Link: https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/south-africa-can-keep-coal-fired-plants-running-longer-climate-committee-says-2023-05-15/ South Africa’s climate policy suggested the government could delay retiring its ageing coal-fired power plants to address electricity shortages and claims a power crisis had put the country “on track” to meet its climate goals. African National Congress ruled Eskom to abide the decommissioning to help minimize rolling electricity outages. Due to South Africa relying on coal, 430 megatons… Read more »
Link: https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/us-imposes-election-related-visa-restrictions-nigerians-2023-05-15/ President-elect Bola Tinubu defeated his rivals Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi who have since then accused Tinubu of fraud. Tinubu claims he won fairly and wants the petitions dismissed. The United States since then has imposed entry restrictions on more Nigerians for undermining the democratic process during the African nation’s 2023 election cycle. The intimidation of voters through… Read more »
Link: https://www.reuters.com/markets/nigeria-inflation-quickens-april-food-prices-surge-2023-05-15/ Nigeria’s annual inflation rose to 22.22% in April from 22.04% the previous month. Food inflation rose to 24.61% in April from 24.45% in March. The National Bureau of Statistics said, “The rise in food inflation on a year-on-year basis was caused by increases in prices of oil and fat, bread and cereals, fish, potatoes, yam …, fruits, meat,… Read more »
Last Updated 5/12/2023 CFR – Source #2 Block 6 Just a few weeks following the U.S intelligence leak having Egypt in the spotlight for planning on selling arms to Russia, South Africa has been accused of selling arms to Russia, which with increasing publications of information backing the accusation it is evident this accusation is a spot on. As of… Read more »
Kenyan police arrested 46 members of a protest against the Kenyan president. The protesters had organized three days of continuous protests and had paused them because their leader had agreed to meet with some of the president’s representatives. However, the protests resumed because the leader accused the reps of not negotiating in good faith. This led to the police firing… Read more »
The Cullinan I, the world’s largest cut diamond weighing in at 510 carats was placed in the British royal families scepter due to the stone being discovered when South Africa was colonized under the british. South Africans are now calling for the stone to be returned from the royal jewel following a recent social movement calling for the return of… Read more »
Fighting in Sudan has led to many people fleeing to the bordering country South Sudan. In many cases, many that left South Sudan because of how troubled the country is are now being forced to return as a consequence of Sudan’s increasing violence. The UNHCR currently has refugee camps set up in Renk County in South Sudan and is facing… Read more »
Last Updated 05/08/2023 Block 6 Following the testings for natural gases and oil in Zimbabwe, results were shown there was a large estimate of natural gas in Zimbabwe, just found recently. Invictus Energy, an Australian Energy company pioneers the search and confirmation of natural gas and oil in the inflation submerged nation of Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe was a British colony until… Read more »
Last Updated 05/04/2023 Block 6 With increased attention on the coronation of King Charles, South Africa a former Dutch-British colony, is requesting the Star of Africa, the largest diamond in the world today(and was mined in South Africa), to be returned to the nation of its origins South Africa. This is also just in addition to the overall events right… Read more »
Last Updated 05/03/2023 For the past year, the United States Aid Agency(USAID) has been supplying increasing amounts of food aid the Ethiopia, specifically the Tigray region which lies on the border with Eritrea, which was involved in the 2020 war when Eritrea invaded Ethiopia through the Tigray which housed the troops during the 2 year war(2020-2022). Back to the USAID,… Read more »
