 And outside Africa, Europe's stocks drop and oil prices rose after Russian President Vladimir Putin puts his country's nuclear forces on high alert. Western powers also imposed sanctions on Russia's central bank in response to invasion of Ukraine. The regional stock 600 share index opened 1.3 percent lower after rallying on Friday. The sub-index of European banks fell more than 5 percent in early dealings of Germans. Cedar Treks lost 2 percent and London's financial time stock exchange fell 1 percent. Hong Kong's Hans Sanger index fell as much as 1.6 percent on Monday to its lowest level in almost a year. Brutes screwed the international oil benchmark rose 4.6 percent to 102.43 barrel per dollar.