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The Islamic Center at NYU and the Muslim Student Association have raised more than $880,000 in relief funds following an earthquake and flooding in Morocco and Libya last month. On Sept. 8, a 6.8 magnitude earthquake killed thousands in Morocco, wreaking havoc in Marrakech and hard-to-access mountain villages south of the city. The collapse of mud-brick houses led to thousands of deaths and infrastructure devastation during the country’s largest earthquake in 120 years. Three days later, on Sept. 11, floods in eastern Libya left 4,000 dead and another 10,000 missing. Since the disasters, NYU community members have been donating to…

In an effort to position South Africa as a global hub for green hydrogen production, the provinces of Eastern, Northern, and Western Cape have joined forces. These provinces are hosting potential multibillion-dollar green hydrogen projects and have been working individually to develop strategies. However, they have recognized the benefits of cooperation over competition in areas such as infrastructure, skills development, and policy and regulation development. They are also open to extending this collaboration to include green-hydrogen aspirant Namibia, creating a Southern African Development Community hydrogen corridor. This collaboration is formalized in a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to advance green hydrogen…

Last month marked the completion of a five-year program to enhance the expeditionary medical capabilities of four African partner nations. The African Peacekeeping Rapid Response Partnership, established in 2015, is a Department of State directed initiative centered on generating the capability to rapidly deploy peacekeeping operations on the Continent. The program provides assistance across multiple capability areas, but the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences’ Center for Global Health Engagement focused on developing medical capabilities that support rapid responses to regional crises with the armed forces of Ghana, Rwanda, Senegal, and Uganda since 2017. “Joint and total force support…