Month: July 2022
Albania and North Macedonia welcome to European Union
The return of traditional warfare on European soil sharpened minds across EU capitals and talks of enlargement reignited again as Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia all swiftly put in their own bids to join. The slow accession process of North Macedonia and Albania and of other Western Balkans countries including Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro and
Chinese filmmaker to face racism in Malawi
In June, the Chinese national wanted in Malawi for filming children singing racist chants in Chinese was arrested in neighbouring Zambia. Zambian authorities have extradited a Chinese filmmaker to neighbouring Malawi to face charges relating to racism and child exploitation. The news sparked outrage in Malawi, with various rights organisations holding street protests and presenting
profiteering during inflation
High inflation is providing companies with an excuse to telegraph price increases during earnings calls, reducing market competition and compounding the pain for consumers. The worldwide trend of high inflation, which has led to unrest and labor protests in numerous countries, is caused by larger disruptions in the global economy resulting from the coronavirus pandemic.
Head of the Security Service of Ukraine fired
Head of the Security Service of Ukraine was fired from his position at the helm of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) by a comfortable majority. Ukraine’s parliament dismissed the domestic security chief and prosecutor general on Tuesday, two days after President Volodymyr Zelenskiy suspended them for failing to root out Russian spies. The head
Forced displacement since Ukraine invasion
The invasion of Ukraine triggered the fastest forced-displacement crisis since World War II which, in conjunction with other emergency situations in Afghanistan, Africa and elsewhere. Climbing trends of global displacement will continue unless the international community makes a “new, concerted push towards peacemaking. On top of conflict, food scarcity, inflation and the climate crisis have
Sri Lanka and IMF
Over the years, Sri Lanka had built up a huge amount of debt – last month, it became the first country in the Asia Pacific region in 20 years to default on foreign debt. Sri Lanka is in the midst of a deep and unprecedented economic crisis that has sparked huge protests and seen its
Marburg virus
Ghana has confirmed its first two cases of the deadly Marburg virus, a highly infectious disease in the same family as the virus that causes Ebola. The virus is transmitted to people from fruit bats and spreads between humans through the transmission of bodily fluids. Health officials in the West African nation say 98 people
Stepped up attacks on Ukraine
Russia’s military campaign has been focusing on the eastern Donbas, but the new attacks hit areas in the north and south as well. Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, has seen especially severe bombardments in recent days, with Ukrainian officials and local commanders voicing fears that a second full-scale Russian assault on the northern city may be
Balloons “with covid-19” from South Korea to North Korea
North Korean defectors in the South have dismissed accusations from Pyongyang that balloons floated over the border and carrying medicines, cash and propaganda messages are the cause of the coronavirus pandemic in the North. Human rights groups have vowed to continue their campaign to deliver medicine and information to North Korea amid a COVID outbreak.
United states threat to end Iran nuclear project
Tehran has responded to Joe Biden’s threat to end its nuclear programme by force if necessary to prevent the country from obtaining a nuclear weapon and sanctioned dozens of current and former US officials. The move, which is almost entirely symbolic and will have little to no effect given that no one targeted by the