UN urges sending peacekeepers to Sudan, imposing arms embargo

Due to the surge of attacks on civilians by both warring sides in Sudan, the UN urged sending peacekeepers to the country and imposing an arms embargo there. The call was made by the UN’s Independent International Fact-Finding Mission for Sudan following its first report. The report said Sudan’s warring parties have committed an appalling […]

OCP Africa partners with IsDB to boost rice output in Côte d’Ivoire

OCP Africa, subsidiary of the state-owned Moroccan phosphate group (OCP) has teamed up with the International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) to boost rice farming and enhance agriculture value chains in Côte d’Ivoire. Under a cooperation agreement inked this week, the ITFC will support OCP Agribooster program to be […]

Egypt’s paintings provide new technology clues

Scientists are turning back towards Egypt’s ancient paintings to develop new technologies and enhance better medical devices.  A pigment know as the Egyptian blue has been considered by the Journal of the American Chemical Society as having clues which can be used by modern scientists towards the development of new nanomaterials with potential uses in […]