Section: Africa&ME
Putin: Russia’s actions in Crimea prevented conflict
According to the state agency RIA Novosti, President Vladimir Putin said that Russia’s decisive actions in Crimea prevented conflict …read more Source: World...
IMF approves loan for Ukraine
International Monetary Fund agrees to pump $10bn into troubled economy over next year, providing assistance for struggling finances …read more Source: Business...
Ukraine’s LGBT: Trapped between warring sides
Kiev, Ukraine – On a chilly Kiev night Maxim, a 37-year-old gay man from the eastern city of Donetsk, waited for a cab to take him to the only shelter in the country for internally displaced LGBT people. After Russia-backed separatists took over his hometown last summer he said life for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community...
Ukraine’s LGBT: Trapped between warring sides
Internally displaced LGBT people face discrimination and rejection no matter where they go. …read more Source: AL...
IMF wants ‘economic stabilisation’ in Ukraine
The IMF has agreed to pump $10 billion into Ukraine’s troubled economy over the next year. ||| Washington – The International Monetary Fund has agreed to pump $10 billion into Ukraine’s troubled economy over the next year, providing swift assistance for the country’s struggling finances as part of a larger four-year...
IMF approves $17.5 billion for Ukraine
The head of the IMF made the announcement that the organization approved a $17.5 billion aid package for Ukraine. Plan foresees disbursing about $10 billion worth of financing during the first year. …read more Source: World...
Pro-Russian separatists fire at Red Cross officials
Ukraine’s Counterterrorism Center said in a statement that Pro-Russian separatists fire at Red Cross officials, no one was killed or wounded. …read more Source: World...
NATO chief says Russia still equipping Ukraine rebels
NNA – NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Wednesday that Russia was still arming and training rebel forces in eastern Ukraine and he called for the warring parties to help foreign monitors …read more Source: National News...
IMF approves $17.5 billion aid package for Ukraine
Plan foresees disbursing about $10 billion worth of financing during the first year …read more Source: Anadolu...
HIV/AIDS and drug use on the rise in Ukraine
Clinics in war-ravaged Eastern Ukraine face dwindling supplies as they try to help rehabilitate heroin addicts. …read more Source: AL...
