US Sanctions Individuals, Firms for Supporting Iran’s Drone Program

The U.S. Treasury Department has sanctioned individuals and companies allegedly associated with a network of companies linked to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. The department said in a statement Friday that the targets “provided critical support” to Tehran’s drone program. It said they helped spread Iranian drones to “Hezbollah, Hamas, Kata’ib Hizballah, the Houthis, and […]

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Climate change is already hitting Africa’s livestock. Here’s how COP26 can help

It’s a common scene across many African countries’ rural areas: cows grazing peacefully. But, by 2050, heat stress induced by climate change may drastically alter this familiar picture. New findings from the International Livestock Research Institute show that, unless massive adaptation measures are put in place, the number of extreme heat events driven by climate change – […]

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A Lecture Series on Japan’s Development Experience held at AAU

Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) conducted an Illustrated Lecture Series on Japan’s Development Experience with a theme: Education for Development in Ethiopia: Experiences and Lessons from Japan at Addis Ababa University (AAU’s) Ras Mekonnen Hall on the 27th of October 2021. YumikoYokozeki (PhD), Director at UNESCO International Institute for Capacity Building in Africa (IICBA) and former JICA senior advisor, […]

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