I read an article about a runner in South Africa. Professional runner, Caster Semenya, ran the 5,000 meter today on April 25, 2019. She is extremely fast women who is representing South Africa. There has been a lot of controversy over her as a runner. I’ve followed her for the past couple of years and saw this article pop up… Read more »
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Eastern Libya commander Khalifa Haftar has thrown much of his military forces into attacking Tripoli, but the outcome of the offensive could be determined by a separate battle — to keep open the parallel finance system that funds his soldiers.Libyan National Army (LNA) members, commanded by Khalifa Haftar, equip the military vehicles to get out of Benghazi… Read more »
GERMISTON, South Africa (Reuters) – Caster Semenya cruised to victory in the 5,000 meters at the South African athletics championships on Thursday, a potential new distance as she waits for the verdict of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in an appeal against regulations seeking to limit her testosterone level.South Africa’s double Olympic champion Caster Semenya takes part in… Read more »
DURBAN/JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – More than 70 people have been killed in South Africa after torrential rains along the eastern coast, officials said on Thursday, and rescuers were still recovering bodies.A wreckage of a vehicle remains after a body was recovered from under the mud after heavy rains caused by flooding in Marianhill near Durban, South Africa, April 25, 2019. REUTERS/Rogan… Read more »
RABAT (Reuters) – Moroccan police used water cannons to disperse a protest by thousands of young teachers in Rabat, the capital, on Thursday, according to witnesses. Around 65 protesters were injured, said Abdelwahab Ghallat, one of the organizers. “One teacher got seriously wounded,” he said. Authorities could not be reached for comment. Teachers have been staging a series of protests… Read more »
Simulation Reflection I was apart of the UNHCR in the simulation. In the simulation I felt like I led the group quite a bit. I was leading and planing with my group quite a bit. I helped out group to become bffs with ARM and then we worked together to confront countries. It was difficult to get countries to listen… Read more »
DAKAR (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Tanzania’s main city Dar es Salaam did not have traffic signs, speed bumps or footpaths outside many schools, although children walking to class were being hit by cars on a regular basis. So SARSAI, a small non-profit program in Africa, got the government’s permission to install these features itself, reducing child injuries by 26 percent… Read more »
Recently in Tanzania, many school children have been walking back and forth to school, and have been victim to danger. The kids have to walk miles and miles home along busy roads, where unfortunately they are being struck down by motorist on the roads. In Tanzania’s main city Dar es Salaam, is where most of these accidents are happening. The… Read more »
TRIPOLI/GENEVA (Reuters) – Casualties from the battle for Libya’s capital mounted on Tuesday and the United Nations moved dozens of migrants to safety from a detention center in the south of the city where fighting had raged nearby. Medical facilities reported 47 people killed and 181 wounded in recent days as eastern Libyan National Army (LNA) forces seek to take… Read more »
NAIROBI (Reuters) – The World Bank has cut its growth forecast for Sub-Saharan Africa this year to 2.8 percent from an initial 3.3 percent, it said on Monday. The commodity price slump of 2015 cut short a decade of rapid growth for the region, and the bank said growth would take longer to recover as a decline in industrial production… Read more »