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Nigeria
Passenger Train Attack
At least seven people were killed and several more are missing after gunmen attacked a train carrying 970 passengers traveling from Nigeria's capital of Abuja to Kaduna. The gang forced the train to a stop by mining the track. This is the second time in six months that this rail line has been targeted, despite being the safer alternative to the dangerous Abuja-Kaduna highway. In January, the Nigerian government designated the area's armed bandits as terrorists, as they have been kidnapping hundreds of civilians for ransom over the past five years. The Nigerian Railways Corp has announced it is suspending operations on the route until further notice.
This map depicts the rail routes between Abuja and Kaduna Click on the map to learn more.
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Graphic Source: BBC
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Democratic Republic of Congo
UN Helicopter Crash
Eight United Nations peacekeepers were killed yesterday during a reconnaissance mission when their helicopter crashed in the Yshanzu area of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The crew included six Pakistani, one Russian, and one Serbian soldier, all part of the UN's peacekeeping mission known as MONUSCO. The chopper went down in the North-Kivu province where there have been clashes this week between the Congolese army and a rebel group named M23, which was driven out of DRC in 2013 but has begun raiding in the area again in recent weeks. The cause of the crash remains undetermined, with both the Congolese army and M23 accusing their rivals of attacking the helicopter.
This map depicts the eastern region of North-Kivu where a helicopter carrying UN Peacekeepers crashed on Tuesday. Click on the map to learn more.
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Graphic Source: Japan Today
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Brazil
The Next Guanabara Bay Clean-up
A new effort has been launched to clean up Brazil's heavily polluted Guanabara Bay, the Harbor of Rio de Janeiro. The operating rights for water and sanitation services for Rio city and 26 other municipalities have been sold in a privatization scheme to the Brazilian company Aguas de Rio, which has pledged to revitalize the bay and bring sewage treatment rates to 90% over a 35-year contract. 12.5 million people live around the bay and watershed system that has long been a dumping ground for garbage, industrial pollution, and sewage, 54.3 percent of which goes untreated. Previous clean-up projects by the Rio government in 1994 and in the lead-up to the 2016 Olympics were never completed. Guanabara Bay measures 160 square miles (412 sq km) and is the largest natural bay in the world by volume.
This map depicts the percentage of waste water treated in Guanabara Bay by municipality, 54.3% of waste water is not treated. Click on the map to learn more.
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Q: Which Latin American country generates the highest percentage of renewable energy per capita in the world, with over 99% of the country’s energy generated from hydropower?
A: Paraguay
Paraguay's hydropower energy generation almost reaches 60,000 GWh per year, almost all from three plants: Itaipú, Yacyretá, and Acaray. The largest, Itaipú, has been operating on the Paraná River since 1984, and in 2016, set the world record for energy generation at a single plant. Paraguay's need for electricity from the plant is far less than its share of the power generated, so it sells the excess to Brazil. With the additional energy generated from Yacyretá and Acaray, Paraguay's electricity exports in 2017 came to $2.1 billion.
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