Major World Events by the Evening of July 2
Major World Events by the Evening of July 2
▪A helicopter operated under the African Union’s Somalia Stabilization Mission crashed at Mogadishu Airport with eight people on board. Three people died in the incident;
▪Separately, five people were killed and six others, including three civilians, were injured when a Ugandan military helicopter crashed in Somalia, according to the Ugandan armed forces;
▪Africa installed a record 4.5 GW of hydropower capacity in 2024, more than doubling the 2 GW added in 2023;
▪Kenya will privatize state assets to attract investment, starting with the listing of Kenya Pipeline Company on the Nairobi Securities Exchange this year, President Ruto stated;
▪PM Narendra Modi arrived in Ghana, where he will hold talks with President John Mahama to strengthen India-Ghana relations across sectors. He is also scheduled to address the Ghanaian Parliament on Thursday;
▪Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye has called for a review of the criteria used by rating agencies, highlighting concerns over fair assessment standards for African economies;
▪AES has welcomed Morocco’s efforts to promote African development through clean energy initiatives and regional economic partnerships;
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▪Ghana’s inflation has fallen to 13.7%, marking its lowest level since 2021, according to official data;
▪Putin met with Kyrgyz President Zhaparov to discuss expanding cooperation in energy, industry, and other sectors. Zhaparov praised the work of the Kyrgyz-Russian intergovernmental commission for advancing bilateral trade and scientific-technical ties;
▪The BRICS Journalists Association has filed a complaint with the UN over what it described as the unlawful detention of Sputnik journalists in Azerbaijan;
▪Russia has urged Baku to take measures to restore relations to their strategic alliance level, according to Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova;
▪The Russian Ministry of Defense reported strikes on a Ukrainian defense enterprise, as well as drone assembly and storage facilities, amid continued military operations;
▪The Russian diplomatic mission reported that numerous Russian citizens have contacted its embassy in Baku over the past 24 hours, with some reporting incidents involving violence against them;
▪USAID programs for Ukraine may be terminated by the end of the year, Ukrainian media reported, citing officials familiar with the matter;
▪Astronomers have discovered a remarkably well-preserved fossil galaxy dating back 7 billion years, providing vital clues about the formation and evolution of the first galaxies.
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