THE WORLD IS SADDER AND ANGRIER THAN EVER, MAJOR STUDY FINDS https://www.actionnewsnow.com/content/national/509105422.html?ref=422
The world is sad. Many have depression. The only good news is that stress is on a decline. Chad is rated as the most negative country in the world. Many African countries are on the list of most negative countries. Chad has had a depression in their economy due to a lack of oil it has to sell. Many citizens live in extreme poverty. On the other hand, Latin America has the happiest people in the world.
The 10 most negative countries were: Chad Niger Sierra Leone Iraq Iran Benin Liberia Guinea Palestinian Territories Congo
The second largest diamond was discovered in Botswana Africa. It's the size of a tennis ball and is 1,758 carats of uncut beauty. The largest diamond ever found was 3,106 carats found in Southern Africa during the early 1900's. When the largest one was found it was even before industrial mining for diamonds began.
157 children rescued from West Africa trafficking ring Two hundred and twenty-two people were saved from a sex and labor trafficking ring in West Africa. Of those, there were one hundred and fifty seven saved, some as young as the age of eleven. One child was found wheeling around bags of rice, weighing up to forty kilograms(around 88 pounds). There were around forty-seven people arrested, from not only Africa, but places like the Republic of Benin, Burkina Faso, Niger, Nigeria, and Togo. The victims who are children have either been put into shelters or brought back to their families. The amount of trafficking in Western Africa has been increasing over the years, and still proves to be one of the biggest challenges for officials. https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/25/africa/dozens-of-human-trafficking-rescued-africa-intl/index.html
Pope Calls For Refugees In Libya, Prays For S. Africa Flood Victims April 28, 2019 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - After his prayer during Regina Caeli mass, the Pope talked about the refugees in Libya. He understands the trouble they are going through and he is hoping those in detention centers can be released as soon as possible. 325 refugees were released from a UN detention center. The amount of violence has rose and an attack on the Libya capital has already been hit. While also praying for this massive crisis, he also talked about recent flooding in South Africa. He prays all will become will and other people joined him in the prayer. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - https://www.africanews.com/2019/04/28/pope-calls-for-evacuation-of-refugees-in-libya-prays-for-safrica-flood-victims/
Nigeria gunmen kidnap Shell workers and kill police guards https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-48075423 Thursday there was an attack on Shell 2 workers and 2 guards. Incidents like this are common in Nigeria. Both of the guards driving the car were killed by the gunman. The police said efforts are being made to find the two employees but their names and nationalities have not been released. Most of the time in hostage situations the gunman wants money or power of some sort.
Cyclone Kenneth hit Africa. The speed of the wind in the cyclone were 140mph. As the cyclone went over villages it ripped them apart. there is sever flooding in the areas affected. There has been more then 6ft of rain in those areas.
In Northern Mozambique A cyclone named Idai hit causing mass flooding. The cyclone came at a time where Northern Mozambique was already getting a lot of heavy rain and with all the water has no begin to damage mud homes, infrastructure and has trapped many people and sent thousands of people to leave to safe places.
Chadians feel 'anger, revolt' as they struggle without internet for one year https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/24/africa/chad-internet-shutdown-intl/index.html
Chad goes through a year-long period of social media blackout and internet censorship. The article talks of Salim Azim Assani, who runs an internet-based business and talks of his troubles operating within the country. "It's absolutely necessary to use VPN and very often we find ourselves abroad using it and only realize that we don't need it elsewhere," says Assani. VPNs, or Virtual Private Networks, are internet "tunnels" that allow people to bypass internet filters and tracking. According to CNN, the blackout started in March 2018 that is still happening to this day.
There are many who hope that the censorship will end at some point, but as of now, it seems that things will be staying this way for the foreseeable future.
Emma Air Zimbabwe's only working aircraft grounded after fire The only opening aircraft connected to Air Zimbabwe was connected to a small fire and was forced to be grounded. According to researchers, the aircraft has to be one of the hardest-working aeroplanes in the industry. The plane was to have suffered from a very minor malfunction to cause a fire in on the the pipes because of one of the fails in an engine. Investigations will be carried out to find the cause of the fire. After the fire, the plane continued and safetly landed to its destination. Air Zimbabwe is covered in major debts adding above $800m. https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-africa-48085575
Mozambique lashed by strongest tropical storm to hit region since records began Tropical Storm Kenneth is the strongest storm to hit the region since the records have been kept. In total, there have been nine deaths and that number is expected to rise. Storm watchers are predicting over 20 inches of rain, which will do numbers to flooding. Thousands of dollars of damage has already been recorded. https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/29/africa/mozambique-cyclone-kenneth-intl/index.html
One Belt, One Road, One Question: What’s the Big Deal?
