The Preparatory Committee (PrepCom) for the 2015 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) will hold its third session from 28 April…
Vulnerable crops, uncertain water supplies, and inadequate access to cancer care are some of the issues African nations are addressing in AFRA. The African Regional Cooperative Agreement for Research, Development…
As of March 30, the processing of the IMS infrasound data at the IDC in Vienna did not offer a clue whether the lost Malaysian Airlines Flight MH 370 could…
The apparent erratic conduct of flight MH370 and the disabling of some communication equipment could be explained either by impaired pilot judgment typical of hypoxia (oxygen starvation) triggered by a…
As a follow-up of a historic international conference on the humanitarian impact of nuclear weapons (Oslo, March 2013), the government of Mexico hosted a 2nd international conference from 13-14 February…
In January, William Gerstenmaier, associate administrator for NASA’s Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate, announced that the White House intends to extend international space station operations from 2020 to 2024…
Russian permanent representative recently called on the UN to take control over loosely guarded uranium yellowcake stockpiles in the Libyan Desert Sabha, writes ITAR-TASS. “I have spoken with UN Secretary…
Four prominent U.S. and Australia-based climate and Earth-system scientists released an open letter early November calling on world leaders and environmentalists to support the development and deployment of safer…
The Ghana-based African Center for Science and International Security (AFRICSIS) recently held a two-day event on 4 and 7 October 2013 in the nation’s capital city Accra to commemorate the…
AFRICSIS is an independent, non-profit center advancing security and strategic stability in Africa through evidence based analysis, advocacy and capacity building. It supports governments and regionals bodies in addressing chemical, radiological and nuclear risks
