February, 2022

• 24 February

  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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• 24 February

  Yet Another Attempt Of ‘Assassination Of Serbia?’

  

  In the Republic of Serbia, regular presidential elections, extraordinary parliamentary elections and regular local elections for the capital of Belgrade and 12 towns and municipalities are scheduled to take place on 3 April 2022.

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• 24 February

  In many cases, our attempts to help US track civilian deaths went nowhere

  

  Airwars says it worked with the military to identify incidents, but newly classified docs show that in many cases, they were ignored. For many years during the international air campaign against the Islamic State, Airwars participated in information sharing with the U.S.-led Coalition on civilian harm incidents. The results from …

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