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African Union calls on Russia to restart Ukrainian grain deal – media
The 55-nation African Union called on Russia to reinstate a United Nations-brokered deal allowing Ukraine to export grain…
Russian grain handout to Africa can’t replace Ukraine’s disrupted exports – UN chief
Russia offered to donate 25-50k tons of grain to 6 countries after pulling out of deal that allowed export of 30mn tons; this cannot offset rising prices, says UN chief
Russia’s war in Ukraine will worsen Africa’s food security next two years – British Intel
Russia has conducted a conference for African leaders ten days after withdrawing from a deal that enabled export of 30 mn tons of grain to Africa
“Ukraine, world don’t need frozen conflicts” – Zelenskyy on African “peace plan”
President Zelenskyy has rejected South African President Ramaphosa’s call for negotiating with Russia to stop Russia’s war against…
South Africa leader calls to negotiate with Russia in 10-step “peace plan,” says Putin welcome at BRICS summit
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa acknowledged during a joint press conference with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that the…
African leaders come under missile attack in Kyiv en route on “peace mission” to Russia
South African Republic Cyril Ramaphosa and other African leaders have come under a Russian ballistic missile attack on…
Egypt nearly supplied rockets to Russia, agreed to arm Ukraine instead, leak shows – WP
Egypt paused a plan to secretly supply rockets to Russia last month following talks with senior US officials…
Wagner owner Prigozhin eyes Africa after setbacks in Ukraine – Bloomberg
Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder of the Russian mercenary group Wagner, is reportedly preparing to scale back his private…
Moscow Patriarchate says it has churches in 19 African countries, angering Orthodox world but giving FSB expanded possibilities
[editorial] In response to the Patriarch of Alexandria’s recognition of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church’s autocephaly, the Russian Orthodox…
Russian university accused of pressure on African students to join the war – The Daily Beast
Russian officials at the Southern Federal University (SFedU) in the city of Rostov-on-Don, near the border with Ukraine,…
Ukraine launches initiative to feed African countries on Holodomor commemoration day
Ukraine has raised $150 mn at the inaugural summit of the Grain from Ukraine initiative, aimed at overcoming…
Moscow Patriarchate moved into Africa to provide cover for FSB officers and PMCs, not to punish anyone over Ukraine, Horyevoy says
The Moscow Patriarchate has insisted and most people have accepted the idea that Kirill has expanded the presence…
Why Facebook is more revealing on nudity than on Russian disinformation
Even though Facebook and the Russian government have their Brussels offices next door to each other, they appear…
Kremlin rapidly losing control of ‘private military company’ story
Personnel of Russian private military companies, which are illegal according to Russian law, have appealed to the International…
Russian private military companies proliferate ‘to make money on war’
Despite the fading of the Wagner private military company which attracted so much attention earlier because of evidence…
Russia’s private military companies a more toxic form of Latin American death squads, Pastukhov says
Many countries have private military companies, Vladimir Pastukhov says; and there is no reason that Russia should not…
Moscow dispatches even more ‘private military companies’ to Syria and Africa
Moscow has now dispatched another of what it calls “a private military company” to fight in Syria, a…
Moscow inserts political operatives into African countries where elections are scheduled
Even as the United States and other Western countries wrestle with the question of how involved Russian operatives…