The One Belt, One Road initiative is a Chinese plan to "Expand" trade, but that's simply incorrect. Here's what it really does. Government is poor countries, mostly Africa, take huge loans from the Chinese Communist Party(CCP) for infrastructure and helping to build their economy. Most of these countries end up not being able to pay it back, so the CCP takes their ports and resources as "compensation". This is not so much of a trade plan as it is a military expansion.
Interpol: 157 children rescued from West Africa trafficking ring https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/25/africa/dozens-of-human-trafficking-rescued-africa-intl/index.html
More than 220 people are rescued from a sex tracfficing. About 150 of them were children as young as 11 years old. This happened in West Africa. Most of the victums were abused and told they would never see there familes again. Most of them came form West African countries such as the Republic of Benin, Burkina Fasa, Niger, Nigeria, and Togo. The victims were forced to become sex workers.
Africa’s largest mosque has been completed with thanks to China For the last seven years, Algeria has been constructed a mosque. Algeria has spent over $1 billion on this mosque. The Great Mosque of Algiers was completed by the Chinese. A Chinese construction company won the bid for the completion of the mosque. Based on area, the mosque is the largest in all of Africa and third largest in the world! The mosque consists of a library, a school, a restaurant, an amphitheater, and a history center of Africa.
Prince Harry, Meghan planning a tour of Africa with baby Sussex in tow: Report https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Culture/prince-harry-meghan-planning-tour-africa-baby-sussex/story?id=62698548
Prince Harry and Meghan are due to have their first child any day now and reports say the couple has planned a tour of Africa in the fall which the baby may be coming with. Rumors say the plan is to wait 6 months after the baby is born and then travel and tour to multiple countries in Africa. Then the family will visit 2 or 3 nations that have ties to the U.K.. The countries have not been decided yet but will most likely be countries the couple has a close connection with. The trip is supposedly on behalf of the government. If their new child does travel to Africa with them he or she will be the youngest royal to travel on an official trip overseas beating Prince William and Kate's son, Prince George.
'We are students thanks to South Africa's #FeesMustFall protests' https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-47952787 Vuyo Ndata almost gave up hopes to go to a university, but thanks to protests for South African students to lower tuition fees he can now go. The protests worked and and he is now a two year undergrad at age 30. The government is paying for his tuition as they promised. The hashtag #FeesMustFall is the largest student protest since 1994.
https://www.newsweek.com/clues-ancient-migration-route-first-humans-out-africa-discovered-near-red-sea-1409602 We have found Ancient evidence that human originated from Africa. We found spear heads from an old old clan of the first walking humans that existent.
Cyclone Kenneth The storm had winds up to 140 mph category 4 hurricane. This is coming a month after the deadliest storm called tropical cyclone Idai. Kenneth is going to be the strongest cyclone to hit Mozambique in history. More then 20 inches of rain projected over 4 days. https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/25/africa/cyclone-kenneth-mozambique-evacuation-intl/index.html
UN rights chief: Libya fighting endangers thousands of lives. The human rights chief is concerned about the increase of deadly attacks in residential areas. She also concerned about the 3,350 people living in detention center by the conflict zones because there is a shortage of food and water. Some people in the detention centers are being forced to work for the militias that are controlling their centers. s.com/world/un-rights-chief-libya-fighting-endangers-thousands-of-lives
In Congo there has been a large outbreak of Ebola. Over 891 people have been killed in the last year in Congo from Ebola and 500 of been infected. There has been five different Ebola clinics have been full for the last two months with ebola patients. While one of the main doctors was helping a patients he caught Ebola and has died. In the last two months there has been 126 confirmed cases and that is the highest it has been since August of 2018.
A power cyclone had swept through Mozambique that destroyed thousands of homes and was the cause of many deaths. When the cyclone made landfall it had winds up to 140 mph. The cyclone left over 900 people dead. They had near to 6.5 ft of water. The cyclone is estimated to be the worst natural disaster that Mozambique has ever been hit by.
Nura Abdullahi: AS Roma's Nigerian forced to retire aged 21
The soccer career ends for Nura Abdullahi after medical check up. One of Africa's greatest soccer players went in for regular check up and due to heart problems is forced to "retire" early. Singed to join the Italian team until June 2021, but was forced to stop after heart complications. He has been playing sense the age of 15 switching from team to team. He is telling the news he will be coaching small african teams.
There was a diamond found in Botswana Africa it was the 2nd largest that was ever found.It was the size of a tennis ball.The largest one ever found there was 3,106-carat Cullinan found in south africa and it was found before industrial mining began.
A fashion designer by the name of Tapiwa Dingwiza was born in Zimbabwe. She recently released a collection which incorporates braille. When she was younger, she attended a school that also taught several blind students, which was part of her inspiration for her recent productions. She claims she wants the fashion to represent and honor blind people. Each design contains a personal and motivational message. Her collection is open to anyone who wishes to wear it and hopes to inspire others with her clothing.
