https://allafrica.com/view/group/main/main/id/00079895.html Freedom Fund is an organization that was made to help stop the global modern slavery that is present. They identify and invest in the most effective frontline efforts to eradicate modern slavery in the countries and sectors where it is most prevalent. The most recent example of this, would be their investment of one million dollars in East African… Read more »
https://allafrica.com/stories/202110130920.html In Northern Ethiopia, a war broke out around ten months ago between two seperate parts of the country. The Tigray People’s Liberation Front and Ethiopian’s federal troops. The war has taken a devastating toll on Ethiopia’s population. Today it is considered a humanitarian crisis. Ethiopian people are being slaughtered in the streets, forced to flee their homes, and unable… Read more »
https://allafrica.com/stories/202110050410.html Africa has gone through an onslaught of Covid-19 cases since the beginning of this pandemic. Just recently, Africa has reached 93,541,467 Covid vaccinations. Almost 67% of the vaccinations were given by the United States to aid Africa. Africa has unfortunately had 212,239 deaths from COVID-19 alone and 8,334,554 cases. In comparison to the United States with 704,000 deaths. Africa… Read more »
https://allafrica.com/view/group/main/main/id/00079659.html The east African neighbors Somalia and Kenya are in dispute over 30,000 nautical miles of the resource rich Indian ocean.The two countries disagree on the location of the boundary in the area where their maritime entitlements overlap, according to court records. This area is a livelihood for thousands of Kenyans and is a major prospect for oil and gas… Read more »
https://allafrica.com/view/group/main/main/id/00079639.html Mali, which is presently a war torn country, was about to hire paramilitaries from Russian private-security firm Wagner. This firm has a reputation for being very close to Vladimir Putin and is considered to be dangerous by the EU. Malian defence minister Colonel Sadio Camara told Parly that France’s “abandonment” of Mali meant that they had to consider all… Read more »
https://allafrica.com/view/group/main/main/id/00079623.html Namibia is fighting for reparations because of Germany’s past “colonial era atrocities.” Namibia gained independence from South Africa in 1990 after the NGO, SWAPO, advocated immediate Namibian independence from South Africa and became the country’s leading party following independence in 1990. Following the suspension of the parliament due to the devastating Covid-19 wave in June of 2021, Namibia finally… Read more »