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Israeli diplomat removed from African Union summit

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A bloc official says the envoy was removed because she was not duly accredited to attend the event in Ethiopia. A senior Israeli diplomat has been removed from the African Union’s annual summit in Ethiopia as a dispute over Israel’s accreditation to the bloc escalated. A video posted on social media showed security personnel walking Ambassador Sharon Bar-Li out of the auditorium during the opening ceremony of the summit in Addis Ababa on Saturday. Ebba Kalondo, the spokesperson for the African Union’s chairman, said the diplomat was removed because she…

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Rwanda up 47 places in new global internet speed report

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Rwanda made the biggest leap in fixed broadband speeds, with the result that its position in the global rankings raised by 47 places, according to Speedtest Global Index by Ookla, a global network intelligence and connectivity research firm. Beyond Rwanda, the report indicates, a number of African countries have surged in global rankings that gauge internet speeds at telcos and internet service providers, thanks in part to the intensity of investments into network infrastructure as well as deployment. ALSO READ: Rwanda tops Africa in internet speed By the end of…

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No tents, no aid, nothing: Why Syrians feel forgotten

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The tents are so close to the border wall between Syria and Turkey, they are almost touching it. Those living here on the Syrian side may have been displaced by the country’s more than decade-old civil war. But they could also be survivors of the earthquake. Catastrophes overlap in Syria. The earthquake, untroubled by international borders, has brought havoc to both countries. But the international relief effort has been thwarted by checkpoints. In southern Turkey, thousands of rescue workers with heavy lifting gear, paramedics and sniffer dogs have jammed the…

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Fighting malnutrition: Golden Rice and the EU’s GMO conundrum

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“This rice could save a million kids a year”, read the July 2000 cover of Time Magazine, referring to a genetically modified rice, “Golden Rice”, that had been biofortified with life-saving nutrition.  But in the nearly two decades that have passed since then, the cultivation of genetically biofortified crops, such as Golden Rice, to help solve the global humanitarian crisis of “malnutrition” remains elusive. One major reason for the delay has been the systematic opposition to all forms of GMOs and genetic engineering by radical interest groups including Greenpeace and…

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Youth, key actors on strengthening the use of biotechnology in agriculture- Dr NDUWUMUREMYI

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By Diane NIKUZE NKUSI The growth rate of the world population continues to increase day by day. World population projected to reach 9.8 billion in 2050 as United Nations revealed. It means that the resulting in a serious need to increase agricultural production by all means, among them there is the use of modern biotechnology in the production of genetically modified crops. This will mean obtaining sufficient, healthy, safe and nutritious food needed to feed the world’s growing population. Since Rwanda’s population is made up of young people, they can bring innovative…

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