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The desert is coming. The #Sahara desert is expanding towards Southern #Spain and #Italy, and experts predict that both regions will become deserts by 2100 or even sooner. Unfortunately, not much grows in the desert. Image
Natalie Thomas, author of the study that quantified the Sahara’s century of growth, asks: “Morally, how do we deal with the fact that developing countries are paying the price?”
“Only when problems begin to affect wealthier nations do these find impetus to act. The Sahara situation is similar: desertification could actually spread across the Mediterranean Sea into Europe within the next century, which would certainly stir up its member states.”
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It's a while since I've had one of these, and not in response to anything specific - I've been very inactive on #WesternSahara lately. Must be a quiet day on a troll farm somewhere in #Morocco. Image
Anyway, I have a rule that whenever I'm trolled by agents of the #Moroccan state, I post photos of the Sahrawi controlled areas of #WesternSahara, to highlight the conflict & #Morocco's partition of this non-self-governing territory. Here's the view from Tin Gfuf, Southern Sector Image
A low granite outcrop, near Tin Gfuf, Southern Sector of the Polisario controlled Liberated Territories of #WesternSahara. Image
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[Remontée de #sable du #Sahara] Entre ces dim. 19 et mer. 22 fév. 2023, sous l'influence d'une petite anomalie d'altitude circulant entre l'Ouest du Maghreb et l'Ouest de la péninsule ibérique, des poussières sahariennes 🟠 remonteront vers la France et le #CentreValdeLoire. 1/4
Dès ce lundi 20 février, les poussières sahariennes gagneront le Sud-Ouest de la France dans des quantités faibles à modérées.
On ne parlera donc évidemment pas d'une tempête de #sable !!! 2/4
Entre les mardi 21 et mercredi 22 février, cet air chargé de sable balaiera l'ensemble de la France dont nos régions centrales.
Notre ciel pourra alors prendre une teinte pâle ou jaunâtre (voire être parfois un peu plus nuageux en fonction de la quantité de #sable). 3/4
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A pesar de q se preveía una activa temporada de #Huracanes, el #Atlántico no ha registrado tormentas relevantes (vientos >60km/h) en casi 2 meses.

Julio-Agosto2022 podría convertirse en el bimestre Julio-Agosto más calmo en el Atlántico en últimos 40años!nhc.noaa.gov/cyclones/
Las últimas 2 temporadas (2020 y 2021) fueron tan activas q se agotaron los nombres de 21 tormentas dispuestas a inicios de temporada para identificas a las tormentas.
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At the confluence of continents, civilizations and ethnicities,🇲🇦is paradoxically the most authentic country in North Africa,the one whose specificity is the most assertive.After the fall of the Umayyads, it saw the establishment of dynasties that gradually founded a true nation.
Morocco was the work of the monarchy that gave it its identity and unity. It also spared it from tribal divisions and foreign occupation, especially Ottoman. All things that provoked in the neighboring countries phenomena of lasting deculturation.

👇🏼#Morocco
Thus, from the eighth century, the Idrissides established the 1st national state in Fez. The Almoravids (Al-Murabitun), coming from the South and precisely from the Sahara, gave a new impetus by unifying the country from north to south, as far as Senegal.

👇🏼 #Morocco
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🤪🤪INSOLITE🤪🤪

La stratégie #algerienne au service des intérêts supérieurs du #Maroc
En désignant le mouvement du #MAK comme organisation terroriste, l’#Algerie a permis à @MarocDiplomatie d’enfoncer un clou de plus dans le cercueil de la #milice #terroriste du #polisario
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Ainsi, en rompant les relations diplomatiques avec le #Maroc, l’#Algerie a renforcé l’appui arabe et notamment celui des pays du #Golfe à la souveraineté #marocaine du #sahara.
En s’alliant avec l’#Iran et le #Hezbollah pour former le #polisario, #Alger s’est
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aliéné l’#Islam #sunnite.
En refusant de reconduire le #gazoduc #Maghreb #Europe, #Alger a permis au #Maroc d’en disposer désormais souverainement mais aussi et surtout d’accélérer la mise en place de son #indépendance énergétique.
👇👇👇
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🚨🚨🚨#URGENT🚨🚨🚨
#Sahara_marocain: les Pays-Bas annoncent leur soutien au plan d'autonomie

Les #Pays_Bas ont considéré, mercredi, le plan d'autonomie, présenté en 2007 par le #Maroc, comme "une contribution sérieuse et crédible au processus politique mené par l'#ONU pour Image
trouver une solution à la question du #Sahara.

