BRICS expansion sparks joy in Africa
“You can see the deliberate effort to represent Africa regionally,” Chitanga told DW. “South Africa being from Southern Africa, they [BRICS] have added Ethiopia from East Africa and Egypt from North Africa,” he noted, adding that the move would represent African interests more broadly and inclusively
#BRICS #Africa #economy #trade
Minnesota jail put in lockdown after inmates stage protest
A prison in the US state of Minnesota was placed into lockdown on Sunday after dozens of inmates refused to return to their cells.
The protest, staged by around 100 prisoners, was later “resolved without incident”, officials said.
#Minnesota #prisoners #summer #Unitedstates
THE DEATH TOLL FROM CLIMATE CHANGE WILL BE CATASTROPHIC, SCIENTISTS SAY
“To save millions of lives it is ethically, morally, and logically acceptable to radically accelerate existing trends in energy efficiency, electrification, and the use of renewable energy, with the goal of powering global society without any fossil fuels at all,” they conclude in the paper.
#ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #humanity #sciencenews
Invasive species a growing and costly threat worldwide, key report to find
From water hyacinth choking Lake Victoria in East Africa, to rats and brown snakes wiping out bird species in the Pacific, to mosquitoes exposing new regions to Zika, yellow fever, dengue and other diseases, tens of thousands of alien species have taken root — often literally — far from their place of origin.
#InvasiveAlienSpecies #sciencenews #Anthropocene
Evolving Folks Project 