As oil prices sank about 14 percent last week alone and the Brent hit a twelve-month low on the back of the coronavirus outbreak, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is meeting in Vienna this week to help stabilize the market. Executive Chairman of the African Energy Chamber (https://EnergyChamber.org/) Nj Ayuk was on Deutsche […]
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The deputy speaker of Iran’s parliament, Reza Misri, has disclosed that 23 of his colleagues have tested positive for coronavirus. According to UK Guardian, Misri disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday. “As of now, 23 members of parliament were tested positive. These people have a close relationship with the people and they carry different viruses from […]
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We are living in times where people throughout the world are divided. And yet, regardless of political persuasion, there are certain points of agreement: corruption in many governments has reached unprecedented levels; ethics and integrity have given way to deal-making and intimidation. While this is not how most of us choose to live our lives, […]
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Barely a week after Africa got a clean bill of health on coronavirus disease, a fresh case has been recorded in Algeria. Algerian authorities announced that an Italian citizen who arrived in the country on February 17 has tested positive to the disease. “One case was confirmed positive for coronavirus (COVID-19), out of two suspected […]
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The Executive Council of the African Union has supported Dr. Akinwumi Adesina’s candidacy for a second term as President of the African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org). The decision was taken during the thirty-sixth Ordinary Session of the AU Executive Council, held during the AU Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 6-7 February 2020. Adesina was elected to […]
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Iran’s deputy health minister, Iraj Harirchi, has placed himself in isolation after testing positive to coronavirus. The country’s ministry of health announced that Harirchi had contracted the disease on Tuesday. Harirchi, who has spearheaded Iran’s efforts to contain the virus, also confirmed that he had the disease. In a video he aired from his house, […]
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Italy on Monday reported its fourth death from coronavirus. The fourth casualty is an 84-year old man in the northern Lombardy region. It was the third death in Lombardy, where villages have been put under lockdown and security measures enforced in a bid to stem the spread of the disease, the region’s health department said. […]
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Donald Trump’s longtime ally Roger Stone was sentenced Thursday to 40 months in prison for impeding a congressional investigation, in a case that ignited a firestorm over the US president’s political interference in the justice system. Stone, a veteran Republican operative and one of the president’s oldest confidants, was convicted in November of lying to […]
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Sixteen extraordinary individuals including innovators, activists and entrepreneurs from 12 countries have been shortlisted for this year’s Commonwealth Youth Awards. A pan-Commonwealth judging panel met last week and selected the top individuals in each of the award’s four regional categories. This year, the awards received more than 500 entries from 40 countries. Of those shortlisted, the […]
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The Commonwealth Secretary-General has issued the following statement in response to an attack on a village in north-west Cameroon on 14 February which left 23 people dead, the majority of them children. Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland said: “I strongly condemn the recent killings of civilians, including women and children in the North-West of Cameroon on […]
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