#northernafrica — Public Fediverse posts

https://www.europesays.com/iran/8597/ Here are community-led efforts in Lebanon supporting the displaced #Activism #artists #Beirut #BekaaValley #community #displaced #donations #Lebanon #MigrantWorkers #MutualAid #NationStation #NorthernAfrica #RefugeWorldwide #Sham #Sour #SouthLebanon #WestAsia

#MiddleEast should be #WestAsia or #NorthernAfrica since #colonial times are over

#MakesSense

https://youtube.com/shorts/Cn3UP6dp8d0?si=Xg_hC_-J9rIEWYKI

@jeffowski

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I had forgotten about the #BarbaryWars in #NorthernAfrica. Actually, a worthy example:

After #ThomasJefferson became president of the US in March 1801, he sent a US #Naval fleet to the Mediterranean to combat the Barbary pirates. The fleet bombarded numerous fortified cities...
...the second conflict ended the need for further tributes by the United States, granted the U.S. full shipping rights in the Mediterranean Sea, and significantly reduced...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbary_Wars

' 'Like a blowtorch’: #Mediterranean gripped by #wildfires as blazes spread in #Croatia and #Portugal

‘There is no magical defence mechanism,’ says #Greek prime minister as fires burn in #NorthernAfrica and #SouthernEurope'
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/26/northern-hemisphere-heatwaves-mediterranean-fires-croatia-portugal #ClimateCrisis #Africa #Europe

DYK that the two major #Nile tributaries meet in a tripartite city? Discover #Khartum and its surroundings with our satellite image of the month April: https://mundialis.de/en/satellitenbild-des-monats-april-khartum-sudan/ made with #OSGeo

#Sentinel2 #Copernicus #satelliteimageofthemonth #Sudan #NorthernAfrica #GeziraScheme

Daily #climate post:

#vibe: “is it too late to apologize?”

Today’s #temperature #anomaly
Colder: #canada #centralasia

Warmer: #alaska #greenland #northernafrica #tibet #mexico #antarctica

Graphic from U of #Maine