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Young people between the age bracket of 15 to 17 in Literary and Freethinkers Forum (LFF), gathered to discuss on the topic: "Why is Change Difficult in our Society?". The Forum (LFF) was initiated by group of writers who are tutors in Solution Tutorial. The purpose is to engage young people, for them to be able to explore their creativity, and think outside the box of convention.

Hungary’s government retreated from a pledge to “sweep out” charities funded by billionaire George Soros, but it’s still planning to tighten rules on non-governmental Read more....

As Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara presides over Africa’s fastest-growing economy and leads a ruling coalition that’s just won a fresh majority in parliament, he still faces a key threat to national stability: the army. A two-day mutiny by soldiers demanding

Colombia has begun grappling with the astonishing rejection by voters of a peace deal to end 52 years of war with Farc guerrillas , after a referendum on Sunday which has thrown the country into a state of confusion and uncertainty. Reeling from the stunning defeat for the deal that took four years of arduous negotiations to conclude, both the government and the Farc have said they will persist in seeking peace for the country after 50.2% of voters rejected the agreement, to 49.7% who approved it. “Peace is here to stay,” Rodrigo Londoño, the Farc commander-in-chief known by the nom de guerre Timochenko, said in a video statement from Havana on Monday, adding that the rebel group’s members would not return to hostilities in a war that has cost more than 220,000 lives and displaced more than 6 million from their homes. His comments echoed a speech after the results were released on Sunday night by Colombia’s president, Juan Manuel Santos, who has staked his presiden

I f the past is still required to understand the present, then approaching the past globally is an absolute necessity. But what does it mean to “think globally” today?

Nigeria plans to raise $1 billion on the Eurobond market this year in a move designed to plug a budget deficit, said the country’s finance minister Friday. Speaking at a press conference in the nation’s capital of Abuja, finance minister Kemi Adeosun said the government had earlier this month approved the plan to issue international debt for the first time since 2013. Adeosun said that the bonds are expected to go on sale in December, with the proceeds channelled into capital projects. “We are about to appoint our advisers. We are raising one billion dollars,” Adeosun said. “I want to re-emphasise that we have a strategic plan that will take us out of the recession that we find ourselves in. We want to make sure that this recession is the shortest possible.” Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari announced a record 6.1-trillion-naira ($19.4-billion) spending plan for this year’s federal budget to try to stimulate growth. The government will be seeki

The next world economic downturn is most likely to come from the U.S., Fitch Ratings' chief economist has warned. "The risk of a global recession ... the first place I would look for that would be the U.S. and there is definitely some weakness in their economy," Brian Coulton said at a Fitch conference in London. As the world's largest economy, the health of the U.S. is viewed as crucial to the success of the world's economy. In July, the International Monetary Fund cut its global growth forecast for 2016 to 3.1 percent from 3.2 percent and its U.S. outlook to 2.2 percent from 2.4 percent. A global recession is not Fitch's base-case scenario, although Coulton noted that economic growth since the financial crisis of 2007-08 had been weak. "It has been a sub-par recovery … It has been disappointing … but we haven't seen the sort of things that would drive a recession," he said. Coul

Costa Rican diplomat Christiana Figueres said Monday she has withdrawn her candidacy for the top post at the United Nations, after failing to find sufficient support at the Security Council. “All of the (straw) polls at the Security Council indicate that my candidacy does not have much future,” Figueres said at a press conference alongside Foreign Minister Manuel Gonzalez. Gonzalez added: “You have to read the signs.”  Figueres expressed hope that the United Nations would choose a woman to replace Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, who has been in office since 2007 and whose second term ends December 31. Gonzalez said that Costa Rica has pressed for a woman to lead the world body, even before tapping Figueres, and will continue to work toward that goal. The world body has never had a female leader in its 70 years. Figueres, who threw her hat in the ring in July, headed the negotiations that led to the historic 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change. Source: GUARDIAN NEWSPAPER

About four months ago, this captured was taken on the very day of this celebration. It was captured to unveil the fact that not all celebrations will make you smile and sympathize with. Some will make you pity the horrible odd and pit kind celebration people were placed of low-income background has to go through in order to be in the page of celebrating May 27. Nobody in his/her right senses will want to patronize celebrating in a very odd condition especially when May 27 was keyed to many children. Why it is inevitable for a lot of people not to avoid this even when the pocket is dry. The pressure of marking this celebration for children can’t be neglected.