Tag: Africa
Drought in the Horn of Africa: Worst in 40 years
Men, women and children in the Horn of Africa whose lives are being ravaged by drought need “the world’s attention and action, now.”
The human mania for roadbuilding is a threat to the great...
Tigers and leopards are among the 10 apex predators most threatened by the world’s roads.
Fossil fuel extraction threatens Africa’s remaining elephants
The growing global outcry against the destruction caused by the oil and gas industry has pushed leaders to address their actions to...
The keep Africa poor and dependent project
Western powers (dried-up imperial forces) do not want Africa and Africans to flourish and become strong, this is clear to all.
Biden’s dangerous refusal to reverse Trump’s Western Sahara policy
The answer could determine the fate not just of the Western Sahara, but that of the entire international legal order for many decades to come.
How an ancient irrigation method makes sustainable life possible in the...
Time-proven acequia irrigation systems already in use in New Mexico make it possible for people to thrive in arid regions.
Doctors Without Borders: U.S. Should force Pfizer to share covid vaccine...
“I think really what should be prioritized is getting vaccinations to low- and middle-income countries and sharing the vaccine technologies.”
Eight of the 10 nations most at risk from climate and...
Toxic pollution in the environment, be it dirty air, contaminated water or unhealthy soils, accounted for more than 8 million deaths globally in 2018.
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Wow! Losing the war PLUS losing the peace – the frenzy of fiascos ravage...
What other blundering buffoons ever lost a war (of choice), then willfully lost the peace via threats, phony bluffs and tin-ear, belligerent BS?
Too much money, too little democracy: Americans across party lines reject billionaire power in...
A new national poll finds widespread bipartisan concern that billionaires, dark money and special interest spending are overpowering ordinary voters in U.S. elections as campaign spending continues to shatter records.
Could Trump’s Iran fiasco be America’s Suez crisis?
The U.S. war on Iran today, but similarities in the larger context, suggest that the United States is facing the same kind of “end of empire” moment that the British Empire faced in that historic crisis.
Now you see them… now you don’t
Women leaders and Trump 2.0.
Del Monte Bankruptcy to destroy 420,000 Peach Trees in California
A steady decline in demand for canned products as consumers shift toward fresh produce and several other factors led to this collapse.