Kamala Harris Makes History As Next Vice President and First Black Female Vice President

VP Elect Kamala Harris. Noah Berger/AFP via Getty Images

Vice President-elect Kamala Harris is the first woman, the first Black person and the first Asian American elected to the second highest office in the United States.

California Sen. Kamala Harris will become the next vice president of the United States, shattering another racial and gender barrier in American politics, at the end of a bruising presidential race that further exposed a bitterly divided electorate.

40 Arts Grants for students and small business owners in UK

Artes Mundi Prize

• Artes Mundi.
• Biennially – even-numbered years.
• Top prize of £40,000, with runners-up awarded £4,000. The work of short-listed artists is displayed as part of the Artes Mundi exhibition at the National Museum Cardiff.

US Election 2020 Polls: Who is winning the Elections? Trump or Biden?

It appears that young white voters now support Trump but Biden still holds a significant lead overall, thanks to gains among young Black and Hispanic voters. round 5am on Wedneday, November 4 th, 2020. Results will be in for the country to declare a winner.

Nigeria End Sars Protests October 2020 - Everything you need to know

Protesters at the End Sars rally

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdowns in Nigeria, rising violence against women reached a crisis point, leading to the declaration of a state of emergency on the issue by the Nigerian governors’ forum, which also promised to set up a sex offenders registry, according to local news agencies. The move came after days of marches in which protesters “defied the lockdown restrictions to voice their anger over the recent wave of rape and murder of women and girls in the country.”

Shocking Photos: How crude oil and 'dirty' petrol is polluting the land, water and air in Nigeria especlly in Lagos, Port-Harcourt and Kaduna

 

• More than 114,000 people died from air pollution in Nigeria in 2017, the top in Africa – HEI & IHME updated estimates

• Onitsha, a port city in southern Nigeria, had the world’s worst air (PM10 pollutants) in 2016 - WHO

How dangerous oil petrol sold to Nigeria from Europe is causing serious health problems and damaged vehicles

High-sulphur fuels have long been illegal to burn in western countries but many African countries including Nigeria are welcoming this low quality fuel which is causing pollution, breathing problems and deaths.