While Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan have signed a preliminary agreement regarding Nile water, the major water source for farming in Egypt and Sudan, it is estimated that there could be as much as a 35 percent drop in that supply due largely to an Ethiopian project.
Regional Updates MEDITERRANEAN/MIDDLE EAST COMMENTS Yemen has shut down all of the country's ports due to local fighting and airstrikes from Saudi Arabia, which will affect all discharge of grain and oilseed cargoes in Hodeida. There has been no word from the government regarding how long this will be in effect. As Yemen imports over 90 percent of its grain needs, any extended port closure could certainly affect the local food supply. However, authorities there sta...
Kiwengwa/Pongwe Forest Reserve Kiwengwa/Pongwe Forest Reserve is located on the northeast coast of Unguja, 20 kilometres (12 mi) from the Town. The reserve is an important biodiversity spot in the coral rag zone. The forest reserve is rich both in faunal and floral species. The faunal species r...
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Fabiana is a genus of flowering plants in the nightshade family, native to dry slopes in western South America.[1] They are evergreen shrubs or subshrubs,[1] with needle-like leaves and profuse tiny tubular flowers in summer. The common name is false heath because the leaves superficially resem...
An Ankylosaurus lumbers along the shore of what’s now eastern Montana. Walking low to the ground, the dino uses its flat, leaf-shaped teeth to tear at ferns lining the water. Suddenly, a shadow looms over the herbivore—a Tyrannosaurus rex is hungry. But Ankylosaurus won’t be a...
