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Rwanda extracts methane from Lake Kivu for electricity. How it works

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Natacha Tofield-Pasche | July 14, 2020 | The Conversation Lake Kivu lies on the border between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda. It’s almost the size of Mauritius and has a maximum depth of 480 metres. Lake Kivu also stores huge amounts of methane gas which Rwanda is extracting to produce electricity. Natacha Tofield Pasche explains how this process … [Read more...] about Rwanda extracts methane from Lake Kivu for electricity. How it works

The new ‘invisible enemy’

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Hisham Aïdi |14 Jul 2020 | Mail & Guardian In 2005, Middle East Report (MERIP) published an article by political scientist Hisham Aïdi, “Slavery, Genocide and the Politics of Outrage: Understanding the New Racial Olympics.” MERIP recently decided to re-publish Aïdi’s piece on the Save Darfur movement. In this post, Aïdi compares the current Black Lives … [Read more...] about The new ‘invisible enemy’

Black lives must matter in Africa too

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Audrey Donkor |19 Jul 2020 | Mail & Guardian he solidarity between Africans and their kin across the Atlantic is not a new phenomenon. Africans and African Americans have long supported each other’s struggles for political and civil rights.  George Floyd’s gruesome execution at the hands of United States police evoked an outcry in Africa. The Africa Union … [Read more...] about Black lives must matter in Africa too

The orchestrators of the world’s worst humanitarian crisis in Yemen

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Cameron Joseph|12 Jul 2020 | Mail & Guardian Viewing the Yemeni civil war as a yet another example of the religious struggle for dominance in the Near East between Saudi Arabia’s Salafi Wahhabism and Iran’s Shia Islam would be seeing the forest for the trees. Although the ideological divisions within Islam certainly form a component of the conflict, on this occasion, … [Read more...] about The orchestrators of the world’s worst humanitarian crisis in Yemen

መራሕቲ ፖለቲካውያን ውድባት ኣብ ኢትዮጵያ ምስ መን ክሰርሑ ከምዝደልዩ ካብ ቃላቶም ንስመዓዮ።

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16 july 2020| EriSat 13 july 2020| EriSat ዘተ ብዛዕባ ውህደት ውድባትን ህሉው ፖለቲካዊ ኩነታት ሃገርናን ኢትዮጵያን ምስ መራሕቲ ኤረትራውያን ውድባትን ምንቅስቃስን። … [Read more...] about መራሕቲ ፖለቲካውያን ውድባት ኣብ ኢትዮጵያ ምስ መን ክሰርሑ ከምዝደልዩ ካብ ቃላቶም ንስመዓዮ።

‘My son died the worst kind of death’: Horrific details of violent unrest in Ethiopia

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Zecharias Zelalem |14 Jul 2020 | Mail & Guardian According to official statistics, at least 239 people were killed during a week of violent unrest in Ethiopia sparked by the assassination of a celebrated singer, Hachalu Hundessa, on June 29. He was a politically significant figure for the historically marginalised Oromo community, Ethiopia’s largest ethnic group, and … [Read more...] about ‘My son died the worst kind of death’: Horrific details of violent unrest in Ethiopia

Egypt seeks ‘urgent clarification’ over GERD rising water levels

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After conflicting reports, Ethiopia says it is not deliberately filling Blue Nile mega dam, points to heavy rainfall. 16 July 2020| Aljazeera The Egyptian foreign ministry has demanded "urgent clarification" from Ethiopia after conflicting reports on whether it had started filling the reservoir of its giant dam on the Blue Nile River. Ethiopian state television had … [Read more...] about Egypt seeks ‘urgent clarification’ over GERD rising water levels