Day: December 11, 2017

The exposure of refugees being sold as slaves in Libya raises uncomfortable questions about our national debt of conscience You could be forgiven for not being aware of the horrific reports from Libya which have gained momentum in some parts of the press this week. I emphasise the word some — within the last week, no broadsheet paper has featured on its front page the story which should be unthinkable in 2017: that West African refugees are now victim to a slave trade which has sprung up in the Libyan hinterlands,…

Can lower-income countries develop sustainable food systems? ·         France, Japan and Germany lead the world ·         Ethiopia, coming 12th in our Food Sustainability Index, performed better than both the US and China. ·         Nigeria came 24th out of the 34 countries in the coverage, performing better than Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Brazil, India and United Arab Emirates. Food represents a common thread linking the 17 Sustainable Development Goals adopted by UN member states in 2015. The Food Sustainability Index (FSI), developed by The Economist Intelligence Unit with the Barilla Center for Food & Nutrition, is…

A “large amount” of ammunition was discovered Sunday evening near a Christmas market in Berlin, prompting the police to sweep the area. Authorities, however, claim the discovery is not uncommon, and unlikely linked to terrorism. The ammunition, according to the publication, was discovered by a tenant of an underground car park at Spandauer Damm. The individual immediately alerted police. The munitions were allegedly found behind a stack of winter tires in a small plastic bag. There were around 200 rounds of new 7.65 caliber ammunition, according to the report. The cartridges were…