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 »
article: https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/south-africas-exxaro-gets-numerous-european-requests-coal-2022-04-07/ After Europe announced that they will be introducing sanctions on Russian coal that will be taking effect late in the summer of 2022. This means that European countries are having to look for other sources to get their energy from. One of these other sources is the South African company Exxaro Resources. They reported that they had received… Read more »
article: https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/rwandan-court-maintains-hotel-rwanda-heros-25-year-sentence-2022-04-04/ Previously Paul Rusesabagina, famous for being portrayed in the film Hotel Rwanda for sheltering people during the Rwandan genocide, is claimed by the Rwandan government to have supported terrorist actions and was sentenced to 25 years in prison on 8 counts of terrorism. Rusesabagina has stated that he supports and has a large role in the Rwanda Movement… Read more »
link to article: https://www.dw.com/en/congo-deadly-violence-in-a-national-park/a-61368064?maca=en-rss_en_allafrica_southafrica-10071-xml-mrss It has been reported that park rangers in combination with the Congolese military attacked and burned a village of Batwa people who are indegenous to the land where the Kahuzi-Biega National Park is located, however the government denies these allegations. The Batwa people are an ethnic minority in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and have… Read more »
link to article: https://www.reuters.com/world/ukraine-pull-troops-equipment-un-missions-2022-03-09/ Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainian officials have announced that they will be pulling back all of their troops from UN Peacekeeping missions. This comes after the Ukrainian president signed a decree that would return all peacekeeping forces from their missions. Ukraine contributes around 300 troops to six peacekeeping missions around the world with its… Read more »
