Section: iafrica (South Africa)
US, Ukraine urge end to Russian tension
US VP Biden and Ukraine’s President Poroshenko in a phonecall urged a speedy resolution to the conflict with pro-Russian separatists amid a spike in tensions with Moscow …read more Source:...
EU leaders call for peace in Ukraine
The leaders of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine called Monday for a peace deal aimed at ending the separatist war in eastern Ukraine to be implemented “as quickly as possible”, as fresh clashes erupted. …read more Source:...
France urged not to renew Russia sanctions
The French parliament on Thursday adopted a resolution urging the government not to back the extension of sanctions against Russia over the conflict in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Ukraine remembers Chernobyl disaster
Ukrainians held candlelit vigils Tuesday to mark 30 years since the world’s worst nuclear accident at Chernobyl spewed radiation across Europe and left several thousand people dead or dying. …read more Source:...
Russian looks to counter US influence
The powerful chief of Russia’s equivalent to the FBI on Monday called for sweeping new rights restrictions, including curbing Internet freedoms and making it illegal to question Moscow’s annexation of Crimea from Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Ukraine wants UN to visit war zone
Ukraine’s ambassador to the United Nations wants to invite the Security Council to visit war-wracked eastern Ukraine in the coming months. …read more Source:...
Watch: Brawl in Ukraine parliament
A fight erupted between dozens of lawmakers in Ukraine’s parliament on Friday after an MP picked up Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk. …read more Source:...
Biden in Ukraine to reaffirm US support
US Vice President Joe Biden arrives in Kiev late Sunday to reassure its pro-Western leaders that Washington remains committed to Ukraine despite stepped-up efforts to work with Russia against Islamic State jihadists. …read more Source:...
Crimean blackout as power lines blown up
Crimea declared a state of emergency on Sunday after its main electricity power lines from Ukraine were blown up. …read more Source:...
Ukraine rebels withdraw small arms
Ukraine’s pro-Russian insurgents said Thursday they had completed the withdrawal of their smaller weapons from a buffer zone in the ex-Soviet state’s separatist east. …read more Source:...
