Explainer – How Ethiopia’s quarrel with Somalia could destabilise Horn of Africa
Nairobi, Kenya Reuters Ethiopia’s deal to lease a port in Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland has infuriated the government in Mogadishu and prompted concern it will further destabilise the Horn of Africa region. Under a memorandum of understanding signed on 1st January, landlocked Ethiopia would lease 20 kilometres around Somaliland’s port of Berbera for 50 […]
Russian air strikes on Ukraine kill four, damage grain and port facilities
Reuters Russian air strikes and shelling killed six people in Ukraine and caused “significant damage” to infrastructure at the Black Sea port of Odesa and to grain storage facilities, Ukrainian officials said on Monday. The air attacks were part of a campaign that has made it harder for major grain producer Ukraine to export its […]
Russia strikes Ukraine’s Danube port, driving up global grain prices
Kyiv, UkraineReuters Russia attacked Ukraine’s main inland port across the Danube River from Romania on Wednesday, sending global food prices higher as it ramped up its use of force to prevent Ukraine from exporting grain. The drone attacks destroyed buildings in the port of Izmail and halted ships as they prepared to arrive there to […]
Ecuador: Surging Guayaquil violence highlights security ahead of presidential vote
YURY GARCIA and ALEXANDRA VALENCIA, of Reuters, report…
Hindu group to march for Adani port project in India amid Christian protests
Vizhinjam, IndiaReuters A Hindu group close to India’s ruling party will on Wednesday march in support of a $US900 million port project by the Adani Group which has been stalled by Christian protesters, as tensions rise after clashes in which 80 people were injured. Construction work at the project in Vizhinjam, in Kerala state, has […]
Beirut silo collapses, reviving trauma ahead of blast anniversary
Beirut, LebanonReuters Part of the grain silos at Beirut Port collapsed on Sunday just days before the second anniversary of the massive explosion that damaged them, sending a cloud of dust over the capital and reviving traumatic memories of the blast that killed more than 215 people. There were no immediate reports of injuries. Dust […]
Rescue boat with hundreds of migrants on board asks EU to find it a port
Rome, ItalyReuters A charity group asked the European Union on Tuesday to find a port where it can dock to disembark hundreds of migrants it has rescued in the central Mediterranean over recent days. Some 572 people, including 183 minors, are currently onboard the Ocean Viking vessel, the SOS Mediterranee organisation said after it picked […]
“Bad to worse”: Beirut blast final blow for Lebanon’s trapped migrants
Amman, JordanThomson Reuters Foundation Thousands of migrants workers in Lebanon are desperate to return home as a coronavirus lockdown began this week, adding to woes caused by a financial crisis and this month’s port blast that wrecked swathes of the capital Beirut. The explosion has damaged homes where many migrant workers living in precarious conditions […]
Already facing threats including COVID-19 and an economic crisis, Beirut’s devastating explosion couldn’t have come at a worse time, says World Vision staffer
Already facing multiple challenges, the massive explosion which blew apart Beirut’s port district this week couldn’t have come at a worse time for the city, according to Ralph Yaacoub, a World Vision staffer based in the city. Speaking from Beirut on Friday, Ralph Yaacoub, deputy area manager of Beirut and Mount Lebanon for World Vision, […]
Beirut reels from huge blast as death toll climbs to at least 135
Beirut, LebanonReuters Lebanese rescue teams pulled out bodies and hunted for missing in the wreckage of buildings on Wednesday as investigations blamed negligence for a massive warehouse explosion that sent a devastating blast wave across Beirut, killing at least 135. More than 5,000 other people were injured in Tuesday’s explosion at Beirut port, Health Minister […]