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Global markets are falling after the failed alliance between OPEC and Russia. The alliance which lasted for 30 years has resulted in a worst one-day crash. Triggering fuel panic, especially with the global coronavirus pandemic. Stocks record massive decline. Equivalently, there is a decline in the global stock market index. For instance, S&P 500 reduced by 6% while Dow declined by about 2046points. Nasdaq Composite was down 5.4%. The dropping rates of over 7% led to 15 minutes of halted trade by the New York Stock Exchange. However, they recovered some of their losses after the market resumed. The…

Maurice Rupert Bishop was a Grenadian politician and revolutionary leader. He seized power in a coup from Eric Gairy, who had been in power since independence in 1974. Maurice Bishop was the Prime Minister of the People’s Revolutionary Government of Grenada until he was overthrown in 1983. Early Life and Education Maurice Bishop was born in Aruba on 29th May 1944. His Father was Rupert Bishop, and his Mother was Alimenta Bishop. At age six, he migrated to Grenada with his parents. He enrolled in Wesley Hall Primary School. A year later, he transferred to the St. George’s Roman Catholic…

African Fashion Week London is one of the best fashion events in the United Kingdom. It offers a significant opportunity for young African designers to showcase their work in the international fashion scene. The ninth edition of the fashion week, which was held on the 10th of August 2019 at Freemasons’ Hall in London, England, was certainly another one of those chances to showcase to the world how talented the African designers are. In the event, several stylists and brand designers were in attendance. However, South Africans grabbed the attention of many. At the opening of the show, they showcased…

A boy dancing ballet in the rain makes the headlines as Fade Ogunro, a Nigerian benefactor, gives an all-inclusive scholarship to him. The young ballet dancer, Anthony Mmesoma Madu danced barefoot in the rain. When his video went viral, he was discovered by those who want to bless his life. His sponsor said she would bill the boy’s tuition up to the university level. The Nigerian philanthropist, Fade Ogunro, granted the young boy hope. The footage that has over 14 million views on Twitter depicts the boy drawing beautiful ballet lines on the wet concrete, during the rain shower. According…

Schooling girls in Zambia are faced with many challenges, among them the inability to afford the highly taxed sanitary pads, which account for customs duty and value-added tax. This forces them to miss school on the menstrual periods days for fear of embarrassment. Also, some of the girls develop low self-esteem because they are not being supported on the issue of menstrual health and hygiene. According to Sebastian Kopulande, a lawmaker in the Zambian Parliament, the girls’ education will only be uninterrupted if the customs duty and value-added tax on menstrual products are removed. Better still, making the products accessible…

Hosni Mubarak Former Egypt President Hosni Mubarak passed away in Cairo after undergoing a stomach surgery. Following his 30 years rule, he is remembered for his great achievements. Not only did he promote peace between Egypt and Israel but he also built a strong relationship with the US. As such he received monetary support from the US which he channeled to his country’s development. His major objective was to promote security and stability in Egypt. He outlawed groups of rioting Muslims and other forms of insecurity. However, his government was overthrown in 2011 following the 18 days demonstrations by a…

Since Kenya’s independence, it has formulated policies and strategies that help the country stay out of external and internal wars. During Moi’s presidency, he engaged in a lot of mediation within the region and maintained a state where the country had neither a foe nor a friend. Nairobi was recognized as the center for making peace between Somalia and Sudan. Various Peace Agreements Made In Nairobi Kenya has engaged in some historical peace agreements that can’t go unrecognized. It was the center of the 1985 peace negotiations between the government of Uganda led by Okello and the National Resistance Army…

The Group of 20 nations in the world with the largest economies in the world came to an agreement to pardon poor countries on their accrued debts. This is in regard to proposed measures to help cushion the underdeveloped and partly developing countries from the corona pandemic. A six-month relief to be precise has been made available to 46 out of the 73 states in debt with the group. A total of $14 billion debt would have been realized as a result of the pandemic at the end of the year. The virtual meeting held on Wednesday mandated the countries…

God is the most supreme being; every natural human being needs or depends on God. For many years, several communities on the African continent take religion seriously and seek God in several ways. The most common way of seeking God is by calling upon him in earnest prayer. The Senegalese monks prefer seeking the Most High through kora music. The kora has taken the organ at the Keur Moussa abbey near Senegal’s capital (Dakar). The instrument is used to accompany all the Benedictine monks’ religious services there. Monks in blue-grey robes raise their hands in supplication before bursting into a…

Nine percent of the population in the world facing food insecurity. This means that the affected regions of the world are living without reliable access to affordable and nutritious food. Because of this, there is a need for a more reliable approach to developing strategies that will support the agricultural sector. Most countries in the world face food shortages and in some regions where hunger is rampant, people die out of lack of food. This article will discuss why researchers propose ways to apply AI to agriculture and conservation. During a workshop at the International Conference on Learning Representations ICLR…