Par cette nouvelle position, exprimée dans le communiqué conjoint publié à l'issue des entretiens entre le ministre des Affaires étrangères, de la Coopération africaine et des Marocains résidant à l’étranger, #NasserBourita , et
son homologue #néerlandais, @WBHoekstra, les Pays-Bas viennent de s'inscrire clairement dans la dynamique internationale de soutien au #plan_autonomie marocain pour clore définitivement le différend artificiel autour de la marocanité du Sahara.
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#DelhiHighCourt is hearing petitions filed by Sahara Credit Cooperative Society and two other Sahara group companies challenging the order of the Central Registrar restraining them from taking fresh deposits as well as renewing the investment or deposit of existing members.
The petitions are being heard by a bench of Acting Chief Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Navin Chawla.
ASG Chetan Sharma informs the court that more than Rs 60K crore has been deposited by around 10 crore people in these societies.
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SAHARA OCCIDENTAL 🇪🇭 VS 🇺🇦UCRANIA

Misma situación – diferente interpretación

¿Qué pasa si mañana España comunicase que apoya a Rusia y que la mejor solución para Ucrania es que sea una autonomía de Rusia, sin tener en cuenta el deseo de los ucranianos?
Abro hilo 🧵⬇️
#Sahara
En los siguientes tweets vamos a ver qué pinta España en un conflicto entre el Sahara Occidental y Marruecos y cómo es que hay una guerra tan cerca de la que apenas se habla pero si nos meten Ucrania hasta en la sopa.

Si, un sesgo informativo como una casa, ya lo veréis.⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️
¿QUÉ ES EL SAHARA OCCIDENTAL?🇪🇭

Aquí solo quiero que os quedéis que es un país invadido por Marruecos desde 1975 situado en el noroeste de África y que actualmente la mitad de sus habitantes vive en la parte ocupada en manos del régimen marroquí y la otra mitad en
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#bügelgeber
#bügelgeber
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[A découvrir] > Quels sont les moyens de lutte contre la #désertification ? bit.ly/3GmuoOm via @futurasciences #LaMethSci
P Duboz > la désertification, ce ne sont pas des dunes qui avancent, mais un appauvrissement graduel des sols, des terres, de la biodiversité végétale et animale etc. #LaMethSci
[A découvrir] > #Désertification : qu'est-ce que c'est ? bit.ly/2ZnsNHL via @futurasciences #LaMethSci
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After the publication of the ‘Afghan Files’, I went to Spain for one last attempt to get publicity for the case. While was there the AFP raided my house and it was clear I would soon be arrested. Sarah and the girls came to join me in Spain for one last holiday.
We travelled to the Sahara desert on the Moroccan-Algerian border, and rode the camel train into the dunes. To get there we had to travel for many long days on ferries, trains, and mini-buses, sometimes all night, but they never complained.
They knew there was a warrant for my arrest, and that I may be in gaol for a long time, maybe life. Occasionally we would cry together, but they never doubted I was doing the right thing. I have never loved them so much.
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Today's #Sahara & #HornOfAfrica rainfall forecasts follow.

It is now two weeks till the first open democratic #Ethiopian election.
To open here's a high resolution satellite image of the Nile Basin from Cairo to Lake Victoria including Eastern Ethiopia where the #GERD dam is located, and where the Blue Nile - source of much of the Nile's flow - originates in Lake Tana (the heart shaped lake).
We will zoom in on the #HornOfAfrica starting with the wider picture. On the left side of this image you can see a #WesternSahara water transport event which is significantly impacting weather conditions in Europe. (See more in the attached thread )
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Cyclone #Yaas is just 2 days away from landfall on the North Eastern Indian Coast in the Odisha and once onshore is forecast pass over the ancient city of Jaipur.


