🌍 Geopolitical & Environmental Updates 📌 Darfur (Sudan) ✅ UN warns of imminent starvation in Darfur. ✅ A region in Sudan plagued by violent conflict between Arab and African communities. 📌 Cook Islands ✅ Engaged in deep-sea mining exploration for minerals crucial in electric vehicle batteries. ✅ A self-governing island state in the South Pacific Ocean with its capital at Avarua on Rarotonga Island.