Church attack in Burkina Faso killed 6. On Sunday April 29, 2019 gunshots were fired on a Protestant church in northern Burkina Faso. One pastor and five congregants were killed. The gunman is unidentified as of now. It's been the first attack since 2015 when violence started. The attack was around 1:00 PM when people were leaving the church after service. The attackers were on motorbikes Total of 350 people have been killed from hit-and-runs since 2015. Father Cesar Fernandez in February got shot from a hit-and-run and passed away. April 29, 2019 https://www.trtworld.com/africa/church-attack-in-burkina-faso-kills-6-26255
The dream of Biafra lives on in an underground Nigerian radio broadcast
Every evening at 5 groups of people goes inside their homes to listen to 102.1 FM radio. It opens with their anthem and someone says how are you. For an hour and a half, the people talk about the revival of an old dream to create a independent state called Biafra. Those behind the broadcast report live in a hidden location in Nigeria which is illegal. The government classifies them as a terrorist organization since 2017. The broadcasters leaders say they avoid violence and want a peaceful chat of the issue through a national poll. People who are caught listening to it are arrested and beaten, but people are willing to take the risk for hope.
There has been at least 28 Hippos that were found dead in Ethiopia's national park located in the southwest part of Africa. The name of the park is, Gibe Sheleko National Park, which is also part of the Gibe River. Behirwa Mega, who is the head of the park said that the hippos died sometime between April 14, 2019 and April 21, 2019 and she also said that the cause of their deaths are still unknown.
Hundreds of miners are trapped underground at a site in South Africa after an accident caused a shaft exit to become blocked. Some 1,800 miners are still trapped under the earth, with emergency services currently attending the scene at the mine. Food has been given to the trapped miners due to the fact that they don't know for sure how long it takes to get them out of the mine. https://news.sky.com/story/south-africa-hundreds-of-miners-trapped-underground-after-accident-11708069
Nigeria student arrested for 'drug trafficking' in Saudi Arabia freed
A woman named Zainab Aliyu was accused of smuggling 2,000 packs of a strong pain killer. Later, the Nigerian authorities found out that the drugs had been planted in her luggage by a criminal gang. Drug trafficking is a capitol offence in Saudi Arabia. Those that were found guilt, were executed. Aliyu's detention sparked many protests and with many supporters whon used the hashtag #FreeZeinab to help call for her release. Aliyu was arrested at her hotel in Medina by Saudi police last December, shortly after arriving and remained in detention until Tuesday.
In south Africa there was nearly 1,800 workers trapped underground at a platinum mine. They have now been brought to surface. Rails had fallen down a shaft on Tuesday afternoon. This left the workers stuck underground at the mine in Rustenburg in North West province. https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-africa-48085575?ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=twitter&ns_campaign=bbc_live&ns_linkname=5cc91fbbd30740067392ba86%26About%201%2C800%20workers%20trapped%20in%20SA%20mine%20rescued%262019-05-01T04%3A34%3A21.002Z&ns_fee=0&pinned_post_locator=urn:asset:16d8035e-37e6-4f5e-9bbf-fb4deead4581&pinned_post_asset_id=5cc91fbbd30740067392ba86&pinned_post_type=share
The olympic 800m champion Semenya who is 28 replied to CAS (Court of Arbitration for Sport) and the IAAF's comment when they said, "serious concerns as to the future practical application" regarding to the regulations. She responded with saying, "The IAAF have always targeted me specifically" With losing this appeal not only her but other women athletes with different sexual developments must change to another event or take medication. https://www.bbc.com/sport/athletics/48102479
Sudan's president Omar al-Bashir was moved to a nearby public jail Tuesday evening. Kober Prison is known for holding political "leaders" and having high security. He supposedly hid political prisoners. He has received five counts against humanity and two counts of war crime.
Widespread Testing Begins on Malaria Vaccine That Is Only Partly Effective Written: April 24, 2019 ----- Malaria is one of the highest causes of death of in Africa. Since 2009, 10,000 people have been given the "newest" vaccine but the results are not promising. The vaccine roughly has a 40% success rate, yet last week, those in the city of Malawi decided to take it one step farther. To expand knowledge, 360,000 people will be receiving the vaccine so there can be a definite answer concerning it's success. In order for this to happen, fifty million dollars has been donated, but it is unclear as to how funding will continue if this vaccine becomes more common. ----- https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/24/health/malaria-vaccine-malawi.html
South Africa elections: Charting divides 25 years after apartheid
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The quality of life may have improved for many South Africans since the landmark 1994 elections that ended white minority rule but huge inequalities remain. South Africa is Africa's industrialized economy, with industries ranging from agriculture, financial services, trade, tourism and a robust informal sector, is worth millions of dollars. Poverty and unemployment remain one of the country's main challenges. Between 2011 and 2015, the proportion of black and colored people in poverty increased. There are still millions living townships and squatters camps, and richer households are almost 10 times wealthier than poor households.
