by robbensh | Oct 21, 2019 | International Affairs, Rob Bensh
Internet is almost a luxury in Africa. According to CNN, it is estimated that only about 40% of Africa’s population has access to the internet. Additionally, for the population that is able to attain internet access, the internet rates in Africa have been...
by robbensh | Sep 29, 2019 | International Affairs, Rob Bensh
The Group of Seven (G7) recently met for two days in Biarritz, France to discuss international events, world trade, environmental issues, and more. The world leaders from Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Italy, and the US, held multiple meetings and covered a...
by robbensh | Sep 7, 2019 | International Affairs, Rob Bensh
Thousands of fires are currently destroying the Amazon rainforest. The outbreak is the worst one that has occured in nearly a decade, and has far-reaching impacts for Brazil and beyond. This year has seen a record amount of fires, and the smoke is spreading as people...
by robbensh | Sep 2, 2019 | International Affairs, Rob Bensh
The Democratic Republic of the Congo is in the midst of the second largest and deadliest Ebola outbreak in history. Since the first of August last year, the number of people with the disease has reached 3,000 cases and 2,000 deaths. This year’s outbreak is second only...
by robbensh | Aug 9, 2019 | International Affairs, Rob Bensh
Since joining the European Union (EU), Poland has had an extremely difficult time with the phenomenon known as brain drain. For anyone unfamiliar with the term brain drain, it is used to summarize the process of important working-age people emigrating to find work...
