Section: Africa&ME
Eastern Ukraine sees increase in fighting, 2 deaths reported
Ukraine has reported a sharp increase in attacks by Russia-backed separatists around the government-held town of Avdiivka in eastern Ukraine, resulting in at least one civilian death …read more Source: The Daily...
Kashfa ya Panama yamtesa Cameron
NA MWANDISHI WETU KASHFA kubwa ya ukwepaji kodi iliyoibuliwa hivi karibuni ikifahamika zaidi kama ‘Panama Papers’ ambayo inawagusa baadhi ya viongozi na wafanyabiashara wa mataifa makubwa na madogo duniani imeanza kumtesa Waziri Mkuu wa Uingereza, David Cameron. Taarifa za nyaraka hizo za siri zilivuja kutoka katika chanzo kisichojulikana...
Russian cheese lovers find way round import ban
Entrepreneur finds a way to supply Italian parmesan, Dutch Gouda and British Cheddar to cheese connoisseurs in Russia. ||| Moscow – An entrepreneur has found a way to supply Italian parmesan, Dutch Gouda and British Cheddar to cheese connoisseurs in Russia, side-stepping a ban on importing European food that the Kremlin imposed in the...
El Salvador raids Mossack Fonseca office, seizes documents
Authorities in El Salvador on Friday raided the local offices of Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca, seizing documents and equipment, the country’s attorney general’s office said. Attorney General Douglas Melendez, who personally oversaw the raid, said the government decided to sweep the offices after noticing Mossack Fonseca had...
Dutch voters snub EU-Ukraine treaty supported by Ukrainian Jews
…read more Source: The Jerusalem...
Liverpool holds Dortmund
PARIS — Liverpool claimed an excellent 1-1 draw with Borussia Dortmund in the first leg of its Europa League quarterfinal Thursday as Jurgen Klopp made an emotional return to the Westfalenstadion. The game marked Klopp’s first coming together with his former club since his departure last summer and subsequent appointment by Liverpool back...
Assailants torch office of Ukraine judge
Kiev: Unknown assailants on Friday threw Molotov cocktails and set alight the Kiev office of a Ukrainian judge overseeing the trial of two alleged Russian soldiers captured in the separate east. The attack comes two weeks after police discovered the body of a Ukrainian lawyer who was brutally murdered after representing one of the two Russian...
Russian investigators release first FlyDubai crash report
Russia’s civil aviation authority issued its first report on Friday on last month’s crash of a FlyDubai plane in south-west Russia, providing insight into the event that killed all 62 people on board.The interim report, prepared by Russia’s Interstate Aviation Committee, said the plane’s sudden descent occurred directly...
Ukrainian protesters in Kiev urge halt to corruption
Ukrainians have held a protest in front of a presidential office in the capital, Kiev, against the law enforcement bodies whom they accuse of covering up corruption. …read more Source: Iran...
Russia says preparing prisoner handover to Kiev
Russia’s justice ministry on Friday said it was taking preliminary steps to hand over to Kiev four Ukrainian prisoners including film-maker Oleg Sentsov. …read more Source: The Daily...
