LINK: https://news.sky.com/story/zimbabwe-to-cull-200-wild-elephants-to-feed-communities-facing-severe-hunger-during-drought-13217102 Namibia and Zimbabwe has been known to be home to thousands of elephants, a species that was illegal to even harm for years. That was until the month of September, when southern Africa suffered a drought causing food shortages across the lands. 69 million people suffering from said drought, many are finding that they may need to resort… Read more »
LINK:https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0494wl6lkgo On September 5 in western Kenya, Rebecca Cheptegei was pronounced dead. Four days earlier she had been in a fire, a scene that many couldn’t have missed. It didn’t take the police long to find out what happened and how it happened. Rebecca Cheptegei had gotten into a dispute with her ex, Dickson Ndiema, about a piece of land…. Read more »
LINKS: https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/281-inmates-escape-after-floods-brought-prisons-walls-113723723#:~:text=ABUJA%2C%20Nigeria%20%2D%2D%20Nigerian%20authorities,across%20the%20state%20of%20Borno. https://www.theafricareport.com/361738/more-security-woes-for-nigeria-as-281-prisoners-escape-during-flood On september 10th of this year, 281 prison inmates have escapes the Suleja prison near Nigeria’s capital. Severe rain, and a destructive flood had caused the damaged parts of the prison to finally fall. Officers tried to evacuate the people int eh city of Maiduguri. To what we know now, only 7 of these run aways have… Read more »
Link to the article During a search on a property in Johannesburg, South Africa, 90 Ethiopian migrants were rescued after being held against their will at the property. The search originally began after there was a report of a person that was believed to be kidnapped and discovered the migrants. Subsequently, two people were arrested with the submission of the… Read more »
Link to the article U.N. special representative for the geographic region of the Sahel and West Africa, Leonardo Simão brings to attention the need to combat terrorism and organized crime that has become a “pervasive threat” in the volatile region of Sahel, that is spilling over to West African coastal countries. These violent extremist groups are linked to al-Qaida and… Read more »
https://thediplomat.com/2024/09/china-africa-summit-2024-the-octopus-embrace/#:~:text=The%202024%20summit%20aimed%20to,community%20with%20a%20shared%20future. On September fourth, the China-Africa cooperation(FOCAC) summit held its ninth Forum. Africa and China have a complex relationship and in this summit they deepened their ties, made plans and more. They have a mutually benefited relationship where Africa gets help with debt relief, financing, and infrastructure development, while China gets to spread its influence across the globe and increase… Read more »
A group in the US House lawmakers wants to push to reauthorize a foreign bill that helps the state of African countries and prevents failures from happening. The Global Fragility Act (GFA) was passed under the Trump administration to intervene before states have troubles so that they don’t fail. This was to stabilize countries that were at-risk and unify foreign… Read more »
Link to article Namibia took to a side of the ongoing Israel-Palestine conflict when it was reported on August 27th that the vessel, MV Kathrin, was blocked from entering Namibian waters that were carrying weapons of mass destruction believed to be destined for Israel. Justice Minister Yvonne Dausab made the call to block the MV Kathrin from entering Namibian waters… Read more »
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce8d996x1r0o A recent attack on Mali-based military training school has been confirmed as Al-Qaeda driven. Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimin (JNIM), a Jihadist group with direct relations to Al-Qaeda, sent armed men to a military training school and a military airport to attack the people. The group hit the city of Bamako, which had successfully avoided Islam’s conflicts for several… Read more »
https://allafrica.com/stories/202409190046.html Malawi, as well as 13 other countries, took Israel’s side in a vote that would determine whether or not they take their military out of Palestine. The vote was proposed by Israel and voted on by several countries in the General Assembly. While 124 countries voted for Israel to remove their troops from Palestine, which would be following international… Read more »