Google has been working towards a goal of having global AI First business. They have just placed a site in Africa. It has been stationed in Accra or Ghana'a capital city. It will help Africa with agriculture and other needs that African citizens require. Though mainly agriculture as that is a large problem that Africa faces.
There has been an uproar in Africa about a runner. The runner is a girl by the name of Caster Semenya. She has won gold medals in Berlin from being the fastest runner. She has a very supporting country, South Africa, behind he to cheer her on. She received a recognition of achievement from the President in 2014. Now the highest court in international sports has stated that females have to take hormone suppressants before a race. Semenya is going to challenge the court to block this from happening.
An art piece from former president Nelson Mandela is being auctioned off. The auction is taking place is South Africa and the piece is expected to sell for at least $60,000. The piece is called Cell Door and it resembles his time spent imprisoned. His daughter is the one who decided to sell the piece. She claims her dad painted and did art work because he didn't have anything much better to do, and it helped him come to terms with his life.
220 people were rescued from a sex and labor trafficking ring in West Africa. Of the 220, 157 were children, some as young as 11 years old. The vast majority of the victims were abused, beaten, and even told they would never see their families again. Many African countries are greatly affected by human trafficking. Another case included more than 20,000 Nigerian girls, who were sold to mining camps and hotels in Mali with the promise of getting jobs in hotels in Malaysia. https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/25/africa/dozens-of-human-trafficking-rescued-africa-intl/index.html
Female lorry drivers change gears in Ghana In Ghana a trucking company named Ladybird Logistics is employing only females. They currently have 21 women working for them. They drive 47 trucks filled with fuel to gold mines. They are hoping to start a new positive opinion about female truck drivers. One of the biggest problems they face is the road conditions not being very good. They are now planning to double in size and add 24 more trucks. https://www.news24.com/Africa/News/female-lorry-drivers-change-gears-in-ghana-20190501
There was an rare black african giraffie that got shot July 8 2018. The person who shot it was Tess Thomson Talley of Kentucky. She got over 3000 pounds of meat from the Giraffie. The giraffie was only 18 years old at this time they can no longer breed. But why would you shot a rare animal is the question. Maybe she was forced to by people or she got payed to do it if she wanted too.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/29/africa/liberian-activist-goldman-prize-intl/index.html This Liberian lawyer named Alfred Brownell stopped who was going to destroying the tropical forest. Alfred Brownell is 53 years old. They were going to destroy over half a million acres. Alfred Brownell got a goldmen environment prize for saving the tropical forest.
South Africa elections: Charting divides 25 years after apartheid Posted May 2nd, 2019 South Africa is starting to divide after the apartheid ended 25 years ago led by Nelson Mandela. Even though South Africa's economy is #1 in Africa, the poverty and unemployment rating is still very high for the black Africans in the country. It is at 64.2% and has been on the rise since 2011. Sources say the country is starting to divide because racial discrimination is at a record high along with help from the government at a record low. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-48050197
There was an ebola outbreak in congo Africa the brought 27 new cases in one day. They said this was the second deadliest virus in history. They had an outbreak back in August that had 126 cases. 948 people have died and 415 have survived/ cured.
There were two females murdered on a hiking trail, both bodies were found with there heads chopped off. The case was from last year in December. There were 24 people put on trial for the murder. Three men were accused of the . murder and got handed the death penalty. The name of the two women that were murdered are Maren Ueland and Louisa Vesterager.
Scandinavian Hiker Murdered Vesterager Jespersen and Maren Ueland had been studying nature. They had been getting to close to a colonial. A group of men banded together to kill the girls. There were 24 men in the group. They all lined up down the trail to sneak up on the girls. Only three of the 24 men went to trial and have been sentenced the death penalty. One guy on the group had turned in a video of them surrounding the girls. In the video they joked about the kills then beheaded Ueland first and made Jespersen watch. Both girls were in their early 20's. The court call for death penalty was called this morning and the girls were found dead December 17. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-48132880
Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge ran the second fastest marathon in history to win the 2019 London Marathon for a fourth time. Eliud Kipchoge Is a long distance marathon runner form Kenya who after participating In the London marathon for a fourth time comes in first. The runner ran an exactly same time for the first half of the event, but ended up beating his time in the second half by a very large margin. Eliud Kipchoge has won 11 of his last 12 marathons with the ony loss coming in Berlin in 2013. Another African marathon runner also won, but not to this extent.
"At least 28 hippos found dead in Ethiopia's national park" April 23, 2019 In Gibe Sheleko National Park there were 28 hippos found dead. It has not been determined what happened to the hippos, but their death is a major concern. Hippos are considered vunerable right now. The park only has about 200 hippos and there are only between 115,000 and 130,000 hippos thought to be across the globe. There are many things that threaten the hippo population including pouching, habitat loss, and illness. Making sure they figure out what happened and how to prevent the deaths of any more of the hippos is very important.
