Monthly Archives: April 2021

Eritrea borders the Red Sea, between Djibouti and Sudan, with a long disputed border with Ethiopia. Climate. Hot, dry desert strip along Red Sea coast; cooler and wetter in the central highlands (up to 610mm of rainfall annually); semiarid in western hills and lowlands; rainfall … Continue reading →

Eritrea borders the Red Sea, between Djibouti and Sudan, with a long disputed border with Ethiopia. Understand Eritrea was conquered in 1890 by Italy, who hung onto it until World War II, when they were expelled by the British. Eritrea was awarded to Ethiopia in … Continue reading →

Sudan Dec 18-21, 2022 Sudan is the third largest country in Africa and sixteenth largest in the world, bordering Egypt, Eritrea, Central African Republic, Chad, Ethiopia, Libya, and South Sudan. Getting a visa for Sudan is an expensive hit-and-miss affair, but if you do manage to get in, and you … Continue reading →

METHANE – Put a Plug in it – Governments should set targets to reduce methane emissions – It would rapidly make a difference to climate change April 3, 2021 Economist The oracle of Delphi’s trance-like state is thought to have … Continue reading →

The Medicine is the Message – Covid-19 vaccines have alerted the world to the power of RNA therapies.  Mar 27th 2021 Economist  Molecular biology is not a popularity contest. But if it were, it would be a partisan one. The evolutionary … Continue reading →