Shutterstock /amskad Gloria Fernández- Pacheco Alises, Universidad Loyola Andalucía Las imágenes de la pasada semana en Ceuta de menores perseguidos por agentes de la Policía Nacional o por militares nos han sorprendido. Es una clara manifestación de un juego político entre España y Marruecos, en el que se utiliza como peones a menores de edad marroquíes. No obstante, estas acciones …
Read More »Movimientos de personas y fuerzas de seguridad en el espigón fronterizo vallado entre España y Marruecos en Ceuta el 17 de mayo de 2021. Shutterstock / r Cristian Borrego Sala María López Belloso, Universidad de Deusto and David Fernandez-Rojo, Universidad de Deusto Esta semana hemos vivido una crisis sin precedentes en la frontera sur española, después de que cerca de …
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Wadstock/Shutterstock Zhengyao Lu, Lund University and Benjamin Smith, Western Sydney University The world’s most forbidding deserts could be the best places on Earth for harvesting solar power – the most abundant and clean source of energy we have. Deserts are spacious, relatively flat, rich in silicon – the raw material for the semiconductors from which solar cells are made — …
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Following an inconclusive election in December 2020, Niger’s Independent National Electoral Commission is set for a runoff in February. Photo by Issouf Sanogo/AFP via Getty Images Olayinka Ajala, Leeds Beckett University Despite the twin problems – poverty and insecurity – that have faced Niger in the past few decades, President Mahamadou Issoufou successfully completed his two-term tenure. In December 2020, …
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Juanjo Tugores / shutterstock Alona Armstrong, Lancaster University Switching from fossil fuels to renewable energy is an important and necessary step towards averting climate change. However, in our efforts to go green, we also need to be mindful of other consequences, both intended and unintended – and that includes how a mass deployment of renewable technology might affect its surrounding …
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A Sahrawi refugee carries a flag of the Democratic Arab Republic of Sahara. MOHAMED MESSARA/EPA Frank Mattheis, University of Pretoria South Africa and Namibia hosted a “solidarity conference with Western Sahara”, convened by the Southern African Development Community (SADC) on 25 and 26 March 2019 in Pretoria. The summit opened with a call for unity in “ensuring the right to …
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