Geo explainer: the Sahara Desert
Stretching more than 3,000 miles from east to west, the Sahara is the world’s largest hot desert – approximately the same size...
Defense
Taking Up Question of Western Sahara, Some Speakers in Special Decolonization Committee Call for Urgent Self-Determination Referendum, Voice Concern over Human Rights Abuses
The Special Committee on Decolonization continued the substantive part of its 2023 session today, examining in depth the question of...
Western Sahara: Israel Sets Negev as Condition to Recognize Morocco’s Territorial Integrity
Rabat - Israel appears to be setting up the repeatedly postponed Negev summit as a condition for its potential position...
Black Bloc in France: How to Handle a ‘Culture of Conflict’?
Frankfurt, Brussels (3/7 – 27) France has been plagued by multiple outbreaks of rioting following mass protests over the death...
Protesters in Ethiopia’s Tigray Demand Eritrean Troops Withdraw
Tigray residents say Ethiopia’s allies – Eritrean troops and soldiers from the neighbouring Amhara region – are yet to leave,...
Tajikistan: Decree bans funerals for alleged “terrorists”, denies relatives bodies
Dushanbe, Tajikistan, Central Asia (15/6 – 60) On 28 April, President Emomali Rahmon who has ruled Tajikistan since 1992 signed...
Israel Demolishes Palestinian School, Drawing Heavy EU Criticism
Israeli forces on Sunday demolished a Palestinian primary school in the occupied West Bank, citing safety issues and drawing sharp criticism from...
Eritrea’s Mass Mobilisation Amid Ethiopia Civil War
Eritrea is mobilising military reservists to bolster the army, which has been aiding neighbouring Ethiopia in its fight against rebel...
Buildup resumed at suspected Chinese military site in UAE, leak says
The Washington Post has reported that China is building a military base in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), according to...
UN Ows to Rid Somalia of Threat from Explosive Ordnance
Mogadishu, April 5 (IANS) The United Nations has reaffirmed its commitment to supporting efforts to rid Somalia of the threat...
