Author Archives: aaronbabu

https://www.africanews.com/2022/04/03/north-kivu-conflict-congolese-refugees-reluctant-to-move-back-to-their-villages/ This article is about that in DR Congo with the continued violence and looming land territory being claimed many refugees are refusing to go back to their villages. This all started when thousands fled from DR Congo to Uganda due to violent clashes that started on March 28th 2022. Together with the government of Uganda and humanitarian partners, they… Read more »

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/3/30/dr-congo-8-un-peacekeepers-killed-in-helicopter-crash This article is about how Congo’s army says that they are not responsible for the U.N helicopter that was shot in down in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and says it was by rebels they have in the country. The helicopter was carrying out reconnaissance for the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Congo along with another helicopter when it… 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 »

https://www.dw.com/en/rising-fuel-costs-are-crippling-africas-economies/a-60964273 In Sub-Saharan Africa there experiencing a record surge in fuel prices as the Russian invasion of Ukraine drives up already steep energy costs to record levels. The fuel shortage in Nigeria has lasted more than three weeks. It started after the federal government held back imports of fuel that was found to be sub-standard, causing a scarcity at filling… Read more »

https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/peru-oil-spill-remediation-cleaning-could-cost-65-mln-repsol-ceo-says-2022-02-17/ This article speaks about the clean-up and remediation costs after a major oil spill of more than 10,000 barrels in Peru. The spills occured in late January when a tanker was rocked by waves caused by the eruption of a volcano in Tonga, Repsol and Peruvian officials. Josu Jon Imaz told analysts on a conference call saying “What we… Read more »

https://abcnews.go.com/International/cyclone-batsirai-leaves-dozen-dead-thousands-homeless-madagascar/story?id=82719663 In Madagascar winds now gust up to 143 miles per hours as Cyclone Batsirai made landfall on Madagascar’s eastern coast late Saturday before sweeping across the central and southern parts this Sunday. The death toll is now over 92 people and leaving thousands of others homeless. There has been reports that the cyclone flooded almost 7,000 homes, completely destroyed… Read more »

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/2/9/un-court-orders-uganda-to-pay-325m-in-reparations-to-dr-congo This article is about how the United Nations is now just making Uganda pay the Democratic Republic of Congo for a brutal war that they had in the 1990s. The court broke down the payment of 325 millions dollars of into different categories of damages. It assessed $225m for loss of life and other damages to persons which includes… Read more »