The United Nations’ independent expert on human rights in the Central African Republic says the government and its Russian allies should stop obstructing investigations. The U.N.’s Yao Agbetse says the C.A.R. military and Russian mercenaries prevent access for U.N. investigators and are believed responsible for nearly half the country’s rights …
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24 February
Erdogan seeks to boost ties with Africa in four-day visit
The Turkish president wants to boost business ties with African countries. Turkey’s president has promised to boost relations with African countries as he visited the Senegalese capital Dakar during a four-day tour of Central and West Africa. “We will continue to enhance our relations with African countries on the basis …
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Russian invasion risks pushing families across Middle East and North Africa into severe hunger
Families who already face skyrocketing food prices could see the cost of staple items climb even higher if supply chains are disrupted The threat of a Russian invasion of Ukraine is causing food prices to fluctuate, and risks pushing families across the Middle East and North Africa into severe hunger. …
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24 February
Russia Steadily Rebuilding Presence in Africa
Russia has drawn the world’s attention with its aggressive stance toward Ukraine. The former Soviet power has been rebuilding ties with Africa more quietly, strengthening economic and military cooperation, but also raising Western concerns about its tactics and goals there. Russian flags waved in Burkina Faso’s capital following January’s military …
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24 February
Opinion: A path out of the Ukraine crisis
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine might come “any day now,” the Biden administration warns, with intelligence rumors marking Wednesday as a likely date. If Russia does invade, the United States and its allies have pledged to impose “severe economic sanctions” on Russia. The result would be horrible casualties in Ukraine, and, …
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24 February
Are Russia and America Headed Towards a Disastrous Conflict Over Ukraine?
President Joe Biden stated today that Russian president Vladimir Putin has made the decision to invade Ukraine. Watching President Joe Biden state on Friday afternoon that he believes Russian president Vladimir Putin has made the decision to go to war over Ukraine and to attack Kyiv itself, I recalled a …
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24 February
Dodik condemns Germany’s Baerbock on country position
Milorad Dodik, the Serb member of tripartite BiH Presidency, has slammed German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock over her alleged stance on the country’s troubles. Baerbock is set to visit BiH in the coming days, klix.ba, a news portal close to the Bosniak ethnic group, reported. “She’s telling lies… and is …
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24 February
Germany condemns Russian recognition
After Russia unilaterally declared that it would recognise the independence of the two Ukrainian breakaway regions of Donetsk and Luhansk, Germany heavily condemned the move and pledged support to Ukraine. German chancellor Olaf Scholz held a phone call with his French and US counterparts immediately after the Russian announcement and …
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24 February
Why Putin Recognized The Russia-Backed Separatists In Ukraine – Analysis
At the end of a bitter and bellicose speech in which he took aggressive aim at Kyiv and the West, Russian President Vladimir Putin said he was recognizing the Moscow-backed separatist entities that control parts of eastern Ukraine as independent countries — and quickly signed a decree making it official. …
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24 February
Iraqis Unite Over Their Rejection Of Iranian Coercion
Over the past few days, the Iraqi people have reiterated their rejection of the Iranian products being sold in the country, culminating in the launch of an awareness-raising campaign — the second in two years — on social media platforms.
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