For the second time this year, East African nations are bracing for the onslaught of locust swarms. The first swarms left the region devastated. The scientific journal, Nature, reported that the first swarms (spotted in at least eight countries) have placed an estimated 20 million people in the region at risk
On March 24th, Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, imposed a 21-day lockdown of India, one of the strictest and largest lockdowns in the world in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and despite a relatively low incidence of infection (5,865 of a population of 1.3 billion as of today). As it has
As Nigeria battles with the COVID-19 pandemic internally, the federal government is also concerned by the economic, health, and social conditions and well-being of its citizens abroad. For some days now, a viral video has been paraded across different social media platforms portraying an ugly picture of Chinese authorities maltreating
Last Sunday, OPEC and other oil-producing states concurred on a historical deal to reduce their output by 9.7 million barrels per day for May to June, representing 10% of global supply. This global agreement is believed to help bump up oil prices. According to U.S. Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette, “this
The current and first elected President of The Ivory Coast, Alassane Ouattara, decided not to run for a third term in office. This decision is unlike many of his counterparts in other African countries. Alassane Ouattara has been ruling the country for nine years now and decided not to run
The Colombian Congress has been on recess since March 24th due to the implementation of a national quarantine to curb the spread of COVID-19. The quarantine was originally set to finish on April 13th, however has since been extended to finish on the 27th. During this time, Colombian opposition Congressman