THE WORLD IS SADDER AND ANGRIER THAN EVER, MAJOR STUDY FINDS
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The world is sad. Many have depression. The only good news is that stress is on a decline. Chad is rated as the most negative country in the world. Many African countries are on the list of most negative countries. Chad has had a depression in their economy due to a lack of oil it has to sell. Many citizens live in extreme poverty. On the other hand, Latin America has the happiest people in the world.
The 10 most negative countries were:
Chad
Niger
Sierra Leone
Iraq
Iran
Benin
Liberia
Guinea
Palestinian Territories
Congo
The Second Largest Diamond Found!
ReplyDeleteThe second largest diamond was discovered in Botswana Africa. It's the size of a tennis ball and is 1,758 carats of uncut beauty. The largest diamond ever found was 3,106 carats found in Southern Africa during the early 1900's. When the largest one was found it was even before industrial mining for diamonds began.
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157 children rescued from West Africa trafficking ring
ReplyDeleteTwo hundred and twenty-two people were saved from a sex and labor trafficking ring in West Africa. Of those, there were one hundred and fifty seven saved, some as young as the age of eleven. One child was found wheeling around bags of rice, weighing up to forty kilograms(around 88 pounds). There were around forty-seven people arrested, from not only Africa, but places like the Republic of Benin, Burkina Faso, Niger, Nigeria, and Togo. The victims who are children have either been put into shelters or brought back to their families. The amount of trafficking in Western Africa has been increasing over the years, and still proves to be one of the biggest challenges for officials.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/25/africa/dozens-of-human-trafficking-rescued-africa-intl/index.html
Pope Calls For Refugees In Libya, Prays For S. Africa Flood Victims
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After his prayer during Regina Caeli mass, the Pope talked about the refugees in Libya. He understands the trouble they are going through and he is hoping those in detention centers can be released as soon as possible. 325 refugees were released from a UN detention center. The amount of violence has rose and an attack on the Libya capital has already been hit. While also praying for this massive crisis, he also talked about recent flooding in South Africa. He prays all will become will and other people joined him in the prayer.
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Nigeria gunmen kidnap Shell workers and kill police guards
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Thursday there was an attack on Shell 2 workers and 2 guards. Incidents like this are common in Nigeria. Both of the guards driving the car were killed by the gunman. The police said efforts are being made to find the two employees but their names and nationalities have not been released. Most of the time in hostage situations the gunman wants money or power of some sort.
Cyclone Kenneth hit Africa. The speed of the wind in the cyclone were 140mph. As the cyclone went over villages it ripped them apart. there is sever flooding in the areas affected. There has been more then 6ft of rain in those areas.
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In Northern Mozambique A cyclone named Idai hit causing mass flooding. The cyclone came at a time where Northern Mozambique was already getting a lot of heavy rain and with all the water has no begin to damage mud homes, infrastructure and has trapped many people and sent thousands of people to leave to safe places.
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Chadians feel 'anger, revolt' as they struggle without internet for one year
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Chad goes through a year-long period of social media blackout and internet censorship. The article talks of Salim Azim Assani, who runs an internet-based business and talks of his troubles operating within the country. "It's absolutely necessary to use VPN and very often we find ourselves abroad using it and only realize that we don't need it elsewhere," says Assani. VPNs, or Virtual Private Networks, are internet "tunnels" that allow people to bypass internet filters and tracking. According to CNN, the blackout started in March 2018 that is still happening to this day.
There are many who hope that the censorship will end at some point, but as of now, it seems that things will be staying this way for the foreseeable future.
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The only opening aircraft connected to Air Zimbabwe was connected to a small fire and was forced to be grounded. According to researchers, the aircraft has to be one of the hardest-working aeroplanes in the industry. The plane was to have suffered from a very minor malfunction to cause a fire in on the the pipes because of one of the fails in an engine. Investigations will be carried out to find the cause of the fire. After the fire, the plane continued and safetly landed to its destination. Air Zimbabwe is covered in major debts adding above $800m.
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-africa-48085575
Mozambique lashed by strongest tropical storm to hit region since records began
ReplyDeleteTropical Storm Kenneth is the strongest storm to hit the region since the records have been kept. In total, there have been nine deaths and that number is expected to rise. Storm watchers are predicting over 20 inches of rain, which will do numbers to flooding. Thousands of dollars of damage has already been recorded.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/29/africa/mozambique-cyclone-kenneth-intl/index.html
One Belt, One Road, One Question: What’s the Big Deal?
