This article discusses how fertility has declined everywhere in the world except for the fact that Niger’s is growing and it is the fastest growing birth rate in the world. In Niger, the average woman has 7.2 and the annual growth rate of the country is currently at 3.8%. This article discusses how larger and more youthful population normally can… Read more »
The Syrian Civil War is a conflict between the Dictatorship of Al Assad and rebel groups who want a different leader. There has been conflict with the refugees and where they will end up. Germany has stepped up and taken a lot of Syrian refugees into their country but other countries such as Greece and Spain do not have the… Read more »
In Kenya, there has been a consecutive drought since 2017, and it is leaving millions in famine. The Kenyans believe that their government is ignoring the situation and drought victims. According to the article, “at least 10 people have died of hunger in the north-western Turkana region.” The government stated that more than 1.1 million people are starving due to… Read more »
For years now, the Pentagon has maintained a little to no civilian casualties in airstrikes and raids in Somalia. Last week, the United States launched an airstrike that killed 14 civilians, the first 14 civilian deaths from an airstrike in Somalia since 2017 alone. The United States has repeatedly claimed that no civilian casualties have occurred from airstrikes that have… Read more »
In South Africa in 2017, a man was shot a killed in his car. Sindiso Magaqa, a well known party leader in the country, was shot in a “mafia style” killing. It has now been released that they have arrested the man they believe to have been in charge of this attack. Mluleki Ndobe, a very powerful African National Congress… Read more »
This week, I had Sub-Saharan Africa. My article was focused around the escalated Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. To help control this outbreak, the World Bank Group and the Pandemic Emergency Facility (PEF) have been collecting and donating to the Congo. The main idea of these groups is to support governments and partners to help control… Read more »
My region for this week was Sub Saharan Africa, and an article that caught my eye this week regarded the Ethiopian Airlines. The Ethiopian Airlines pilot whose jet crashed killing 157 people had reported flight-control problems, Ethiopian Airlines said this Wednesday. The company is prepared to send the black boxes to Europe from a disaster that has rocked the global… Read more »
I find it interesting but not surprising that the UN wasn’t helpful in the attack in the Central African Republic. I’m not against the UN in any way, but I do wish they handled humanitarian crises better. They tend to turn a blind eye to a lot of things–for example, the Rwandan Genocide–because they don’t feel like handling it. I… Read more »
Cameroon recently arrested a losing candidate in their most recent presidential elections because of the candidate being adamant he won the elections. Although that has nothing to do with what the United Nations human rights chief has stated, Cameroon has a questionable human rights record. Geopolitically, the turmoil makes sense within Cameroon because of its location — Sub-Saharan Africa, but… Read more »
One of Africa’s most stable democracies, Senegal, recently had a presidential election. President Macky Sall won the election with 58% of the votes, not requiring a runoff election in March. Although Senegal is one of the most stable countries on the African continent, there were demonstrations during the campaigning period. There were less than ten casualties during the demonstrations. The… Read more »