Morocco is accelerating its shift toward large‑scale desalination, with the government announcing plans to source 60% of the nation’s drinking water from desalinated seawater by 2030. The move marks one of the most ambitious water‑security strategies in Africa as the country confronts nearly a decade of severe and persistent drought. Morocco’s reservoirs have fallen to […]
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According to the UN aid coordination office, OCHA, 107,000 people have fled their homes in recent weeks, pushing total displacement in just the past four months to 330,000. “They barely had time to recover when they again had to leave, due to attacks or fear of attacks,” said Paola Emerson, OCHA Head of Office in […]
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Dublin — 5 December 2025 — Ireland is set for the largest investment in its tertiary education and research system in the history of the State, following the publication of a €4.55 billion Tertiary Sector Capital Investment Plan 2026–2030 by Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science James Lawless and Minister of […]
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Stockholm — December 2025: Sweden’s government has unveiled a proposal to amend the constitution to allow authorities to revoke the citizenship of dual‑national criminal gang leaders, marking one of the country’s most far‑reaching measures yet in its campaign against escalating organised crime Straits Times. The proposal goes significantly further than recommendations made earlier this year […]
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Los Angeles — 5 December 2025 — Netflix has confirmed a blockbuster $82.7 billion cash‑and‑stock agreement to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery’s film and television studios, including HBO, HBO Max and Warner Bros. Games — a move set to reshape the global entertainment landscape and consolidate some of Hollywood’s most valuable franchises under a single streaming […]
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Abuja — 5 December 2025 — The United Kingdom has launched two major economic reform programmes worth £12.4 million, aimed at strengthening Nigeria’s macroeconomic stability, fiscal resilience and long‑term growth prospects. The initiatives were unveiled at the British High Commissioner’s residence in Abuja, underscoring renewed UK support for Nigeria’s reform agenda. The programmes — the […]
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Drug trafficking is a global criminal business that is undermining health and security in Europe. Criminal networks that sell illicit drugs such as cocaine and synthetic drugs drive violence and corruption in our streets. Drug abuse, particularly among the young, poses an increasing problem. The European Commission has responded to this challenge with a […]
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The 2024 forest fires report from the Commission’s Joint Research Centre confirms a longer and more intense fire season. Major fires have increased every year since 2017, and the 2024 data confirm the upward trend. The 2024 fire season ended with a total burnt area of 383,317 hectares. While this is lower than the 500,000 […]
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Over three days, ministers, development partners and international agencies met to explore how LDCs can “graduate” successfully – meaning they have reached levels of income, education and resilience that lift them out of the UN’s most vulnerable grouping – and, crucially, stay out. The meeting focused on the Doha Programme of Action (DPOA), which aims […]
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The World Meteorological Organization’s (WMO) first State of the Climate in the Arab Region report paints a stark picture of a region under constant pressure from rising temperatures and increasingly extreme weather. The UN agency noted that “a number of countries [in the Arab region] reported temperatures of above 50°C (122°F) last year, while average […]
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