ReplyDeleteThe One Belt, One Road initiative is a Chinese plan to "Expand" trade, but that's simply incorrect. Here's what it really does. Government is poor countries, mostly Africa, take huge loans from the Chinese Communist Party(CCP) for infrastructure and helping to build their economy. Most of these countries end up not being able to pay it back, so the CCP takes their ports and resources as "compensation". This is not so much of a trade plan as it is a military expansion.
https://www.gzeromedia.com/one-belt-one-road-one-question-whats-the-big-deal
Interpol: 157 children rescued from West Africa trafficking ring
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More than 220 people are rescued from a sex tracfficing. About 150 of them were children as young as 11 years old. This happened in West Africa. Most of the victums were abused and told they would never see there familes again. Most of them came form West African countries such as the Republic of Benin, Burkina Fasa, Niger, Nigeria, and Togo. The victims were forced to become sex workers.
Africa’s largest mosque has been completed with thanks to China
ReplyDeleteFor the last seven years, Algeria has been constructed a mosque. Algeria has spent over $1 billion on this mosque. The Great Mosque of Algiers was completed by the Chinese. A Chinese construction company won the bid for the completion of the mosque. Based on area, the mosque is the largest in all of Africa and third largest in the world! The mosque consists of a library, a school, a restaurant, an amphitheater, and a history center of Africa.
https://qz.com/africa/1606739/china-completes-africas-largest-mosque-in-algeria/
Prince Harry, Meghan planning a tour of Africa with baby Sussex in tow: Report
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Prince Harry and Meghan are due to have their first child any day now and reports say the couple has planned a tour of Africa in the fall which the baby may be coming with. Rumors say the plan is to wait 6 months after the baby is born and then travel and tour to multiple countries in Africa. Then the family will visit 2 or 3 nations that have ties to the U.K.. The countries have not been decided yet but will most likely be countries the couple has a close connection with. The trip is supposedly on behalf of the government. If their new child does travel to Africa with them he or she will be the youngest royal to travel on an official trip overseas beating Prince William and Kate's son, Prince George.
'We are students thanks to South Africa's #FeesMustFall protests'
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Vuyo Ndata almost gave up hopes to go to a university, but thanks to protests for South African students to lower tuition fees he can now go. The protests worked and and he is now a two year undergrad at age 30. The government is paying for his tuition as they promised. The hashtag #FeesMustFall is the largest student protest since 1994.
https://www.newsweek.com/clues-ancient-migration-route-first-humans-out-africa-discovered-near-red-sea-1409602
ReplyDeleteWe have found Ancient evidence that human originated from Africa. We found spear heads from an old old clan of the first walking humans that existent.
Cyclone Kenneth
ReplyDeleteThe storm had winds up to 140 mph category 4 hurricane. This is coming a month after the deadliest storm called tropical cyclone Idai. Kenneth is going to be the strongest cyclone to hit Mozambique in history. More then 20 inches of rain projected over 4 days.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/25/africa/cyclone-kenneth-mozambique-evacuation-intl/index.html
UN rights chief: Libya fighting endangers thousands of lives.
ReplyDeleteThe human rights chief is concerned about the increase of deadly attacks in residential areas. She also concerned about the 3,350 people living in detention center by the conflict zones because there is a shortage of food and water. Some people in the detention centers are being forced to work for the militias that are controlling their centers.
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DeleteIn Congo there has been a large outbreak of Ebola. Over 891 people have been killed in the last year in Congo from Ebola and 500 of been infected. There has been five different Ebola clinics have been full for the last two months with ebola patients. While one of the main doctors was helping a patients he caught Ebola and has died. In the last two months there has been 126 confirmed cases and that is the highest it has been since August of 2018.
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Cyclone Kenneth aftermath.
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A power cyclone had swept through Mozambique that destroyed thousands of homes and was the cause of many deaths. When the cyclone made landfall it had winds up to 140 mph. The cyclone left over 900 people dead. They had near to 6.5 ft of water. The cyclone is estimated to be the worst natural disaster that Mozambique has ever been hit by.
Nura Abdullahi: AS Roma's Nigerian forced to retire aged 21
ReplyDeleteThe soccer career ends for Nura Abdullahi after medical check up. One of Africa's greatest soccer players went in for regular check up and due to heart problems is forced to "retire" early. Singed to join the Italian team until June 2021, but was forced to stop after heart complications. He has been playing sense the age of 15 switching from team to team. He is telling the news he will be coaching small african teams.
https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/48108467
There was a diamond found in Botswana Africa it was the 2nd largest that was ever found.It was the size of a tennis ball.The largest one ever found there was 3,106-carat Cullinan found in south africa and it was found before industrial mining began.
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"My fashion designs contain braille messages"
ReplyDeleteA fashion designer by the name of Tapiwa Dingwiza was born in Zimbabwe. She recently released a collection which incorporates braille. When she was younger, she attended a school that also taught several blind students, which was part of her inspiration for her recent productions. She claims she wants the fashion to represent and honor blind people. Each design contains a personal and motivational message. Her collection is open to anyone who wishes to wear it and hopes to inspire others with her clothing.
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-africa-48067445/my-fashion-designs-contain-braille-messages
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DeleteChurch attack in Burkina Faso killed 6.
