Libyan elections in June

According to a report, national elections in Libya, deferred on December 24 are set for June. Reportedly, Libya’s parliament, the House of Representatives are preparing to install a government to rival the u.n. recognised government of national unity, who’s mandate expired on December 24.

Reportedly, its seven years and seven months since Libya went to the national polls, and Libyans are asking, What has become of our elections?

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Peace talks, a possibility in Ethiopia

According to a report, 40% of the six million people living in the Tigray region of Ethiopia are facing extreme food shortages. Reportedly, a spokesman for the Tigray People’s liberation front said renewed fighting was started by regional forces from Afar, north eastern Ethiopia and from bordering Eritrea. According to the report, he called for desperately needed humanitarian aid to enter Tigray.

Reportedly, federal forces have used drone attacks into Tigray, killing a large number of civilians. According to the report the Tigray people ruled the country for nearly three decades. Reportedly, the tplf are willing to enter into peace talks. According to the report, the eu are backing former Nigerian president, Olusegun Obasanjo to bring the sides back to the negotiating table.

Impoverishment in Gaza

According to a report, Palestinians have launched a new social media campaign in protest of hamas’s rule over Gaza, holding them responsible for poverty, unemployment and harsh economic and humanitarian conditions.

Reportedly, the anti-hamas campaign entitled, ‘They hijacked Gaza’ came following a report by the Geneva Euro-Med human rights monitor, which said, ‘about 1.5 million of the Gaza strip’s 2.3 million people are impoverished since the Israeli blockade and restrictions imposed since 2006’.

Escape from prison

According to a report, Abed Odeh, a former commander of hamas’s military wing who was arrested in 2019 for spying for Israel has escaped from prison in Gaza. Reportedly, he was arrested on suspicion of mapping underground tunnels with an Israeli tracking device. According to the report, hamas has deployed dozens of security gards and has set up checkpoints, especially near the border with Israel. Reportedly, on Saturday night hamas security officers raided his home and arrested a number of his family members.

Exploitation in the Sahel

According to reports, boko harem was a militant group operating in north eastern Nigeria, Chad, Niger and northern Cameroon. Reportedly it split in 2016, resulting in the emergence of islamic state west Africa. According to reports, in 2013 the ownership of the Bakassi peninsula was transferred via the greentree agreement from Nigeria to Cameroon. Cameron is divided into anglophone and francophone Cameroon. Reportedly, the greentree agreement was backed by the u.n.

According to reports, in 2012 an armed conflict broke out involving the Tuareg people of northern Mali. Reportedly, one of Mali’s most common natural resources is gold, the third largest producer in Africa. According to a report, since 2019 Ghana has replaced south Africa as the largest producer of gold on the continent. There have been reports of the hijacking and killing of soldiers and freight drivers and protests at ports.

Telecommunications

Reportedly, high quality access to international telecommunications networks is the key driver in the social, economic and industrial development of regions and countries.

The transatlantic communications cable is a cable laid on the seabed from one side of the Atlantic to the other. Reportedly, by the late 20th Century electrical cables were being replaced by fiber optic cables. Fiber optic cables transmit internet, telephone and cable tv communications. Reportedly, lasers at one end fire at extremely rapid rates to receptors at the other end of the cable.

Ireland is connected to Canada and the uk by sub marine cables. According to a report, there are currently no sub marine telecommunications cables from Ireland to continental Europe, except via the uk.

No concessions

According to a report, the u.s. secretary of state has made no concessions to Russia’s demands concerning Ukraines membership to nato and nato’s presence in eastern europe. Reportedly, he has said that nato will stand by their principles, but how principled is sanctioning poverty stricken war torn countries? U.n. sanctions nclude sanctioning other countries and companies who buy their oil.

France hope to revive peace talks

According to a report, the French president is scheduled to speak to the president of Russia on Friday morning, the topic being Ukraine.

Reportedly, France is seeking to revive the Normandy format talks, which in 2014 brought together the leaders of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine. According to the report, the last meeting was cancelled because of covid 19, but the Russian deputy prime minister, Dimitri Kozak met the diplomatic advisors of the other members of the Normandy group in Paris, Wednesday.

According to a report, Russia have threatened military-technical action if nato refuse to bar Ukraine from nato. While not questioning Ukraine’s right to sovereignty, is western servitude better? Reportedly, nato police u.n. sanctions, questionable in view of activity in oil rich countries such as Yemen, Venezuela and in the Sahel.

Long covid linked to gut micro-organisms

According to a report, post-acute covid 19 syndrome, otherwise known as long covid is linked to the aggregate of gut micro-organisms.

Reportedly, an investigation was performed by analysing the stool samples of 106 patients with varying degrees of covid severity and a comparison group of 68 people.

Long covid can invade the gut via post nasal drip or cattarh. Fatigue is the most common symptom.

Is overmedicating a problem in the Irish health service?

Attention deficit disorder is classified as a behaviour disorder but known to be a manifestation of childhood depression. Even so, according to reports, family and talk therapy are rarely prescribed in Ireland, the uk and elsewhere, rather the disease is treated with the central nervous stimulant, methylphenidate, sold under brands such as ritalin and concerta. This way, though hyperactivity is often a symptom, the symptoms of the underlying depression are treated.

Questions arise such as a possible avoidance of real issues, and whether we should resort to drugs as a solution, particularly for young children.

According to a report, many generic drugs and an unknown number of private company brands use free surplus lactose as a bulking agent, which is unregulated, stored in unfit conditions and/or past its sell by date. Leads to the conclusion that we may be overly dependent on medicine, ignoring other paths to wellness.