South African Finance Minister Expelled
The rand fell 3 percent against the US Dollar after the South African Finance Minister, Pravin Gordhan, was expeled by President Jacob Zuma.
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Campaigning Begins to Replace Ousted South Korean President
According to Korean law, a new president must be elected within sixty days of the ruling, a unanimous court ruling approved the South Korean National Assembly’s December vote to impeach former President Park Geun-hye.
Read MoreElection Results in Defeat For Wilders of Dutch Far-Right
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte defeated far-right populist candidate Geert Wilders in the most recent parliamentary election. Rutte is now focused on building a coalition to secure at least 76 seats of the 150 possible Dutch Parliament seats.
Read More28 Children Dead, 43 Kidnapped By South Sudanese Gunmen in Ethiopia
The conflict-fraught Gambela province in Ethiopia has once again come under attack by South Sudanese gunmen, who killed 28 people and captured 28 children over the course of two days.
Read MorePuerto Rico’s President Submits Plan to Combat Deficit
The federal oversight board of Puerto Rico unanimously agreed to a new economic plan that will restructure the $70 million debt faced by the country. The plan is set to take effect over the next ten years and improve fiscal solvency on the island.
Read MoreU.S. Open to New Approach to North Korea
While in Tokyo, Tillerson announced that there needed to be a different approach to handle North Korea’s increasing nuclear threat, but the idea of direct negotiations is very unlikely unless North Korea agrees to give up its nuclear weapons program.
Read MoreCapture of Oil Fields in Libya Leads to Civilian Abuse
Libya’s population of 1.5 million has been under fire for the last two years, in growing tensions and violence heightened by the Mediterranean refugee crisis and the competing government’s conflict over capturing Libya’s oil ports.
Read MoreBasque Separatist Group Promises To Disarm
The Basque separatist group Basque Homeland and Freedom (ETA), who have killed over 820 people, staged hundreds of shootings, and orchestrated dozens of kidnappings, promised complete disarmament by April 8.
Read MoreSaudi Project Breaking Ground in the Maldives Concerns Citizens
The Maldives announced that it would implement economic development and high-end tourism in the Faafu Atoll. Protests took place in the Faafu Atoll, located in the Maldives, as a demonstration of the opposition to its rumored sale, a 19-island chain in the Indian Ocean, to Saudi Arabia.
Read MoreNorth Korea Continues to Expand on Nuclear Program
North Korea fired a missile on Wednesday, March 22, followed by a ballistic missile engine test on Friday, March 24. The missile tested on Wednesday failed “within seconds of launch.”
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