A new set of bilateral health agreements between the United States and 14 African countries has prompted criticism. Critics say the deals affect control of health data, pathogen samples and tie funding to performance-based conditions.
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Cameroon's forests face growing pressure from both legal and illegal logging, plus expanding agriculture and timber trafficking. Exports have shifted from Europe to Asia, enforcement is weak, and the situation harms biodiversity, communities and state revenues.
A project supported by the African Union Media Fellowship, International Consulting Expertise and the EU collected interviews in Mogadishu and Nairobi. One long interview follows Miski Osman’s path, her work on governance and her investments in East Africa.
The Department of Environment declared Savar a degraded airshed after monitoring found annual air pollution nearly three times the national standard of 35 micrograms per cubic meter. The decision responds to pollution from brick kilns, factories, transport and construction and new rules start September 2025.
A summer heatwave and widespread power outages have intensified Iran’s water emergency. Officials report sharply falling dam reserves, groundwater depletion and possible summer rationing as authorities warn of harder measures to save energy and water.
Iran faces a severe water shortage made worse by unauthorized groundwater drilling by military-linked actors. Official silence has allowed aquifers to fall, forcing village abandonment and producing wider ecological and social damage.
