Section: iafrica (South Africa)
Poroshenko faces election test
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko faces a major test on Sunday as “brutal and dirty” local elections get underway. …read more Source:...
MH17 shot down by missile – inquiry
Air crash investigators concluded that Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down by a Russian-made BUK missile fired from the eastern Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Don’t trust Putin – Poroshenko
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko warned Monday he had no trust in Russia’s Vladimir Putin and urged the army to prepare “for the worst” despite a new truce in the separatist east. …read more Source:...
Animals abound at Chernobyl
Nearly 30 years after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in Ukraine, elk, deer, boar and wolves abound in the exclusion zone deserted by humans, researchers say in an international study. …read more Source:...
Ukraine’s ex-leader off most-wanted list
Ukraine’s former president Viktor Yanukovych’s name was unexpectedly removed from Interpol’s international most wanted list. …read more Source:...
Moscow, Berlin urged to rebuild trust
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev urged Moscow and Berlin on Tuesday to “re-establish trust” amid fierce tension caused by the ongoing Ukraine crisis. …read more Source:...
MH17: Calls grow for justice one year on
Relatives of those killed when flight MH17 was shot down over Ukraine exactly a year ago joined emotional memorials on Friday. …read more Source:...
‘Moral duty’ to punish MH17 murderers
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko called it a “moral duty” to punish those who shot down flight MH17. …read more Source:...
US to train Ukrainian army troops?
The United States is considering plans to train soldiers in the Ukrainian army in the next few months, the US army’s most senior commander in Europe said Monday. …read more Source:...
Gay Ukrainians flee rebel east
Homosexual Ukrainians are being forced to flee the rebel east due to being fired from their jobs and harassment. …read more Source:...
