UN Polar Summit warns melting African glaciers are an early casualty of global warming
Among the world’s most vulnerable spots are African glaciers. The continent still has around 30 glaciers in four countries: Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya and Tanzania. They are among some 3,000 tropical glaciers distributed along the equator at a height of at least 5,000 meters, where it is very cold.
UN suspends pullout of African Union troops from Somalia as battles with terrorist cell rages
Somalia’s government last year launched a “total war” on the al-Qaida-linked terror group al-Shabab, which controls parts of rural central and southern Somalia. The group has for more than a decade carried out devastating attacks while exploiting clan divisions and extorting millions of dollars a year in its quest to impose an Islamic state.
‘No money, no police’, Kenya dithers on deal with UN to send security forces to Haiti gangland
Nearly 200,000 Haitians have now lost their homes to gangs who pillage neighbourhoods operated by rivals in their quest to control more territory. Many of the displaced are now sleeping outside or in makeshift settlements that are crowded and extremely unsanitary.
Why Museveni should be wary of ‘floating’ population: Grabbing frenzy has created landless, unrepentant and angry Ugandans
If the poor realise what you are doing to them – depriving them of livelihood by grabbing their land by first making them so impoverished that they are hapless and hopeless – you have no peace and belonging in the long-term, however much you want to belong.
Why Kenya’s visa openness plan poses puzzle to its security, economy and foreign diplomacy
Principal Secretary for Interior Raymond Omollo explained that top on the list of bolstering legislation and policy is protection of economic, security and political interest of the country as the East African nation adjusts to the unstinted cross-border movement of people, goods and services that are likely to have an adverse impact on Kenya’s economy, security and sovereignty.
President Biden plans to push China to resume military ties, White House official says
Sullivan said restored military ties could take place at every level from senior leadership to the tactical operational level, as well “on the water and in the air in the Indo-Pacific.”
US military attacks two militia positions in eastern Syria in retaliation
According to the Pentagon, about 56 US personnel have been injured in the attacks in Syria and Iraq, but all have returned to duty. Their injuries are a combination of traumatic brain injury and other minor wounds.
Regional and knowledge integration: Why integration of science is key to functional political, economic institutions
No integration scheme, such as East African Community or Nile Basin Initiative will succeed until we embrace, institutionalise and implement the new sciences as the cornerstones of education in the 21st century and beyond.
Thousands trapped inside Gaza’s largest hospital as fighting intensifies between Israel, Hamas
Israeli military said troops would assist in moving babies on Sunday. But Medical Aid for Palestinians, a UK-based charity that has supported Shifa’s neonatal intensive care unit, said transferring critically ill infants is complex. “With ambulances unable to reach the hospital … and no hospital with capacity to receive them, there is no indication of how this can be done safely,” CEO Melanie Ward said.
