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    Omanyano ovanhu koikundaneki yomalungula kashili paveta, Commisiner Sakaria takunghilile Veronika Haulenga

Russia

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Africa

Ukraine prepares to ship grain to Nigeria

Ukraine is preparing to ship 25,000 tons of grain to Nigeria. It is part of the Black Sea grain deal, an initiative set up last year to lessen a global food crisis due to the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. Tesem Akende reports from Jos.

todayDecember 20, 2023 33

Opinion Pieces

‘Politically neutral’ Russian athletes can now enter the Olympics – but don’t expect many to compete

  By Keith Rathbone, Macquarie University Earlier this month, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced Russian and Belarussian athletes will be able to compete in the 2024 Paris Olympics if they are politically neutral. The decision from the committee’s executive board reversed an earlier ban. The IOC made this change even though the Russian National Olympic Committee remains suspended from competition for its violation of “the territorial integrity of the […]

todayDecember 20, 2023 12

Sport

Russia denounces “discriminatory conditions”

  Russia denounced Friday the "discriminatory conditions" imposed by the International Olympic Committee for Russian athletes to take part in the Paris 2024 Games, requiring them to compete as neutrals and not actively support the Ukraine offensive. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) earlier on Friday allowed Russian and Belarusian athletes to participate as neutrals. "The conditions are discriminatory, they are going against the principles of sport," said Russian sports minister […]

todayDecember 9, 2023 1

World

Ukraine accuses Russia of war crime

Kyiv has accused Russia of committing a war crime by executing Ukrainian soldiers who had signalled their intention to surrender. This, the AFP news agency reports, follows the publication of a short video posted on Telegram showing two men coming out of a shelter, one with his hands above his head, before lying on the ground in front of another group of soldiers. This is followed by what appears to […]

todayDecember 4, 2023 3

World

Ukraine tells NATO it won’t ‘back down’ in Russia fight

Ukraine's foreign minister said Wednesday that it won't "back down" in its fight against Russia, despite doubts over US support and minimal progress on the front line. "We have to continue, we have to keep fighting. Ukraine is not going to back down," Ukraine's top diplomat Dmytro Kuleba told Kyiv's NATO backers in Brussels. "Our strategic goal, which is territorial integrity within internationally recognised borders as of 1991, remains unchanged," […]

todayNovember 29, 2023 5

Business / Economics

Oil prices soar as producers unveil shock output cut

Oil prices soared Monday after top producers unveiled a shock output cut of more than a million barrels per day, while equities mostly rose after data showed US and European inflation eased further last month. However, the decision by the OPEC+ cartel fanned concerns about a fresh spike in prices that could put pressure on central banks to push interest rates higher. Both main crude contracts jumped around eight percent […]

todayApril 3, 2023 6

Africa

‘It hurts’: DR Congo currency drops amid war spending, arrears payments

By Emmet Livingstone A falling local currency, salary arrears payments and war spending have pushed up prices in impoverished Democratic Republic of Congo, leaving locals struggling to afford basics. Since the new year, the Congolese franc has depreciated about 15 percent against the US dollar, according to official figures and money changers, hitting the poorest hardest. Several people interviewed by AFP said that in some cases prices had risen much […]

todayApril 3, 2023 5

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