#Mali 's #Tuareg rebels say they have taken over a base in the northern city of #Kidal vacated by the UN peacekeepers on Tuesday.
The UN mission in Mali, #Minusma , said it ended its presence in Kidal in a hurry after its last convoy of peacekeepers suffered two IED attacks on the way to #Gao, another key town in the north.
The Songhai Empire (also transliterated as Songhay) was a state located in the western part of the Sahel during the 15th and 16th centuries. At its peak, it was one of the largest African empires in history. The state is known by its historiographical name, derived from its largest ethnic group and ruling elite, the Songhai...
"For Jacqueline Aguilar, whose father came from Mexico as a teenager and worked his whole life in the fields until his death last year, the work is traditional. From the age of 12 she worked alongside him.
"According to a 2018 Government Accountability Office report, more than half of work-related fatalities for children in the US happen in the agriculture sector, where one child employee dies roughly every three days. A separate study, from the National Children’s Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety, found that 33 children are injured working on farms every day."
"the #mainstream media doesn’t cover #SpaceExploration and #SpaceScience with the same questioning 🔍 rigor that they reserve for politics. People writing about #SpaceExploration are mostly cheerleaders 🥳 for the cause, rather than independent observers keeping a watchful eye 👀 on how our national monies are spent."
📆 Dec 07, 2023 #FAA doesn't have criteria to determine when to authorize an operator to investigate its own mishap 💥, nor has it evaluated how #effective its investigation process is. In practice, FAA has authorized operator-led investigations for all mishaps where it had lead investigative authority https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-24-105561
📆 December 22, 2023 “NASA and its contractors still face multiple challenges with development”, the #GAO found in a recent audit of the #Artemis mission. As a result, takeoff 🚀 “is unlikely to occur in 2025.” The GAO’s auditors project a launch date in early 📆 2027.
Various complications can thwart on-time air travel from one city to the next, but that’s nothing compared with moving a crew of people 238,855 miles away to an #inhumane environment.
In 📆 August 2021, #NASA’s Office of Inspector General documented #spacesuit development delays https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/12/22/nasa-artemis-moon-delay-gao-report/
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The Songhai Empire (also transliterated as Songhay) was a state located in the western part of the Sahel during the 15th and 16th centuries. At its peak, it was one of the largest African empires in history. The state is known by its historiographical name, derived from its largest ethnic group and ruling elite, the Songhai...