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A recent study conducted by the IHE Delft Institute for Water Education sounds the alarm on how climate change is intensifying both the frequency and severity of extreme weather phenomena. This escalation is placing the world’s aging network of dams—more than 70,000 in total—under increased threat, particularly in regions marred by conflict where some structures lie neglected and abandoned. Take, for instance, the catastrophic failure of the Arbaat Dam in Port Sudan last August. The region experienced an unprecedented…

The UN is worried in regards to the stability of peace in South Sudan. In a report that has simply been submitted to the Safety Council, UN consultants condemn the gradual implementation of the revived peace settlement signed in 2018, after six years of civil warfare. Since then, a nationwide unity authorities has been arrange in February 2020, but it surely has did not enhance the safety of civilian…

Chronic struggle, floods and displacement have pushed no less than 1,000,000 teenagers on the earth's youngest country in South Sudan to the verge of collapse of hunger. Nation. "New knowledge presentations a dramatic enlarge in meals lack of confidence that has pushed 1,000,000 teenagers to the verge of collapse of hunger - to boot as forecasts that this determine will enlarge via 13% in the primary half of of subsequent 12 months," Save the Adolescents stated Wednesday with the group's appearing…

A stalemate within the Libyan Political Discussion Discussion board (LPDF) and differing perspectives on forming a central authority with nationwide solidarity threaten the technique of finishing the rustic's civil struggle, whereas higher stories of forces unswerving to Putist normal Khalifa Haftar make bigger their defense force presence in some locations. get guns again. Thirty individuals of the LPDF on December 14 threatened to withdraw from the talks and accused the UN venture of "designing"…

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the city of Lubumbashi, called the Copper City of the DRC, is also known for its malachite artwork, ornaments and jewelry. This green stone is a derivative of copper. The city has a dozen craft workshops that employ hundreds of people. But only now, since the liberalization of the mining sector in 2002 in the Democratic Republic of Congo, is malachite becoming…

The specter of excessive debt reappears for sub-Saharan Africa after the coronavirus pandemic. The International Monetary Fund has just sounded the alarm, urging donor countries to be "bold" about the debt wall that awaits Africa. Sub-Saharan Africa needs the next 3 years to revive their economies is huge. According to the IMF, it would require $ 890 billion in external funding for the countries of the region. This amount represents more than half of their total GDP. It will therefore return to massive borrowing to…

For several weeks, the General Health Inspectorate (IGS) has discovered nearly 500 names of people illegally touching doctors' risk premiums. The revelations come as the state struggles to meet union wage demands in the midst of the health crisis associated with Covid-19. as reported from Kinshasa, Pascal MulegwaThe suspected…