Article: https://www.da.org.za/2023/08/68-days-and-counting-ramaphosa-still-refuses-to-take-action-on-farm-murders Cyril Ramaphosa, the President of South Africa, has been accused of escalating an ongoing crisis of farm attacks and murders of white South African farmers. There have been 16 farmers murdered between May and July of 2023, raising the murder rate from the first quarter of 2023 to 56%. “Ramaphosa and his government would rather expend their energy defending… Read more »
Article:https://press.un.org/en/2001/sc7057.doc.htm The UN Security Council has condemned illegal exploitation of natural resources and wealth of the DRC. The Security Council has also strongly communicated their worries towards these illegal exploitations. This illegal exploitation is being committed by individuals, governments, and armed groups within the Region. At the Council meeting, the U.S. Representative, also reminded the panel that the profits made… Read more »
Artical Link: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/9/6/east-africa-leaders-extend-regional-troop-mandate-in-dr-congo Summary: Currently in Africa, there have been tons of terrorist risings across the continent, the ECA, the seven-nation East African Community, first deployed troops into different countries in November due to the resurgence of the terrorist group M23, otherwise known as March 23. M23 is a rebel group that resurged in 2012 when they captured the city… Read more »
Link to Artical: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/10/3/why-kenya-volunteered-to-lead-un-mission-to-haiti Summary: The country of Haiti, the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, has recorded 3,000 homicides and more than 1,500 kidnappings for ransom. These homicides and kidnappings have displaced almost 200,000 people out of their homes, this has also forced tens of thousands of kids to not be able to attend school. Haiti has a very… Read more »
Link to article(s): https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/06/13/dr-congo-killings-rapes-rwanda-backed-m23-rebels Summary: The article focuses on many aspects of the Human Rights Watch reports, as the Rwandan army expanded there support to the M23 rebel groups for attacks on the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo. There were many reported attacks in the North Kivu province’s regions that caused many civilians deaths and injuries, destruction… Read more »
