SWORN IN AMID VIOLENCE Yemen's first new president in more than three decades, Abed Rabu Mansour Hadi, was sworn in, taking over the government of a country with a broken economy, crumbling infrastructure, violent separatist movements, an active Qaeda franchise and Islamist militants in control of large swaths of territory.
SANA, Yemen — Yemen's first new president in more than three decades was sworn in on Saturday, taking over a country with a broken economy, crumbling infrastructure, violent separatist movements, an active Qaeda franchise and Islamist militants in control of large swaths of territory.
Residents encounter symptoms of decline on every street, from collapsing infrastructure to violent crime.
At the same time, India has witnessed sometimes violent protests over large infrastructure projects.
Nigeria powers on with brilliant entrepreneurs co-existing with desperate infrastructure and violent extremists seeking to impose sharia law.
The goal of the FP7 UNCOSS project (Underwater Coastal Sea Surveyor) is to develop a non destructive explosive detection system based on the associated particle technique, in view to improve the security of coastal area and naval infrastructures where violent conflicts took place.
While the news led with the details of a drowned city and an inventory of violent loss of life — bloated bodies, substandard infrastructure, ruined neighborhoods — the "emptying-out" portended larger questions.
The use of rockets and mortars has led to loss of property and deteriorating infrastructure, as well as many violent injuries and deaths.
Over the last two years of violent conflict between government and opposing forces, the infrastructure – from health facilities and schools to transportation systems – has been devastated.
Though the war was now over in Matabeleland, it continued to the north-east, in neighbouring Mashonaland; violent rebellion there badly damaged much of the infrastructure recently introduced there by white pioneers.
