In Kyiv, residents prepare for daily blackouts. They’re typically staggered by neighborhood, and don’t happen all at once; four hours off, four hours on, like that, all day, a checkerboard of light and dark, hot and cold, across the...
Senegal's president and head of the African Union, Macky Sall, has told Vladimir Putin he should consider the impact of food shortages caused by the invasion of Ukraine.
The two men have been meeting in the southern Russian city of...
The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) has held a day’s sensitisation workshop for commercial drivers to equip them with the requisite knowledge on petroleum pricing and quality.
The day’s event comes on the back of the recent continuous hike in petroleum...
Due to the Soviet Union’s support for the anti-apartheid struggle, South Africa has close historical ties with Moscow. It abstained from a United Nations vote denouncing the invasion of Ukraine and has resisted calls to condemn Russia.
The European Union has aggressively...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned of a looming food crisis that may spark social unrest in sub-Saharan Africa.
The fund has revised its growth projection for the continent downwards to 3.8 per cent from the initial 4.5 per...
Global peace campaigner, Professor Samuel Ato Duncan, has warned that the world is on the verge of plunging into World War III, unless world leaders take urgent action to avert another global catastrophe.
He said that world leaders should not...
The negative effects of the Russia-Ukraine war will continue to reverberate throughout Africa and will affect the continent’s growth this year, the Rand Merchant Bank (RMB) has said.
“Coupled with the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, this is adding...
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has claimed that it has not suspended its Russian members and honorary members as they are "not representatives of their country" in their capacities.
Pressure was ramped up on the Lausanne-based organisation after Swiss Sports...
Dramatic pictures of – and a credible video of – the Russian warship Moskva before it sank last week have appeared online.
The video and images match the shape and design of the missile cruiser.
Russia says a fire onboard caused...
People in eastern Ukraine know the Russians are about to step up their offensive here. Even the dogs on the streets seem to know, and can be heard barking whenever there’s a heavy thump of artillery in the distance.
Hundreds...
