Section: Africa
- Angola (92)
- Ghana (31)
- Kenya (410)
- Liberia (28)
- Libya (187)
- Morocco (51)
- Nigeria (1,369)
- South Africa (2,850)
- South Sudan (18)
- Sudan (12)
- Swaziland (1)
- Tanzania (552)
Number of Civilians Affected by Donbass Conflict Shows Decrease in April
MOSCOW (Sputnik) — A decrease in civilian casualties linked to the Ukrainian conflict has been noted in April, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said Monday in a statement. “A slight decrease of conflict-related civilian casualties was recorded in April, with 66 casualties (13 deaths and 53 injuries) reported compared to...
Ukrainian Sanctions Not to Have Negative Impact on Yandex Business in General
MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Russia’s technology giant Yandex said Tuesday that the sanctions, imposed on it by Ukraine, in overall will not have a substantial negative impact on the company’s business. “While Ukraine is a small part of our business and the sanctions will not have a material negative impact on our consolidated results, we...
Ukraine Teeters on the Brink of Default as Kiev Struggles to Repay Debts
S&P Global Rating estimated Ukrainian debt repayment in 2017-2020 at over $20 billion, which exceeds the country’s current gold and exchange reserves. According to a report by Ukraine’s National Bank, as of May 1, the gold and exchange reserves are $17.2 billion. Ukraine began negotiations on the restructuring of its $19.3 billion...
U.N accuses Ukraine of supplying S. Sudan with arms
May 14, 2017 (JUBA) – A United Nations panel of experts has accused Ukraine of supplying the young nation with weapons. Arms and light weapons have been used by both warring parties in South Sudan to commit abuses (Photo courtesy of SSANSA) The U.N report, for instance, mentioned the case of an Ilyunshinil-76 aircraft that was transported from...
Ukraine on the spot for massive $264 Million arms sale to South Sudan
Tweet By: JOSEPH ODUHA in Juba, THE EASTAFRICAN, May/14/2017, SSN; The United Nations has accused Ukraine of supplying weapons to South Sudan against an international embargo. A report by the UN Panel of experts (PoE) monitoring the international compliance with the arms embargo on South Sudan, disclosed that Ukraine was supplying weapons that...
OSCE Observers Inspect Shelled Houses In Eastern Ukraine
Monitors on Sunday inspected a household in the eastern Ukrainian town of Avdiyivka which was damaged by artillery fire a day earlier. Members of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) monitoring mission, inspected the attack site and spoke with local residents who witnessed the incident. Ukrainian authorities said that on...
Poroshenko Says US Engaged in Normandy Format on Donbass Conflict Settlement
KIEV (Sputnik) — The United States is engaged in the work of the Normandy format on settling the conflict in Donbass, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said Sunday. The Normandy Four contact group on Ukraine crisis comprises Russia, Germany, France and Ukraine. “I want to stop any discussions that it would be more effective for us to bring the...
UN accuses Ukraine of supplying S. Sudan with arms
Hungarian jet pilot, jailed Polish weapons supplier and Uganda defy international sanctions on Juba …read more Source: Daily...
Kiev’s Plan to End Reliance on Russian Nuclear Fuel May End in Rolling Blackouts
Kiev has moved to accelerate the construction of a spent nuclear fuel storage facility in the Chernobyl exclusion zone, Minister of Ecology Ostap Semerak said Thursday. The facility will allow Ukraine to repatriate its spent radioactive materials from Russia, where they are currently being stored. “We must take [our] radioactive waste materials...
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[PHOTOS, VIDEO] Anthony Joshua Visits Manchester United Training Base, Trains With Players
The Manchester United players recieved a special guest yesterday, May 13 as British-Nigerian boxer and World heavyweight champion, Anthony Joshua trained with them at their training facility at Carrington base. The 27-year-old boxer who is still enjoying his triumphant win against Ukraine’s giant Wladimir Klitschko also took pictures with...
