African Area Studies

http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/27/middleeast/egypt-sinai-mosque-massacre-witnesses/index.html Friday the 18th became a devastating day for over 300 Egyptians that were practicing their religion in Egypt's al Rawda Mosque. Five SUV's had appeared at the mosque before the killing spree had taken place. Later the attackers stepped out with large guns and dressed in army fatigues before piling into  the mosque and opened fire over the victims for about an hour. These men have been described in affiliation with terrorist group ISIS due to some of the attackers wearing the symbol that represents ISIS. This devastating event did not end until men from Egypt's army travelled to the scene to stop the historical massacre, but in the process of doing so many were killed from running out of ammo. It has been reported that 27 of the victims killed in the mosque were children. So far it is unknown on the actual perpetrators that attacked the mosque but, because it is assumed to have been I

http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/21/africa/un-security-council-libya-slave-trade/index.html Recently there was a leak on CNN of the slave auctions happening in Libya. The video shows 12 Nigerians being priced at 400 Libyan daughters then sold to their anonymous buyer. Protests have been going on in Paris where many people are reacting to the news. Because of the leak, the United Nations security council called a meeting about the travesties happening in Libya. So far men that represent the UN have spoken up about the issue, and there is an investigation going on but, there aren't any laws that have been created to defeat what's going on. This auction is also happening in nine other places in Libya. Even though it is still in investigation, the UN is becoming more secure about their human trafficking and slavery laws. The slavery crimes happening in Libya currently are persuading other countries on laws of immigration and allowing immigrants to migrate into their areas.

https://www.hrw.org/report/2017/11/14/working-robot/abuse-tanzanian-domestic-workers-oman-and-united-arab-emirates Women in Tanzania are being persuaded to travel from their homes to work in Oman as domestic workers. They're being promised high pay rates and benefits but, when they arrive at the homes they are not being compensated. Dotto Former domestic worker would wake up at 4 am and go to sleep around midnight. She was promised to only watch over one child but, instead arrived in Oman and was required to care for 5 kids in a three story house. Another woman was guaranteed if she left her family behind to work she would be paid over 200 dollars but instead was given 134$. Other than working long shifts and barely getting any rest, these women were also sexually abused. Their employers would force them into sexual intercourse that they did not want. Unfortunately in Oman and the United Arab Emirates they follow the Kafala system which ties workers to their employers when they a

http://allafrica.com/stories/201711080088.html It has been reported recently that babies conceived after an oil spill has occurred is twice as likely to die from the pollution. In the Niger Delta oil spills have been occurring within 10 kilometers of newly pregnant women. These babies are at risk because of the close proximity of the pollution that evolves from the spill. Their life expectancy so far is within a month after they were born. Children and newborns that were conceived at the same time as an oil spill are less likely to be impacted by the spill. So far it does not matter how long the oil spill happened before the baby was conceived, it can range from a few months to years before the baby is born. This is considered a first world problem due to the fact that so many children are not surviving this. Between 2005 and 2015 there were over 6600 oil spills that occurred and there were 5,040 children that were near these oil spills that were effected by them. This number will on

https://www.economist.com/news/middle-east-and-africa/21730655-liberia-national-police-queen-contest-pageant-feminist-cause Women in africa, more specifically policewomen in Liberia held a fundraiser recently to send 10 women to Australia for training. The process follows, 10 police women are picked to be in a pageant and are required to dress appropriately, while the onlookers that arrive at the pageant are to pick their woman of choice by donating money. The winner of the pageant isn’t determined by looks but, how much that person raises. The policewomen in Liberia that are trained are very low and they only have about 3000 officers in general. Liberia has about 4.5 million citizens therefore only 3,000 police officers cannot watch over and assist crime with so many citizens. So the Liberia National police force sets up these contests in order to not only acquire more policewomen but, to have the women trained properly to successfully help with crime. In the end, the women did no