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Ethiopia army launches major attack on Tigray – Rebels

October 12, 2021October 13, 2021User2

Ethiopia’s national army launched a ground offensive against forces from the northern region of Tigray on Monday, the war-torn region’s governing Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) said. TPLF spokesperson Getachew Reda said the army alongside allied forces from the northern Amhara region began the attack to push Tigrayan forces out of Amhara in the morning. […]

Ethiopia National Training On The Role Of Technology And Social Media Platforms As Recruitment Tools In Terrorism Conducted

October 11, 2021October 12, 2021User2

3 October 2021, Adama, Ethiopia – The IGAD Security Sector Program (IGAD SSP) successfully conducted a five days national training on “The Role of Technology and Social Media Platforms as Recruitment Tools for Terrorist Networks and the Challenges for Security Institutions” held on 28 September – 02 October 2021 in Adama, Ethiopia. One of the […]

Addressing Drought in Zimbabwe: Applying Nuclear Science to Understand Groundwater and River Dynamics

October 11, 2021October 12, 2021User2

In the local Lozi language they call it Mosi-oa-Tunya, “The Smoke That Thunders,” but by the end of 2019, Victoria Falls’ thunder was more like a dripping trickle. Africa’s largest waterfall has been a victim of the region’s droughts, and Zimbabwe, which borders its banks, is suffering too. More frequent, intense and unpredictable droughts have robbed […]

Experts Call for Revival of Nile Basin Initiative

October 8, 2021October 9, 2021User2

Ethiopian water experts have called on Nile Basin countries to revitalize their participation in the Nile Basin Initiative and strive for mutual benefits from the Nile River. The Nile Basin Initiative (NBI) is an intergovernmental partnership of 10 Nile Basin countries, namely Burundi, DR Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda, […]

Need for Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones More Urgent with Key Powers Racing to Boost Deadly Arsenals, Delegates Say, as General Debate Continues

October 6, 2021October 7, 2021User2

Creating nuclear-weapon-free zones is even more urgent as the major powers continue to develop arsenals that threaten the existence of humanity, delegates told the First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) today, as it continued its general debate. Jamaica’s representative expressed pride in his country’s being a party to the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear […]

China will no longer build overseas coal power plants – what energy projects will it invest in instead?

September 28, 2021September 29, 2021User2

Chinese President Xi Jinping recently announced at the UN General Assembly that China “will not build new coal-fired power projects abroad”. Chinese banks have already swung into gear. Three days after Xi’s speech, the Bank of China declared it would no longer provide financing for new coal mining and power projects outside China from the last quarter of 2021. […]