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The Impact of North Western State of Somalia's Sand Transport Suspension: A Regional Perspective In a significant move that reverberates through the Horn of Africa, Mahmoud has declared, “As of April 28, 2025, the transport of construction sand from the Salal region is to be suspended.” This directive, aimed at regional officials and companies, emphasizes enforcement until further notice. While on the surface, this announcement may appear unremarkable, its implications stretch far beyond the borders of North Western State…

This is one of the biggest challenges in uniting memories between France and Algeria, a substance that has long been buried in the sands of the Sahara: the pollution of southern Algeria by French nuclear tests. More than fifty years after the last test in 1966, Algiers has just created an agency to rehabilitate the sites of the old nuclear tests.…