Section: Africa&ME
Ukraine, Israel to bolster ties after row over UN vote
Groysman was uninvited to Israel in December due to Netanyahu’s anger that Kiev had voted at the United Nations in favor of the anti-settlement Resolution 2334. …read more Source: The Jerusalem...
U.N accuses Ukraine of supplying S. Sudan with arms
May 14, 2017 (JUBA) – A United Nations panel of experts has accused Ukraine of supplying the young nation with weapons. Arms and light weapons have been used by both warring parties in South Sudan to commit abuses (Photo courtesy of SSANSA) The U.N report, for instance, mentioned the case of an Ilyunshinil-76 aircraft that was transported from...
Ukraine on the spot for massive $264 Million arms sale to South Sudan
Tweet By: JOSEPH ODUHA in Juba, THE EASTAFRICAN, May/14/2017, SSN; The United Nations has accused Ukraine of supplying weapons to South Sudan against an international embargo. A report by the UN Panel of experts (PoE) monitoring the international compliance with the arms embargo on South Sudan, disclosed that Ukraine was supplying weapons that...
OSCE Observers Inspect Shelled Houses In Eastern Ukraine
Monitors on Sunday inspected a household in the eastern Ukrainian town of Avdiyivka which was damaged by artillery fire a day earlier. Members of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) monitoring mission, inspected the attack site and spoke with local residents who witnessed the incident. Ukrainian authorities said that on...
Putin plays piano before Xi meet
Russian President Vladimir Putin played piano while awaiting Chinese leader Xi Jinping for bilateral talks in Beijing yesterday.Putin spoke earlier yesterday at a summit on China’s new Silk Road plan.He later arrived at state Diaoyutai residence for talks with Xi and other leaders.While waiting for his bilateral with Xi to begin, Putin...
Portugal hails Eurovision win
Portugal heaped praise yesterday on the country’s first Eurovision song contest victor Salvador Sobral, who suffers from a serious heart condition but triumphed with a melancholy ballad.“When we are very good, we’re the best of the best. Congratulations Salvador Sobral,” President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa wrote in a message to the...
Poroshenko Says US Engaged in Normandy Format on Donbass Conflict Settlement
KIEV (Sputnik) — The United States is engaged in the work of the Normandy format on settling the conflict in Donbass, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said Sunday. The Normandy Four contact group on Ukraine crisis comprises Russia, Germany, France and Ukraine. “I want to stop any discussions that it would be more effective for us to bring the...
UN accuses Ukraine of supplying S. Sudan with arms
Hungarian jet pilot, jailed Polish weapons supplier and Uganda defy international sanctions on Juba …read more Source: Daily...
Ukraine detains prankster who mooned during Eurovision final
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Kiev’s Plan to End Reliance on Russian Nuclear Fuel May End in Rolling Blackouts
Kiev has moved to accelerate the construction of a spent nuclear fuel storage facility in the Chernobyl exclusion zone, Minister of Ecology Ostap Semerak said Thursday. The facility will allow Ukraine to repatriate its spent radioactive materials from Russia, where they are currently being stored. “We must take [our] radioactive waste materials...
