Africa
Nine years ago, I followed closely the Libyan revolution as
Muammar Gaddafi was forcibly removed as colonel, and the European Union has
agreed to begin a naval and air mission to reduce the violence and destruction
between factions by restraining the trade of weapons to Libya.[1]
Interestingly, the Libyan National Army destroyed a Turkish ship bearing
weapons and ammunition at the port of Tripoli. The cargo was intended for the
Government of National Accord, seeking control over the country of Libya, who
are one of three entities. The third are faction of tribesman and other
militias. The Government of National Accord is the second most powerful entity;
however, their territory is mostly the Northwest coast.[2]
A violent militia in eastern
Democratic Republic of the Congo attacks the Beni village of Manzahalo, burning
ten houses down, and killing ten people. The Allied Democratic Forces is the
name of the militia. They originated in Uganda as a rebel group, opposing
President Yoweri Museveni; however, they were pushed out of the country. The
militia is slowly being dismantled as five of six of the six senior commanders
have been killed, and forty ADF men were detained last Wednesday.[3]
In Niger, a refugee camp, a
majority of whom may be from Nigeria due to the ten year insurgency of Boko
Haram, gave into a stampede on arrival of food and goods at a distribution,
killing about 20 people. The people who did not get supplies on Sunday
stampeded during Monday’s delivery.[4]
Zimbabwe’s management of
foreign and their currency required their reserve bank to “approve the payment
of $1.2 billion of legacy debt. My understanding of legacy debt is that this
will be on the books for a long time in order pay off many debts of “foreign
entities, including airlines, and fuel and grain suppliers,” which will
probably be paid off by taxes.[5]
America
Another woman was in the rise
of femicide troubles Mexico City. The body of a 7 year old girl was found dead over
the weekend “wrapped in a bag and abandoned in a rural area on Saturday” after
she went missing, being picked up from school from an unknown person.[6]
Asia
A super-spreader of the
Coronavirus in Singapore attended a church called the Grace Assembly of God
infecting 21 people.[7]
China has long been resisting the Uighur population in Xinjiang.
Documentation has been exposed that one man was sent to “re-education camp” as
fifteen other family members were being monitored, since the man grew a long
beard. The documents state that they are “infected with religious and extremist ideas.” Beards are not the only
extreme idea. The internment camps’ documentation also found that they have too
many children. Hundreds have been delivered to a camp called Karakax. The
resistance against the Uighur Muslims claims that they are terrorists. The
people have been known to be subjected to torture, medical experiments, and
gang rape. Nearly 2 million have been held in internment camps since 2014.[8]
Today the South-North Unification Party in South Korea was launched
by a group of North Korean refugees and defectors. They hope to represent about
33.5 thousand defectors. They are preparing for elections in April as the
minority group is neglected, where a notable situation ended in the death of a
family of three North Koreans, who were “denied government benefits”. One
thousand people successfully defected from North Korea last year. The party
opposes some of South Korea’s policies to resolve disputes with North Korea.
The day after the Thailand
military transferred order to maintain safety of the area affected by the rogue
soldier’s mall mass shooting, another mall shooting in Bangkok kills one,
injuring another. This shooter did not hold hostages like the previous one;
however, he fled. The shooter was not apprehended at the time of this report.[9]
The shooting was not in relation with previous shooting. Jealousy inspired the
murder of the woman at the conclusion of Valentine’s Day weekend.[10]
Europe
Five Ukrainian soldiers were injured, one of whom, suffering death
in a fight with separatists backed by Russia. Russia denies the accusation of
supporting separatists in Donbass by “Ukraine, West countries, and Nato.” The
separatist group appears to have lines or territory protected by mines as the
front was not claimed as aggression by either side.[11]
Middle East
Afghanistan released their presidential election result after four
months from the voting date, announcing that Ashraf Ghani won his second six
year term. He studied anthropology in Columbia University, obtaining a
doctorate degree there, and he was an adviser to Afghanistan’s UN
secretary-general, president Hamid Karzi, and the World Bank; but in a senior
position.[12]
He “played an important part in the economic upturn of the country after the
fall of the Taliban government.”[13]
The poor province of
Balochistan, Pakistan breeds extremism as they face “Islamist, separatist and
sectarian insurgents.” A suicide explosion near the police vehicle in the
province’s capital city of Quetta on Monday killed two of the police.[14]
[1] Erianger, Steven. “With Libya Still at
War, E.U. Agrees to Try Blocking Weapon Flow.” The New York Times, 17 Feb. 2020,
www.nytimes.com/2020/02/17/world/europe/libya-eu-arms-blockade.html.