ReplyDeleteOn Sunday April 29, 2019 gunshots were fired on a Protestant church in northern Burkina Faso. One pastor and five congregants were killed. The gunman is unidentified as of now. It's been the first attack since 2015 when violence started. The attack was around 1:00 PM when people were leaving the church after service. The attackers were on motorbikes Total of 350 people have been killed from hit-and-runs since 2015. Father Cesar Fernandez in February got shot from a hit-and-run and passed away.
April 29, 2019
https://www.trtworld.com/africa/church-attack-in-burkina-faso-kills-6-26255
The dream of Biafra lives on in an underground Nigerian radio broadcast
ReplyDeleteEvery evening at 5 groups of people goes inside their homes to listen to 102.1 FM radio. It opens with their anthem and someone says how are you. For an hour and a half, the people talk about the revival of an old dream to create a independent state called Biafra. Those behind the broadcast report live in a hidden location in Nigeria which is illegal. The government classifies them as a terrorist organization since 2017. The broadcasters leaders say they avoid violence and want a peaceful chat of the issue through a national poll. People who are caught listening to it are arrested and beaten, but people are willing to take the risk for hope.
https://www.latimes.com/world/africa/la-fg-nigeria-war-legacy-20190430-story.html
There has been at least 28 Hippos that were found dead in Ethiopia's national park located in the southwest part of Africa. The name of the park is, Gibe Sheleko National Park, which is also part of the Gibe River. Behirwa Mega, who is the head of the park said that the hippos died sometime between April 14, 2019 and April 21, 2019 and she also said that the cause of their deaths are still unknown.
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Hundreds of miners are trapped underground at a site in South Africa after an accident caused a shaft exit to become blocked. Some 1,800 miners are still trapped under the earth, with emergency services currently attending the scene at the mine. Food has been given to the trapped miners due to the fact that they don't know for sure how long it takes to get them out of the mine.
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Nigeria student arrested for 'drug trafficking' in Saudi Arabia freed
ReplyDeleteA woman named Zainab Aliyu was accused of smuggling 2,000 packs of a strong pain killer. Later, the Nigerian authorities found out that the drugs had been planted in her luggage by a criminal gang. Drug trafficking is a capitol offence in Saudi Arabia. Those that were found guilt, were executed. Aliyu's detention sparked many protests and with many supporters whon used the hashtag #FreeZeinab to help call for her release. Aliyu was arrested at her hotel in Medina by Saudi police last December, shortly after arriving and remained in detention until Tuesday.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-48107591
In south Africa there was nearly 1,800 workers trapped underground at a platinum mine. They have now been brought to surface. Rails had fallen down a shaft on Tuesday afternoon. This left the workers stuck underground at the mine in Rustenburg in North West province.
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Caster Semenya: Olympic 800m champion loses appeal against IAAF testosterone rules
ReplyDeleteThe olympic 800m champion Semenya who is 28 replied to CAS (Court of Arbitration for Sport) and the IAAF's comment when they said, "serious concerns as to the future practical application" regarding to the regulations. She responded with saying, "The IAAF have always targeted me specifically" With losing this appeal not only her but other women athletes with different sexual developments must change to another event or take medication.
https://www.bbc.com/sport/athletics/48102479
Sudan's Bashir transferred to jail...
ReplyDeleteSudan's president Omar al-Bashir was moved to a nearby public jail Tuesday evening. Kober Prison is known for holding political "leaders" and having high security. He supposedly hid political prisoners. He has received five counts against humanity and two counts of war crime.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/17/africa/bashir-sudan-maximum-security-prison-intl/index.html
Widespread Testing Begins on Malaria Vaccine That Is Only Partly Effective
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Malaria is one of the highest causes of death of in Africa. Since 2009, 10,000 people have been given the "newest" vaccine but the results are not promising. The vaccine roughly has a 40% success rate, yet last week, those in the city of Malawi decided to take it one step farther. To expand knowledge, 360,000 people will be receiving the vaccine so there can be a definite answer concerning it's success. In order for this to happen, fifty million dollars has been donated, but it is unclear as to how funding will continue if this vaccine becomes more common.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/24/health/malaria-vaccine-malawi.html
South Africa elections: Charting divides 25 years after apartheid
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The quality of life may have improved for many South Africans since the landmark 1994 elections that ended white minority rule but huge inequalities remain. South Africa is Africa's industrialized economy, with industries ranging from agriculture, financial services, trade, tourism and a robust informal sector, is worth millions of dollars. Poverty and unemployment remain one of the country's main challenges. Between 2011 and 2015, the proportion of black and colored people in poverty increased. There are still millions living townships and squatters camps, and richer households are almost 10 times wealthier than poor households.
Google has been working towards a goal of having global AI First business. They have just placed a site in Africa. It has been stationed in Accra or Ghana'a capital city. It will help Africa with agriculture and other needs that African citizens require. Though mainly agriculture as that is a large problem that Africa faces.
