Author: Lesley Nash

COP24 Wraps Up In Poland, But Is This Year’s Climate Summit Enough?

Negotiators in Katowice, Poland, completed a contentious two-week summit on Saturday, December 15, producing what has been called a “rulebook” for implementing the 2015 Paris climate agreement, reports The Guardian. This year’s Conference of Parties, otherwise referred to as the UN Climate Summits, was the 24th annual summit, and was primarily

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Push For Gender Parity In Ethiopia’s New Cabinet

On Tuesday October 16th, Abiy Ahmed, the reformist Prime Minister who rose to the post following the unexpected resignation of Hailemariam Desalegn, announced a new cabinet comprised of fifty percent women, according to the Washington Post. The announcement came at a meeting of the House of People’s Representatives- the Ethiopian

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Hundreds Of Separated Families Not Reunited By Court Deadline

Thursday July 26 marked the court-ordered deadline by which the U.S. government was to have reunited immigrant families separated at the U.S.-Mexico border. Although court filings note that roughly 1,400 families have already been reunited, by the end of the day on July 26 over 700 children had not been

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Santa Fe Shooting Marks 22nd U.S. School Shooting Of 2018

On Friday, May 18, a shooter opened fire at Santa Fe High School in Galveston County, Texas, killing 10 people and injuring at least 13, according to reports from NPR. This tragedy marks the most deadly shooting since the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High shooting in Parkland, Florida in February, in

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Voting Centre Attacks In Afghanistan Kill At Least 63

Multiple bombings at voter registration centers in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul and Pul-e-Khumri killed at least 63 people and wounded one hundred more, according to reports from Al Jazeera and BBC News. The first bomb, which detonated in Kabul at roughly 10 AM local time, killed 57 people, while the second,

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AFRICOM Confirms Most Recent Anti-Terror Strike In Somalia

On Friday, April 6th, United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) announced that its most recent airstrike in Somalia killed three members of al-Shabaab, according to the New York Times. The strike took place roughly 230 miles southwest of the capital Mogadishu, near the small town of Jilib, which is generally considered

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In Ethiopia, Ruling Coalition Names New Chairperson, Likely Prime Minister

Ethiopia’s ruling coalition, the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), has selected a new chairperson, the Washington Post reports. Dr. Abiy Ahmed, a founder of the Ethiopian government’s modern cyber-intelligence service and former minister of science and technology, is also set to become the country’s new prime minister. Dr. Ahmed

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Deadly Bomb Blasts In Northeast Nigeria

On Friday, February 16th, suicide bombers struck the small town of Konduga in northeastern Nigeria, killing at least 20 and injuring dozens more. Reports claim that, at about 9 p.m., three attackers set off explosive devices at a crowded fish market that served as a popular eatery and hangout spot

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