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How Western states used maps to downplay size of continent On a typical world map, Canada is a vast nation. Home to six time zones, its endless plains spread from ocean to ocean, dominating great swathes of the northern half of the globe. But, in reality, three Canadas would comfortably fit...

The UAE rejects any involvement in illegal practices. African exporters say tons of their gold goes missing in Dubai every year. A small-scale gold milling business outside the town of Atbara in Sudan’s River Nile State on Oct 12. In the moon-like landscape of northern Sudan, informal gold...

The SACCO model is among the worst to run a PSV business.

2021?:unsure:

Deep lake water cooling (DLWC) is used to cool over 100 buildings in Toronto. It saves enough electricity to power a town of 25,000 — and it’s so popular the city is pursuing an expansion. Inside Enwave’s deep lake water cooling system in Toronto. The power station, the largest of its kind...

Came across this video of Msa earlier today. Same story, more or less.

From the other side of the world, sth related..... https://www.crisisgroup.org/latin-america-caribbean/andes/colombia/091-broken-canopy-deforestation-and-conflict-colombia

The creation of the modern, interconnected world is generally credited to European pioneers. But Africa was the wellspring for almost everything they achieved – and African lives were the terrible cost It would be unusual for a story that begins in the wrong place to arrive at the right...

Researchers warn that as green spaces give way to buildings, temperatures will rise with dire health repercussions especially for the poor. Whichever side of Nairobi you are living in, you must have realised nights in the city have become outrageously warm over the recent months that you rarely...

South Africa under apartheid was the Israeli defense industry’s biggest customer and funded its most ambitious projects. The South Africans were in effect a “captive customer”: The South African army had huge funds at its disposal, but due to the sanctions regime, the West refused to supply it...

Coups used to be the method of choice in Africa for changing governments, with over 90 occurring between 1951 and mid-2020. During those years, only 30 incumbent leaders were peacefully removed from power by their political opponents in elections. And in that time, just 28 heads of state...

It may sound like a gruesome detail from a dystopian movie, but a team of scientists believe yarn grown from human skin could soon be used to stitch up surgical patients and repair organs. The researchers say their "human textile," which they developed from skin cells, can be used for knitting...

Nothing but the bitter truth.

I'd put it down to market inefficiencies. Kinda like how farmers in RV have bountiful harvest while NEP residents have barely enough to survive.

Corporate governance is a huge challenge.

Nitajitahidi zaidi. Ahsante.

Tracing Type 56-1 assault rifles in Somalia The civil war in Yemen has served as a battleground for Saudi Arabia and its allies against the Iranian-backed Houthi insurgents. While Saudi Arabia and its allies waged war in support of Yemen’s internationally recognized government based in Aden...