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There has been an uproar in Africa about a runner. The runner is a girl by the name of Caster Semenya. She has won gold medals in Berlin from being the fastest runner. She has a very supporting country, South Africa, behind he to cheer her on. She received a recognition of achievement from the President in 2014. Now the highest court in international sports has stated that females have to take hormone suppressants before a race. Semenya is going to challenge the court to block this from happening.
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An art piece from former president Nelson Mandela is being auctioned off. The auction is taking place is South Africa and the piece is expected to sell for at least $60,000. The piece is called Cell Door and it resembles his time spent imprisoned. His daughter is the one who decided to sell the piece. She claims her dad painted and did art work because he didn't have anything much better to do, and it helped him come to terms with his life.
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220 people were rescued from a sex and labor trafficking ring in West Africa. Of the 220, 157 were children, some as young as 11 years old. The vast majority of the victims were abused, beaten, and even told they would never see their families again. Many African countries are greatly affected by human trafficking. Another case included more than 20,000 Nigerian girls, who were sold to mining camps and hotels in Mali with the promise of getting jobs in hotels in Malaysia.
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Female lorry drivers change gears in Ghana
ReplyDeleteIn Ghana a trucking company named Ladybird Logistics is employing only females. They currently have 21 women working for them. They drive 47 trucks filled with fuel to gold mines. They are hoping to start a new positive opinion about female truck drivers. One of the biggest problems they face is the road conditions not being very good. They are now planning to double in size and add 24 more trucks.
https://www.news24.com/Africa/News/female-lorry-drivers-change-gears-in-ghana-20190501
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/03/world/africa/woman-kills-giraffe.html
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There was an rare black african giraffie that got shot July 8 2018. The person who shot it was Tess Thomson Talley of Kentucky. She got over 3000 pounds of meat from the Giraffie. The giraffie was only 18 years old at this time they can no longer breed. But why would you shot a rare animal is the question. Maybe she was forced to by people or she got payed to do it if she wanted too.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/29/africa/liberian-activist-goldman-prize-intl/index.html
ReplyDeleteThis Liberian lawyer named Alfred Brownell stopped who was going to destroying the tropical forest. Alfred Brownell is 53 years old. They were going to destroy over half a million acres. Alfred Brownell got a goldmen environment prize for saving the tropical forest.
South Africa elections: Charting divides 25 years after apartheid
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South Africa is starting to divide after the apartheid ended 25 years ago led by Nelson Mandela. Even though South Africa's economy is #1 in Africa, the poverty and unemployment rating is still very high for the black Africans in the country. It is at 64.2% and has been on the rise since 2011. Sources say the country is starting to divide because racial discrimination is at a record high along with help from the government at a record low.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-48050197
There was an ebola outbreak in congo Africa the brought 27 new cases in one day. They said this was the second deadliest virus in history. They had an outbreak back in August that had 126 cases. 948 people have died and 415 have survived/ cured.
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There were two females murdered on a hiking trail, both bodies were found with there heads chopped off. The case was from last year in December. There were 24 people put on trial for the murder. Three men were accused of the . murder and got handed the death penalty. The name of the two women that were murdered are Maren Ueland and Louisa Vesterager.
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Scandinavian Hiker Murdered
ReplyDeleteVesterager Jespersen and Maren Ueland had been studying nature. They had been getting to close to a colonial. A group of men banded together to kill the girls. There were 24 men in the group. They all lined up down the trail to sneak up on the girls. Only three of the 24 men went to trial and have been sentenced the death penalty. One guy on the group had turned in a video of them surrounding the girls. In the video they joked about the kills then beheaded Ueland first and made Jespersen watch. Both girls were in their early 20's. The court call for death penalty was called this morning and the girls were found dead December 17.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-48132880
Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge ran the second fastest marathon in history to win the 2019 London Marathon for a fourth time.
ReplyDeleteEliud Kipchoge Is a long distance marathon runner form Kenya who after participating In the London marathon for a fourth time comes in first. The runner ran an exactly same time for the first half of the event, but ended up beating his time in the second half by a very large margin. Eliud Kipchoge has won 11 of his last 12 marathons with the ony loss coming in Berlin in 2013. Another African marathon runner also won, but not to this extent.
"At least 28 hippos found dead in Ethiopia's national park"
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In Gibe Sheleko National Park there were 28 hippos found dead. It has not been determined what happened to the hippos, but their death is a major concern. Hippos are considered vunerable right now. The park only has about 200 hippos and there are only between 115,000 and 130,000 hippos thought to be across the globe. There are many things that threaten the hippo population including pouching, habitat loss, and illness. Making sure they figure out what happened and how to prevent the deaths of any more of the hippos is very important.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/23/africa/hippopotamuses-dead-in-ethiopia-park-intl/index.html