Written by: Jasmine Owens Since April 2017, between 800,000 and two million Uighurs have been forced into internment camps in the Xinjiang region of western China, camps which Chinese authorities call “vocational education centers.” The Uighurs are a Muslim minority group who live mainly in the Xinjiang region of China but view themselves as more…
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Smoke and Mirrors? The Delicate Future of Democracy in the DRC Amid Rumors of Rigged Election
Written by: Jasmine Owens On December 30, 2018, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) held what could be their first truly democratic presidential elections. The election, which was originally supposed to be held in 2016 but was delayed two years, came a week late from the originally scheduled date of December 23. Felix Tshisekedi, the…
Water Wars: How Water Scarcity Leads to Conflict
Written by: Jasmine Owens Although water makes up 70% of the Earth, only 3% of this water is freshwater. Of this 3%, about two-thirds is trapped in glaciers and is therefore unusable. This leaves about 1% of the world’s water supply to support a population of 7.7 billion people and counting, much of which is…
The Death of a Spy: How An Already Weak Britain-Russia Relationship is Falling Apart
Written by: Jasmine Owens Tensions have heightened the past few weeks between Britain and Russia as the mystery surrounding the poisoning of two British citizens remains unsolved. On Sunday, March 4th, two citizens, Sergei Skripal, a former double agent for Russia and the United Kingdom, and his daughter, Yulia, were found slumped unconscious on a…
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