Tennessee World Affairs Council What in the World? Weekly Quiz – August 15-21, 2022

Votes continue to be counted in Nairobi, capital of THIS African economic powerhouse, as President Uhuru Kenyatta, prepares to complete his two terms in office. The delays in announcing the results since last Tuesday has produced anxiety in a country that has seen electoral related violence.

The military mission to Mali to fight jihadist rebels has been ended by THIS country which held many West African nations as colonies.

Representatives of the Bogota government met with National Liberation Army, or ELN, rebels in Havana in the prelude for peace talks between THIS country and the guerillas.

A deterioration in the Chinese economy is attributed to a new six-month low in THIS fungible commodity price.

Saudi Arabia’s oil company, known by THIS shortened version, reported record profits in the second quarter, $48B, that was a 90% year on year increase. The company which evolved from American companies that explored for oil in the Kingdom benefited from global crude oil shortages brought on by the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Ukrainian artillery struck the headquarters of THIS Russian mercenary group that has fought as agents of Moscow across the Middle East and Africa, as well as in Crimea and eastern Ukraine. The group has been charged with war crimes for past activities.

This week marks one year since President Ashraf Ghani fled THIS capital and handed power over to the Taliban.

Many of the 20,000 migrants who illegally entered THIS country again face deportation to Rwanda as the government takes up the issue in London’s high court.

Vladimir Putin is looking for more friends. In a letter to THIS counterpart in Pyongyang he called for the countries to ““expand the comprehensive and constructive bilateral relations with common efforts.” The leaders met in 2019.

Author Salman Rusdie was stabbed during an attack at a lecture in New York State but appears to be recovering. The author was subject of a religious edict issues in 1989 calling for his killing by THIS country over publication of a book claimed to be blasphemous. The “fatwa” was later rescinded.