Nestle to stop Mugabe milk deal

BBC – Swiss multinational Nestle says it will stop buying milk from a farm owned by the wife of Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe. Nestle said it had bought milk from farms including Grace Mugabe’s Gushungo Dairy Estate to help the country as its dairy industry neared collapse. The move comes after human rights activists had called for a boycott of Nestle products. Read Article

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