There are two northern white rhinos left, both females. Here’s how science hopes to save them from extinction
It’s early morning in Kenya’s Ol Pejeta Conservancy, and under a wide African sky, the last two northern white rhinos left on Earth go for a stroll. Northern white rhinos don’t breed well in captivity, and the last male, known as Sudan, died in 2018. Now the team have semen samples stored away from four of the last male northern white rhinos, including Sudan. Fortunately, the northern white rhino has a close relative called the southern white rhino. “Given the effort and cost needed to resurrect the northern white rhino, I think it would be more practical to translocate southern white rhinos into the areas where we’d like northern white rhinos to be, and then let natural selection do its job,” he says.
Source:The North Africa Journal
March 19, 2023 14:01 UTC
The Top 5 Benefits of Being Certified as an ISO/IEC 27001 Information Security Lead Implementer
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March 19, 2023 13:25 UTC
Africa’s green hydrogen potential, vital for Europe’s future energy security – The North Africa Post
The European Union is eyeing the potential of Africa’s yet-to-be-developed green hydrogen industry, deepening climate and energy partnerships in the process, as evidenced by the recently inked $34 billion deal for a giant green hydrogen project in Mauritania. The EU and its individual member countries and companies have begun making massive commitments to green hydrogen and other forms of green energy in Africa, including provisions for exports from the continent to serve Europe’s domestic needs. The European Union Commission and European Investment Bank (EIB) have also signed strategic partnerships with Kenya and Morocco for multi-million-dollar green hydrogen investments. These and other looming partnerships are increasingly being documented in different reports, including “Africa’s Extraordinary Green Hydrogen Potential” report published by the EIB in 2022, which shows massive potential for green gas in Mauritania, Morocco, Southern Africa, and Egypt, highlighting the EU’s confidence in Africa’s green energy resources. The study, confirming €1 trillion Africa extraordinary green hydrogen potential, says harnessing Africa’s solar energy to produce 50 million tons of green hydrogen a year by 2035 can help secure global energy supply, create jobs, decarbonize heavy industry, enhance global competitiveness and transform access to clean water and sustainable energy.
Source:The North Africa Journal
March 19, 2023 12:15 UTC
Brain drain: Africa to lose skilled workforce due to Germany’s new migration policy – The North Africa Post
The new fast-track procedure proposed for skilled labor essentially simplifies the recruitment of qualified foreign workers. Ghana is one of the African countries Germany is targeting, but it is in dire need of a skilled workforce. Therefore, Tandian appeals to Berlin to rethink this form of skilled labor migration and consider putting a supervision of the policy on both sides. The policy of bringing skilled labor into Germany has grown in recent years through a “welcoming culture.” With this policy, Germany has been able to integrate many migrants, especially refugees. Germany hopes to balance its aging population and finance the pension system by bringing in skilled workers.
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March 19, 2023 12:15 UTC
SAATM - Huge potential, major challenges
The Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM), as a concept, was launched more than five years ago to enhance air connectivity across the continent, inducing competition and job creations. The SAATM Project Implementation Plan (PIP) designates specific activities and roles (example - SAATM Ambassador) for industry stakeholders to facilitate consultation. "Over the next two years and beyond, African air cargo stakeholders should actively participate in SAATM PIP workshops and other activities," says Robinson. The East African Community is the pilot REC for SAATM implementation. SAATM implementation challengesCountries that have ratified are unable to advance, says Baluch.
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March 19, 2023 11:32 UTC
North Korea fires short-range ballistic missile towards sea
The latest launch comes days after North Korea test-fired a suspected ICBM into the Sea of Japan. North Korea has fired a short-range ballistic missile towards the sea off the east coast of the Korean Peninsula, according to South Korea and Japan, the latest in a barrage of weapons tests from the state. Seoul has condemned the recent ballistic missile launches by North Korea as a “clear violation” of a UN Security Council resolution. “North Korea’s behaviour threatens international peace and security, and is unacceptable,” Ino told a news conference, adding Japan had protested strongly to North Korea’s embassy in Beijing. Last year, North Korea declared itself an “irreversible” nuclear power, and leader Kim Jong Un recently called for an “exponential” increase in weapons production, including tactical nuclear weapons.
Source:The North Africa Journal
March 19, 2023 11:16 UTC
Panhandle agriculture lures workers from Ukraine, South Africa, Mexico
Alex Tkachenko, 45, who sent out résumés to U.S. John Deere dealers in 2011, joined Palm’s Scottsbluff-based 21st-Century Equipment as export manager 11 years before Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022. More recently, 29-year-old Michael Henwick permanently left South Africa in 2020 to rejoin Schiff Farms, Scott Schiff’s multicounty farm and ranch operation based northeast of Minatare. They’re generally white Afrikaners, whose ancestors controlled political power in Black-majority South Africa until the nation’s apartheid system of racial segregation ended in 1994. “There isn’t opportunity there like there is here.”He obtained in 2014 his first in a series of H-2A visas, returning to South Africa each winter. He was driving near Alliance when he suddenly spotted a man he knew from South Africa.