[2] Serrieh, Joanne, and Tommy Hilton.
“Turkish Ship Carrying Weapons Targeted by LNA in Tripoli Port.” Al Arabiya English, 18 Feb. 2020,
english.alarabiya.net/en/News/north-africa/2020/02/18/Libyan-Army-targets-Turkish-ship-carrying-weapons-in-Tripoli-port.html.
[3] “Ten Dead in Attack in Eastern DR
Congo's Beni Region.” Yahoo!, AFP, 18 Feb. 2020,
news.yahoo.com/ten-dead-attack-eastern-dr-congos-beni-region-001109425.html.
[4] Mamane, Dalatou. “At Least 20 Killed in
Stampede for Food at Refugee Camp in Niger.” Independent,
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/niger-refugee-camp-stampede-death-toll-boko-haram-a9341681.html.
[5] Ndlovu, Ray. “Zimbabwe Central Bank to
Settle $1.2 Billion of Legacy Debt.” Bloomberg, 17 Feb. 2020,
www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-02-17/zimbabwe-central-bank-to-settle-1-2-billion-of-legacy-debt.
[6] “Killing of 7-Year-Old Stokes Anger in
Mexico over Femicides.” Houston
Chronicle, AP, 18 Feb.
2020,
www.chron.com/news/crime/article/Killing-of-7-year-old-girl-stokes-anger-in-Mexico-15062430.php.
[7] Khalik, Salma. “Coronavirus: 4 New Cases
Including 3 Linked to Grace Assembly of God Church; 21 Cases Now Linked to the
Cluster.” The Straits Times, Singapore Press Holdings Ltd. Co.
Regn., 18 Feb. 2020, www.straitstimes.com/singapore/health/coronavirus-4-new-cases-including-3-linked-to-grace-assembly-of-god-church-21-cases.
[8] Stubley, Peter. “China’s Uighur Muslims
Detained for Growing Beards and Having Too Many Babies, Leaked Document
Reveals.” Independent, www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/uighur-muslims-china-camps-beards-babies-xinjiang-karakax-a9341196.html.
[9] “Gunman Kills One Person at Bangkok Mall
Days after Mass Shooting.” Al
Jazeera, 18 Feb. 2020,
www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/02/gunman-kills-person-bangkok-mall-days-mass-shooting-200218101754977.html.
[10] “Police Say 'Jealousy' between Ex-Lovers
behind Latest Thai Mall Shooting .” The
Star, 18 Feb. 2020,
www.thestar.com.my/news/regional/2020/02/18/police-say-039jealousy039-between-ex-lovers-behind-latest-thai-mall-shooting.
[11] Zinets, Natalia, and Andrew Osborn.
“Fighting Erupts in Eastern Ukraine, Kyiv and Russian-Backed Separatists Trade
Blame.” The Globe and Mail, Reuters, 18 Feb. 2020,
www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-fighting-erupts-in-eastern-ukraine-kyiv-and-russian-backed.
[12] “Afghan President Ashraf Ghani Wins
Second Term, Election Commission Confirms.” NBC News, Associated Press, 18 Feb. 2020,
www.nbcnews.com/news/world/afghan-president-ashraf-ghani-wins-second-term-election-commission-confirms-n1137951.
[13] “Ashraf Ghani Biography.” TheFamousPeople.com, 31 Oct. 2017,
www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/ashraf-ghani-6925.php.
[14] “Pakistan’s Quetta Rocked by Suicide
Blast, Hours after PM Imran Khan Claims to Have Driven out Militants.” South China Morning Post, AFP, 17 Feb. 2020, www.scmp.com/news/asia/south-asia/article/3051044/pakistans-quetta-rocked-suicide-blast-hours-after-pm-imran.
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