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Haiti
Gangs Threaten Takeover
The government of Haiti declared a 72-hour state of emergency on Sunday after armed gangs stormed two prisons – one in Port-au-Prince and another in nearby Croix des Bouquets. At least 12 people were killed and about 3,700 inmates escaped in the Port-au-Prince jailbreak. Haitian media reported police stations were attacked, distracting authorities before the planned assault on the jails. Police union leaders appealed on social media for help at the national prison in Port-au-Prince from the military in the midst of the Saturday night attack. Gang leaders say they want to force the resignation of Prime Minister Ariel Henry, who has traveled to Nairobi to discuss sending a Kenya-led multinational security force to Haiti. The government has instituted an immediate night-time curfew in response to the violence. The US embassy in Port-au-Prince urged its citizens to leave Haiti as soon as possible, and the French embassy said it was closing visa services as a precautionary measure.
This map depicts the location of the Croix des Bouquets Prison in Port-au-Prince, where armed gangs stormed facilities in clashes with security forces. Click on the map to learn more.
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Graphic Source: New York Post
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Burkina Faso
Insurgents Kill 170 in the North
Attacks on three villages in northern Burkina Faso have led to the deaths of over 170 people, including many women and children. Public prosecutors say the attacks occurred in the villages of Komsilga, Nordin, and Soro. The attackers have not been named. The attacks follow last week’s deadly violence in Essakane, an eastern village where 15 Catholic worshippers were killed by gunmen. An investigation into the killings has been announced by regional prosecutors. The country has been experiencing Islamist insurgencies affiliated with al-Qaeda and the Islamic State in the north and east, with more than a third of the country now under rebel control. A military junta is in power in Burkina Faso after two coups in 2022, following which at least 20,000 people have been killed and at least two million displaced.
This map depicts two of the main locations of the attacks that killed at least 170 people in northern Burkina Faso. Click on the map to learn more.
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Malaysia
Calls to Resume MH370 Search
The Malaysian government is exploring the possibility of a new search for Malaysian Airlines flight MH370, which disappeared with 239 people on board ten years ago. MH370 vanished from radar shortly after take-off from Kuala Lumpur en route to Beijing on March 8, 2014. Satellite data shows it turned southwest from its original flight path and it is believed to have crashed in the southern Indian Ocean off the west coast of Australia. The US technology firm Ocean Infinity claims to have improved resources to resume the search on the seabed and has proposed a second “no find, no fee” contract with Malaysia, after failing to discover the plane under similar terms in 2018. The proposed plan for the new search not only utilizes improved imaging technology to scan the seafloor, but would be carried out using a fleet of autonomous underwater drones which would be controlled from a command center in England.
This map depicts the observed path of flight MH370 shortly after take-off on March 8, 2014, as well as the area of the Indian Ocean that was searched based on satellite data of the plane’s location. Click on the map to learn more.
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Q: What is the longest river in Southeast Asia?
A: Mekong River
The Mekong River is the longest river in Southeast Asia, stretching for about 2,700 miles (4,350 km). The Mekong River drains more than 313,000 square miles (810,000 square km) of land, from the Plateau of Tibet to the South China Sea. Rising in the southeastern Qinghai province, China, it flows through the eastern part of the Tibet Autonomous Region and Yunnan province. After that, it forms part of the international border between Myanmar and Laos, as well as between Laos and Thailand. The river then flows through Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam before draining into the South China Sea south of Ho Chi Minh City. Vientiane, the capital of Laos, and Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia, both stand on its banks. A substantial majority of the people who live along the Mekong River are engaged in agriculture, and rice is the major crop.
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