Thursday, November 21, 2024

Russia-Ukraine war

Surge in Russian drone strikes test Ukrainian defences and devastate families.

Maria Troyanivska had come home early the night a Russian drone hit her bedroom. “Itflew in through the window, right into her room,” her mother Viktoria tells the BBC. After the explosion, she and her husband Volodymyr ran from the...

Can the architecture in Ukraine endure the winter?

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...

African Union chief warns Putin over Ukraine war impact

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...

NPA sensitises drivers to petroleum pricing

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...

S Africa pres: Russia sanctions hurting ‘bystander’ states

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...

‘Ukraine war fallout could fuel unrest in Africa’

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...

Prof. Ato Duncan urges world leaders to dialogue, mediate to end Russia-Ukraine war

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...

Ghana’s revenue and grants to increase by 37% – Rand Merchant Bank projects

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...

‘Russians on IOC board not representatives of their country’

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...

Russian warship sinks after ammunition on board explode

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...
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