Link to Article: https://www.thesierraleonetelegraph.com/kandeh-yumkella-calls-on-sierra-leoneans-to-unite-for-the-good-of-the-nation/ Summary: Sierra Leone is known as country that is poorly managed and fragile. Hon. Kandeh Yumkella notes that for a majority of his compatriots, their lives either remain poor or get even worse when governments change. Yumkella also says that in the past three decades there have been no significant change in the economy, social capital,… Read more »
Link to Article: https://www.africanews.com/2022/03/29/drc-army-accuses-rwanda-of-supporting-rebel-group/ Summary: The Congolese Army alleged the Rwandan Army was backing a active rebellion in eastern DRC, which Kigali denies. On Monday evening, General Sylvain Ekenge, who is a spokesman for the military governor of North Kivu province, accused the Rwanda Defence Forces of supporting the M23 rebel group. The M23 group has been active in the… Read more »
Summary: Ugandan climate activist Hilda Nakabuye delivered a speech at the Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue on Tuesday, challenging european lawmakers for their support of the Crude Oil Pipeline project. The EACOP has proposed a 1,400+ kilometer pipeline from Uganda to Tanzania that would be the longest heated crude oil pipeline in the world. Environmental activists are against this because of… Read more »
Summary: Since Russia has invaded Ukraine, more than 4 million people have fleed the country. Among these include Africans, and while all refugees from Ukraine are accepted by neighboring EU countries, investigative reports have uncovered that African Ukraine residents have been detained in closed facilities. They are being held in long term facilities with very little access to the outside… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/3/30/dr-congo-8-un-peacekeepers-killed-in-helicopter-crash Summary: Recently eight people on board a Puma Helicopter were killed after the Helicopter was shot down. The Helicopter was on a reconnaissance mission when it crashed in the area of Tshanzu, which has been a hot spot for conflict between the M23 rebel group and the Congolese Soldiers. DRC’s army claimed that the helicopter was… Read more »
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/3/23/dutch-court-rejects-suit-of-nigerian-widows-against-shell This article talks about the oil rich Niger Delta and how there has been a Dutch court that has thrown out a suit against Shell because they believe them to have exploited this oil rich Niger Delta. This suit has been brought by four widows of the activists that were protesting against Shell and were executed because of it…. Read more »
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/12/11/angola-ruling-party-backs-president-lourenco-for-a-second-term This article talks about the presidential election in Angola, and how there is some controversy with the new election. There is the main governing party, the People’s movement for the liberation of Angola, also known as the MPLA, and and the main opposition party, UNITA. The People’s movement for the liberation of Angola overwhelmingly re-elected Joao Lourenco as their… Read more »
https://allafrica.com/view/group/main/main/id/00081436.html The summary of this article is about how there has been a change of plans in the rollout of vaccine soon as Pfizer vaccines are set to expire on July 2022. This means that any unused doses of Pfizer will have to be destroyed and cannot be used. Until then the health department is trying to increase uptake of… Read more »
https://businesschief.com/leadership-and-strategy/uruguay-is-most-promising-market-in-americas-for-2022 The main idea of this article is that Uruguay has many promising opportunities for American investors in the future as there economy is predict to skyrocket in the following years largely has the pandemic is ending. While the global economic recovery from the pandemic has been still bumpy more many countries, the economies of Israel and Qatar are recovering… Read more »
The Connecticut-based Butterfly Network will be providing over 1,000 healthcare workers with a Butterfly IQ+ system, an ultrasound device, using funds donated by the Gates Foundation. As pregnancy complications have been rising in the Sub-Saharan Africa, this technology is essential prenatal healthcare, and will assist in decreasing mortality rates. Sub Saharan African practitioners and healthcare have less access to imaging… Read more »
