Section: South Africa
News24.com | Ukraine’s disabled condemned to life in institutions
An international rights group has said that growing numbers of disabled children in Ukraine are being condemned to life in orphanages and institutions blighted by neglect and abuse. …read more Source:...
Ukraine’s Poroshenko orders probe into killings
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Thursday ordered “a quick and transparent” investigation into the murders of a pro-Russian journalist and an e …read more Source: The New...
MH370 search zone to be extended
Government ministers said that they would extend the search for missing Flight 370 if the wreckage is not found in the current search area. ||| Sydney – Government ministers from Australia, China and Malaysia on Thursday said that they would extend the search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 by an additional 60 000 sq kilometres...
News24.com | Ukraine villagers plead for peace
Reduced to drinking rainwater, their houses rattled by artillery blasts despite a ceasefire, villagers on the frontline of Ukraine’s eastern conflict are pleading for the forces to withdraw. …read more Source:...
News24.com | Fighting in eastern Ukraine rages overnight, despite talks
Fighting has raged overnight on the outskirts of the rebel stronghold of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine despite an agreement reached by the Ukrainian and Russian foreign ministers. …read more Source:...
Don’t underestimate NATO, German minister says on Baltic visit
Germany’s defence minister said that nobody should underestimate NATO’s rapid response capacity, which has been ratcheted up in response to worries about Russia’s military ambitions after its actions in Ukraine. …read more Source: The Sunday...
Forget about Rhodes, Ukraine wins at toppling statues – VIDEO
South Africa is still on a high after the success of the #RhodesMustFall movement in removing the statue of Cecil John Rhodes from the UCT campus – but we’re not the only country debating statues that are symbols of a painful past. …read more Source: The...
Russia pulls cash from international fund
Russia pulling $245m out of IFC-run fund as sanctions imposed over Ukraine halt investment by the member of the World Bank Group …read more Source: Business...
France’s Fabius concerned by Ukraine ceasefire violations
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Monday he was concerned by ceasefire violations and insufficient political progress in Ukraine. …read more Source: The New...
Violence escalates in east Ukraine
One Ukrainian serviceman was killed and six were wounded in separatist territories in the past 24 hours, the Kiev military said. ||| Kiev – One Ukrainian serviceman was killed and six were wounded in separatist territories in the past 24 hours, the Kiev military said on Monday, accusing rebels of using heavy weapons that were meant to have...
