Link to Article: https://allafrica.com/view/group/main/main/id/00081919.html As of monday April 25th South Africa recorded 3,762,911 cases of Covid-19 which include 252,775 fatal cases and 3,000 cases just in the span of 24 hours, making this surge the highest since January 8th. As of right now the head of the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) is spectating whether the current Omicron variant… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/4/23/explosion-at-nigerian-illegal-oil-refinery-kills-more-than-100 Saturday a fire set fire and exploded an illegal oil refinery in Nigeria. This incident killed over 100 people. The fire and explosion were set ablaze the surrounding area at the illegal bunkering site. This site is common now as poverty/unemployment have struck the region making illegal oil a good business. The people involved in these… Read more »
Link to article – https://allafrica.com/view/group/main/main/id/00081739.html Summary – A group of international aid organizations has reported that West Africa is facing its worst food crisis in a decade due to increasing conflict, drought, flooding, and the war in Ukraine that is affecting food prices and worsening an already disastrous situation. Over 27 million people are already suffering from Hunger in the… Read more »
Link to article – https://allafrica.com/view/group/main/main/id/00081669.html Sumary – Many countries are beginning to rely on new sources for oil amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Europe is facing a supply gap in oil, leading prospectors to point to Africa for a new source of oil. There are talks of a large shift to Africa as Europes next “gas station”. Several producers… Read more »
Link to article – https://allafrica.com/stories/202204080088.html Summary – A report has uncovered that 90% of Ghanas industrial trawl fleet is actually owned by Chinese companies using fronts to illegally evade the law. China is the worlds biggest fish producer and many of their fish come from illegal fishing practices. EJF reported the uncovering of illegal, unreported, unregulated and human rights abuses… Read more »
article: https://allafrica.com/stories/202204040393.html The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization has said that the Russo-Ukrainian war has caused a massive decline in global food security. Many countries, especially those that are less developed, rely on grain and cooking oil sourced from Ukraine and Russia for a large portion of their food supply. With the ongoing war continuing for the foreseeable future… Read more »
article: https://allafrica.com/stories/202204040222.html Recently it was confirmed that the total number of COVID-19 cases from all African countries has reached over 11 million. Despite having around 270 million people vaccinated against COVID-19, countries in Africa have been struggling to obtain, distribute and administer vaccines, which is slowing down the vaccination process. South Africa has been the hardest hit country in Africa… Read more »
Article: https://allafrica.com/view/group/main/main/id/00081766.html China is the world’s largest producer of fish and also has the largest long distance fishing fleet in the world. China’s long distance fishing operations off of the coast of Africa make up approximately 80% of its long distance offshore fishing according to the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, however, that is just the official figure,… Read more »
article: https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/portugals-galp-says-security-crucial-mozambique-build-lng-plants-2022-04-07/ Galp Energia, a Portuguese member of Exxon-Mobil announced that it wants to build onshore liquified natural gas plants in Mozambique starting in 2024. This is part of an investment project of Exxon-Mobil into Mozambique, however, there have been concerns regarding the security of the liquified natural gas facilities due to the ongoing insurgency in the north of the… Read more »
article: https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/m23-rebel-group-declares-unilateral-ceasefire-eastern-congo-2022-04-01/ After a series of clashes with the Congolese army the M23 rebel group has declared a unilateral ceasefire. Clashes intensified after M23 attacked several Congolese army near civilian centers which forced many to flee into Uganda and Rwanda. Although there have been efforts to disarm M23 and enter peace talks, M23 leaders have protested that they are proceeding… Read more »