In the past few months, several mass shootings have occurred in the United States. The Supreme Court of the United States is feeling pressure from voices around the country to enact stricter gun control laws. As cited in the Gun Violence Archive, a mass shooting is defined as having at
On May 25th, North Korea test-fired three missiles off the east coast after U.S. President Joe Biden left the region after a five-day tour in Asia. The armed test occurred after Biden announced his promise to defend Seoul and Tokyo against Pyongyang, North Korea’s capital and largest city. Pyongyang has
Haiti, a Caribbean country, has been riddled with gang violence since the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse on July 7th, 2021. Rival gangs have recently forced hundreds of people to flee their homes, as tensions have been high between gang members in the neighbourhoods of Croix-des-Bouquets, Cité Soleil, Bas Delmas and
In 1973, the federal government granted constitutional protections of abortion rights to United States citizens. This landmark decision was known as Roe v. Wade; which aimed to protect a pregnant person’s free will to choose to have an abortion without excessive Government restriction. After this decision, many states had to
Mali, a country in West Africa, has been riddled with severe political, socio-economic, humanitarian, and human rights threats since approximately 2012. In March 2022, Malian armed forces executed hundreds of people with the help of Russian troops. The execution took place in the central Malian town of Moura. An estimated
On March 24th, approximately 7,000 Boko Haram troops and Islamic State West Africa Province members surrendered in Northeastern Nigeria. Boko Haram was originally centered in Maiduguri, but in 2014, the terrorist group was eventually pushed out of the city by the Civilian Joint Task Force and relocated to the countryside.
A two-month peace truce in Yemen, which initially took effect on April 2, 2022, recently added the ending of child-related war crimes to the ceasefire plan. Initially, the truce aimed to end the country’s devastating war between Yemen’s government and Houthi rebels; and both sides have agreed to halt military
Somalia has already struggled from three seasons of failed rains, thus leaving farmers and pastoralists worrying about a fourth drought season. Rains typically begin to occur during the spring months, in March or April. It has reportedly been the driest season in the last 40 years. Scholars believe that southern
A lack of funding for Bhasan Char, a refugee camp located on an island in the Bay of Bengal, has left refugees with limited basic humanitarian aid. Rohingya refugees are a community of Muslims that initially occupied Rakhine, a state in Myanmar (Burma). Elaine Chan, who was published in Britannica,
The UN Security Council has voted on March 17, 2022, that formal ties with Afghanistan must be established to ensure a secure formal presence in the country. A one-year mandate extension for the UN political mission was voted 14 in favour, with Russia being the one abstention. Norway introduced the
Many thought the Freedom Convoy had diminished. However, Freedom Convoy organizer James Bauder announced his plans to create a large convoy in Victoria, British Columbia, starting on March 14th. Bauder said the following on March 3rd: “We’re going to be occupying that area for two to three months…This is a
On March 1, 2022, the Canadian Federal Cabinet met on Parliament Hill early Tuesday morning to discuss the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine. Given the recent attacks from Russia, the Canadian government has decided to send an additional $100 million in humanitarian assistance to Ukraine. On Tuesday, the Transport Minister
On February 1st, 2022, António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, appealed to all parties in Ethiopia to end the conflict in the Tigray region and honour the Olympic Truce. The Olympic Truce urges armed conflicts to cease from January 28th to March 20th, 2022: this is the period during
