Africa’s Nuclear Moment? Rwanda Thinks So

Africa’s Nuclear Moment? Rwanda Thinks So

Prime Minister Edouard Ngirente has issued a rallying call for a continental shift toward nuclear energy, urging African nations to act collectively and decisively in a bid to close the continent’s energy gap as demand surges with population growth. ALSO READ: Small modular reactors key to Rwanda’s energy sovereignty Ngirente was speaking at the opening…

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Moment of truth for NATO

Moment of truth for NATO

The NATO summit in the Netherlands. Haiyun Jiang | Via Reuters It’ll be a moment of truth for NATO on Wednesday when the Western military alliance releases a joint statement on a heavily pushed and previewed collective defense spending hike. Allies have been corralled, cajoled and pressured to hike their defense expenditure from 2% to…

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Moment Israeli forces board Gaza aid boat

Moment Israeli forces board Gaza aid boat

Security camera footage shows the moment Israeli forces boarded a yacht that was carrying activists towards Gaza, to deliver humanitarian aid. The 12 activists, including Swedish campaigner Greta Thunberg, were detained and their boat, the Madleen, was towed to the Israeli port city of Ashdod. The Madleen’s journey was organised by the Freedom Flotilla Coalition,…

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