change is that the magazine will now be available only in a digital version. The link address is: http://www.add-resources.org/the-globe-new-design-new-format.5906556-315750.html

The alcohol industry is afraid of losing their health image,WHO health initiatives make them fear for their lives and they intercept national policies to protect their own interests. This is documented in an in-depth article in the Wall Street Journal. The link address is: http://www.add-resources.org/alcohol-industry-afraid-of-losing-their-health-image-adopts-new-and-offensive-strategies.5901894-315750.html

As a run up to its forum held in Livingstone, Zambia from 11-14 July 2016, SAAPA held a poetry competition and invited young people from across the region to enter and stand a chance of attending the forum. Abigail Ramokoena (19) from Lesotho emerged the winner. She reflects on her experience of winning the competition, …

We the Southern Africa Alcohol policy Alliance –SAAPA wish to categorically to state that now and in the future we cannot join and support the alcohol industry in their initiated international beer day scheduled to take place on the 5th of August, 2016. We call on the governments, the WHO and UN to curb the …

Savera Kalideen from Soul City speaks on the possibility of cutting alcohol ads in sport and the type of message it sends to youngsters. The link address is: http://omnyapp.com/shows/the-best-of-night-talk/cutting-of-alcohol-ads-in-sport

An English barbershop owner and his son have embarked on a massive David and Goliath battle to outbid Thai beer Chang as the front-of-jersey sponsor of their local football team. In what they call the #OutbidChang campaign they started a crowd fund to stop Everton Football Club in the UK from using the beer as …

Zimbabwe’s Social Forum takes a look at why there has been an increase in alcohol and drug abuse in Zimbabwe. Monika Chanda invites Tungamirai Zimonte director of Youth against Alcoholism and Drug Dependency (YADD) and Southern African Policy Alliance (SAAPA) Zimbabwe representative, to discuss the rise in alcohol and drug abuse in Zimbabwe and the …