Today's #MiddleEast #Sahara and #HornOfAfrica forecasts follow.
We have a stunningly clear image of the #NileBasin this morning from @NASA Modis from Cairo to Lake Victoria showing the impact of the April and May rains on the landscape.
In today's 10-Day North Africa rain forecasts the European @ECMWF model remains unconvinced about the impact of #WestAfricaWaterPlumes on the Sahara, which as you will soon see are once again having a spectacular impact on European weather.
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Some 5000 'migrants' cross from #Morocco to occupied enclave of #Ceuta | May 18
- Some swam while others crossed on feet. Videos shared by locals showed Sub-#Sahara'n 'migrants' marching to the enclave.
northafricapost.com/49775-some-500…
Record 5,000 migrants from Morocco reach Spain's Ceuta enclave in one day, authorities say | 3h ago
A spokesman for Ceuta said the scale of the influx, which comes at a time of high tension between Madrid and #Morocco's capital #Rabat, was unprecedented
abc.net.au/news/2021-05-1…
About 5,000 #Moroccans illegally enter #Spain’s #Ceuta enclave -government spokesman | May 18
- Crowds of mostly young people swam onto the beach, some running or showing thumbs up, footage by local media Faro showed, - activity started overnight...
oann.com/about-5000-mor…
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#DesertRain #ArabianStorms #Ethiopa #Sahara #Russia #Europe Special Satellite Images Report:

Here will find a series images of rain events currently underway in deserts in the East of the Western Hemisphere, as the sun goes down on #EarthDay.

Credits @zoom_earth @meteoblue
The thread begins with the mother of all deserts the astonishing Sahara. Here you see an April rain event currently underway in Algeria and Libya. #Sahara #DesertRain #EarthDay21
Here are close up images of the Libya/Algeria #DesertRain now traversing the dryest parts of the Sahara. The 1st image (zoom.earth/#view=30.2,17.…) shows rainfall signatures. The 2nd tracks the tail of this rain event back to the Atlantic coast 4500 kms to the West. #EarthDayAfrica
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No se ha decidido aún presencia de fuerzas #americanas en el #Sáhara Occidental, se mantuvo una reunión para los preparativos, aunque quizás sí haya esa presencia.

<<Los preparativos para el ejercicio militar «León Africano 2021», programado
en.yabiladi.com/articles/detai…
2/ para junio, están en marcha. El sábado, la zona sur de las Fuerzas Armadas Reales, en Agadir, acogió una reunión de coordinación entre oficiales marroquíes, sus homólogos estadounidenses, así como los de otros países, según Ahdath Al Maghribia.>> Image
3/ Quizás, los militares de EEUU se queden en Tan Tan sin desplegarse en los otros dos lugares del Sáhara Occidental.

<<Tan Tan, Mahbes y Dakhla en el territorio del Sahara marroquí serán en junio la sede de los ejercicios militares del León Africano>>
northafricapost.com/48586-african-… Image
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[Thread] Le ciel est jaune sur la France #cieljaune, ce qui affole la twittosphère. Il s'agit d'une nuage de poussière de sable en provenance du #Sahara #SaharanDust .
Est-ce normal ? Comment est-il arrivé jusque sur l'Europe ?

