Egypt Independent “An unprecedented fuel spill that has polluted huge stretches of Arctic rivers was caused by melting permafrost”, Russian officials said Friday, “ordering a review of infrastructure in vulnerable zones”. The spill has coloured remote tundra waterways with bright red patches visible from space. This highlights the danger of …
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The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on the Blue Nile has been a controversial project that troubled waters between Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan. The project draws the attention of the world to potential unrest in the relations between Ethiopia, on one hand, a key player in the Horn of Africa, …
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Ahram Online The United Nations warned on Wednesday, that its programs to fight COVID-19 and stave off starvation in war-torn Yemen, risk severe cuts or closure by the end of June, unless donor countries provide an immediate funding. The UN sounded the alarm a day after its appeal for countries …
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Egypt Independent Aid organizations urged for funding to shore up their operations in war-torn Yemen, saying they have been forced to stop some of their work even as the coronavirus rips through the country. Some 75% of UN programs in Yemen have had to stop or reduce operations. The global …
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ECFR – May 2020 Research paper by: Asli Aydıntaşbaş, Julien Barnes-Dacey, Cinzia Bianco, Hugh Lovatt And Tarek Megerisi Overview: Fear and loathing in the Eastern Mediterranean The eastern Mediterranean is becoming ever more perilous as geopolitical fault lines steadily enmesh the region. These rifts emerge from the Cyprus ‘frozen conflict’, …
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Egypt Independent At a cemetery in Yemen’s largest Southern city, dozens of fresh graves were a testament to a spike in deaths amid the coronavirus pandemic. Cemetery workers who bury the dead do not know what killed the newly deceased. However, there is no denial there has been a surge …
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Ahram Online The coronavirus pandemic is “far from over” and is still disrupting normal health services, especially life-saving immunisation for children in poorest countries, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday. The UN agency is concerned about rising numbers of cases and deaths in Africa, Eastern …
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Khaled el-Ghamry, Tamer el-Shazly – Ahram Online Many people have become alarmed by rumours of the transmission of the novel coronavirus from pets to humans. This comes after the World Health Organisation (WHO) included, in its precautions on the virus, washing hands after coming into contact with pets. But the organisation did …
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Ahram Online “The coronavirus outbreak across the Middle East threaten to shatter the lives of millions of already destitute people in conflict zones. This could fuel socio-economic upheaval.” The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Thursday. “Curfews and lockdowns imposed as public health measures to stem spread …
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Ahram Online Authorities around the world turned to increasingly drastic measures on Sunday, to slow the spread of the new coronavirus, with lockdowns, curfews and travel restrictions. Soldiers and police sealed the densely populated Philippine capital Manila from most domestic travellers in one of Southeast Asia’s most drastic containment measures. …
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