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Ethiopia’s First Female President, EU Approves Single-Use Plastic Ban, Social Media App Saves Lives

26.10.2018

by Roxana Adam

#App, #Ethiopia, #EU, #Plastic Ban, #Single-Use Plastics, #Social Media, #Women in Politics

Foto: Rod Waddington / Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Members of parliament elected Sahle-Work Zewde to become Ethiopia’s first female head of state; the European Parliament overwhelmingly voted to ban common single-use plastics; and researchers found a social media app that connects neighbors in disaster-prone communities across Indonesia, thus saving lives and reducing financial losses.

26.10.2018

by Roxana Adam

#App, #Ethiopia, #EU, #Plastic Ban, #Single-Use Plastics, #Social Media, #Women in Politics

Foto: Rod Waddington / Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0)

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