Thursday

September 17, 2020

Armed conflicts and attacks

Insurgency in the Maghreb

Kouré shooting

The Islamic State's West Africa Province claims responsibility for last month's attack in Kouré, Niger, which resulted in the death of six French aid workers and two Nigerian citizens. (Reuters)

Iraqi insurgency

2020 Iraq attacks

A bomb hits a convoy, killing four members of the Popular Mobilization Forces in Kirkuk. (National Iraqi News Agency)

War in Afghanistan

September 2020 Afghanistan attacks

The Taliban kills 32 members of the security forces and two civilians, and injures another 17 security forces, in four attacks across Afghanistan. At least 84 Taliban militants also died in the attacks. (TOLOnews)

Business and economy

Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic

COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand

The economy enters recession for the first time since 1987 after the country's GDP declined by 12.2% between April and June, amid a nationwide lockdown and travel bans due to COVID-19. (BBC News)

Shortages related to the COVID-19 pandemic

An additional 150 million children live in multidimensional poverty since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic earlier this year. The analysis by UNICEF and Save the Children is based on shortcomings in education, health, housing, nutrition, sanitation, and water. (PTI via The Week)