Source:The North Africa Journal
March 19, 2023 10:38 UTC
North Korea launches missile into sea amid US-SKorea drills
North Korea launched a short-range ballistic missile toward the sea on Sunday, its neighbors said, ramping up testing activities in response to U.S.-South Korean military drills that it views as an invasion rehearsal. North Korea is highly sensitive to the deployment of B-1Bs, which can carry a huge conventional weapons payload. He said the missile likely had an irregular trajectory, a possible reference to North Korea’s highly maneuverable, nuclear-capable KN-23 missile. Last October, North Korea fired an intermediate-range missile over northern Japan, forcing communities there to issue evacuation alerts and halt trains. A day before the start of the drills, North Korea also fired cruise missiles from a submarine.
Source:The North Africa Journal
March 19, 2023 10:01 UTC
Southern Flank: Algeria’s moves along with Russia and Iran in Africa can further complicate the security situation in Europe engendered by the Ukraine war
And then there are significant developments underway in Africa with Russia and Iran seemingly teaming up with Algeria. To establish this strategic chokehold on Europe, Russia needs to replace France as a stabilising force in the Sahel. For, Morocco and Algeria have been locked in a strategic-security rivalry for decades over the Moroccan Sahara. But 19th century European colonialism hived off the Moroccan Sahara from Morocco proper and made the area a Spanish exclave. This would seriously complicate the security situation in both Europe and Africa.
Source:The North Africa Journal
March 19, 2023 08:48 UTC
Foreign Military & Police Forces that use Indian SUVs in their fleets
Below, we highlight some of the India-made SUV models that are currently being used by foreign military and paramilitary forces. The Mahindra Enforcer is used as a police car in the Philippines, which is an island archipelago in the Indian Ocean. Mahindra Scorpio – MaldivesThe highly popular Mahindra SUV the Scorpio which has a huge fan base in India is also very popular outside of the country. Mahindra Scorpio – PhilippinesLike the Maldives police the Philippines police also uses the Mahindra Scorpio in its fleet along with the Mahindra Enforcer. Mahindra Scorpio – Sri LankaThe Southern most neighbor of our country Sri Lanka also uses the trusty Mahindra Scorpio in its police fleets.
Source:The North Africa Journal
March 19, 2023 07:14 UTC
How U.S. Evangelicals Helped Homophobia Flourish in Africa
They need to be arrested.”In September, I came across a video that was going viral on Twitter in Uganda . It seems that as the ex-gay movement lost its grip in the United States, it started to reach for relevance elsewhere. That same rhetoric drawing connections between homosexuality and pedophilia has remained largely unchanged from how evangelicals created panic around gay people in the early days of the anti-gay movement. Even though LGBTQ+ identities had existed in Africa since before colonialism, their existence was not always welcomed and tolerated. Abrahamic religions have exacerbated homophobia, and it might have become prevalent on the continent without U.S. evangelical backing.
Source:The North Africa Journal
March 19, 2023 06:26 UTC
Malawi Intensifies Search and Rescue for Cyclone Victims
Blantyre, Malawi — Malawi rescue teams started using sniffer dogs Friday to locate the bodies of people trapped under rubble left after Cyclone Freddy destroyed their houses. Early this week, Malawi search and rescue teams -- comprised of police, the Red Cross and the military -- were deployed to rescue people trapped in trees and rooftops by the cyclone. However, the Zambian government Friday sent two aircraft to help the search and rescue team in Malawi access those hard-to-reach areas. "One of these aircrafts is a relief aid aircraft, which is bringing relief aid to Malawi," Kalenga said. The Department of Disaster Preparedness in Malawi said search and rescue teams from South Africa, Switzerland, the United States and the United Kingdom are expected to arrive soon.
Source:The North Africa Journal
March 19, 2023 06:09 UTC
Tunisia’s interior minister Taoufik Charfeddine resigns
Tunisian interior minister Taoufik Charfeddine, a close aide of President Kais Saied, announced Friday he had resigned to spend more time with his three children following the death of his wife last year. Replacing Charfeddine as interior minister is Kamal Feki, governor of Tunis since 2021 and also part of Saied’s inner circle. As the president pushed through sweeping changes to the country’s political system, concentrating near-total power in his office, Charfeddine was one of the most outspoken defenders of Saied’s power grab. During the wave of arrests that accompanied Saied’s power grab, Charfeddine held news conferences to defend the incarceration of opposition politicians. Last month, Charfeddine was by Saied’s side as Tunisia faced an international outcry over a tirade by the president against illegal migrants from sub-Saharan Africa.
Source:The North Africa Journal
March 18, 2023 21:42 UTC
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March 18, 2023 21:38 UTC