Photo @infoclimat :
infoclimat.fr/photolive-phot… Image
[Comment ?] Une dépression (lignes blanches) se situe sur l'Espagne : le vent (flèche noire) est de sud à l'avant de celle-ci de l'Afrique jusqu'à la France. Il se charge de particules de sable et fait remonter de la douceur (couleur orangée) jusqu'à la France. Image
[Pourquoi ?] Ce sont des particules bien + petites que la sable de plage, propulsées dans la haute atmosphère grâce à des vents verticaux. (même phénomène pour les feux de forêts). Reprises par les vents d'altitude, elles parcours ainsi des milliers de kilomètres en altitude. Image
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🚀🟥⏯️Watch the #REPLAY of the captivating interview of the archaeologist of #space Alice Gorman @drspacejunk by @TiphineLucas, that addresses #spacejunk, #colonialism and #aboriginal & #indigenouspeople issues⬇️1/🧵
#ecoleanthropocene2021 @EcoleUrbaine
2/🌏#Earth is surrounded by a constellation of tens of thousands of #satellites in orbit, but also of billions of #spacejunk of more or less large size, fragments coming from rockets or satellites, travelling at a very high speed: important risks of #collision.
3/💥#Kessler syndrome: we are rapidly moving towards a tipping point where the volume of space debris in low orbit is such that collisions are frequent, generate other debris and exponentially increase the probability of collisions.
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🚀🟥⏯️Retrouvez le #REPLAY de l'entretien fascinant entre @TiphineLucas et l'archéologue de l'#espace Alice Gorman @drspacejunk qui aborde la question des #DechetsSpatiaux et les enjeux coloniaux et autochtones⬇️1/
#ecoleanthropocene2021 @EcoleUrbaine
2/ 🌏La #Terre est entourée d'une constellation de 10n de milliers de #satellites mis en orbite, mais aussi de milliards de #DechetsSpatiaux de taille +ou- grande, des fragments issus de fusées ou de satellites, évoluant à une vitesse très élevée: importants risques de #collision
3/ 💥Syndrome de #Kessler: nous nous dirigeons rapidement vers un seuil critique où le volume des débris spatiaux en orbite basse est tel que les collisions sont fréquentes, génèrent d'autres débris et augmentent de façon exponentielle la probabilité de collisions.
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Would anyone like to guess who is India's largest corporate defaulter? Think hard. It is not Mallya, NiravModi, Not even Essar-Ruia or Sandesara, JatinMehta etc. NO ACTION taken against him by strong GOVT of INDIA!!
This is a nice exercise in basic knowledge -- 1) a defaulter is NOT someone with a huge debt. You can have a MASSIVE and worrying borrowing but that is NOT a default. This one has filed bankruptcy!
Many people are touchingly clueless about the extent of corporate default. yes, a default of Rs 8000 crore (nirav), Rs10,000 crore (Mallya) is big, but we are talking about 15 times the amount (at least) and no muscular govt action! in fact SILENCE
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Hace solo dos años, yo sabía del #SaharaOccidental lo mismo que la mayoría de españoles: nada. Peor: por mi condición de periodista, creía saber algo; retazos de la Marcha Verde y ecos de la guerra. Estaban, además, los relatos de mi abuelo, enviado allí por la República.
[Hilo]
En @RSF_ES, llevábamos tiempo queriendo saldar una deuda moral con los saharauis no ya solo como españoles, sino como periodistas. Con el empuje de mi querido @alfarmada y mi añorada @aliciagmontano, me embarqué en la construcción de un lazo con el Sahara hoy ya irrompible.
Mi objetivo era remover las arenas de olvido que sepultan a los saharauis y escucharlos con humildad, pero también analizar la responsabilidad de los periodistas y medios españoles en un silencio que nos hace no ponerle al #Sahara la sensibilidad que sí le ponemos a Latinoamérica
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Le Maroc déploie l’armée pour sécuriser le passage frontalier d'El Guerguerate contre le Polisario
#Sahara
yabiladi.com/articles/detai… via @yabiladi_fr
#Big_moove : Ce déploiement militaire des FAR dans la zone tampon au #Sahara marque une évolution notable de la politique du Maroc face au Polisario, depuis le cessez-le-feu de 1991
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Depuis près de 30 ans le Maroc a veillé à respecter l’accord sous l’égide de l’ONU : Pas de soldats dans la zone tampon, maintien de l’armée à l’ouest du Mur de sables, et coopération avec les forces de la MINURSO (casques bleus)
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