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Burkina Faso
Rebel Attacks on Arbinda
Over 30 people have been killed over the past three days of violence in Arbinda, in the Burkina Faso province of Soum. The region has struggled for years with attacks by groups linked to al-Qaeda and ISIL (ISIS) seeking authority over territory where Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger meet. The conflicts have claimed thousands of lives and displaced more than 2 million people in the Sahel region, south of the Sahara Desert. Protests driven by the government’s inability to control the region led to a military takeover of Burkina Faso in January of this year, less than two years after an August 2020 military coup in nearby Mali.
This map depicts the location of Arbinda, in Burkina Faso, where armed groups have been carrying out attacks over the last week. Click on the map to learn more.
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United States
Targeted Homeless Killings
Washington, D.C. police made an arrest this morning in the case of a suspected serial killer targeting homeless men in the District and in New York City. Five shootings of homeless men sleeping outdoors in the two cities over the past two weeks, resulting in one death in each city, are believed to be connected. The arrest came soon after the D.C. police department shared photographs of the suspected killer and a combined reward of $70,000 was offered for information leading to the killer’s arrest.
This map depicts six locations in New York City and Washington, DC where homeless victims were shot in the past two weeks. Five of the incidents are believed to have been committed by one suspect arrested this morning in Washington. Click on the map to learn more.
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Graphic Source: The Sun (UK)
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Senegal
Military Targets Rebel Forces
The Senegalese army has initiated a military campaign in its southern region of Casamance, aimed at expelling rebels aligned with the separatist Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance (MFDC). Accused of trafficking timber and cannabis into Senegal, the groups have often sought refuge in nearby border states of Guinea-BIssau or The Gambia, which is surrounded by the Gambia river and separates Senegal geographically from the Casamance region. Several thousand lives have been lost in separatist conflicts between MFDC and Senegal since 1982.
This map depicts the Casamance region where Senegal has launched a military operation to remove separatist rebels. Click on the map to learn more.
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Q: Thanks to its unique geography, which desert is not only the oldest on Earth, but is also the driest place in the world outside the poles, receiving about 1 mm of rain a year?
A: The Atacama Desert, Chile
Chile is home to the Atacama Desert, a tract of land stretching around 600 miles in between the Cordillera de la Costa mountain range and the Andes Mountains. The desert is considered the oldest in the world, with semiarid conditions having lasted 150 million years. Rainfall blocked by the Andes Mountains to the east and cold water upwelling from the deep Pacific Ocean to the west have created atmospheric conditions that prevent the formation of clouds and rain in the desert. While some deserts are known for outrageously hot temperatures, the Atacama is relatively mild throughout the year, with an average temperature of about 63 degrees F (18 degrees C). The outskirts of the Atacama are home to many organisms that have adapted to thrive in harsh conditions, however in the desert’s hyper-arid core, only a few strains of microbial life survive, and scientists are studying the dry conditions in hopes of revealing potential findings about life on Mars.
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Q: Smaller than the state of Massachusetts, and known as the “Land of Volcanoes,” which Central American country is the only to not have a coastline on the Carribean Sea?
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