Vitaliy Bylenko looked ruefully at the mountains of grain in his barn, contemplating the growing obstacles to shifting the stockpiles after Russia this week exited a deal allowing Black Sea exports.Ukraine, European countries and the United States have lamented Moscow’s decision to scrap the landmark accord brokered by the United Nations and Turkey last July.But …

‘No way out’: Ukraine farmers lament collapse of grain dealThu, 20 Jul 2023 11:52:15 GMT Read More »

Russian missiles and drones hit the Ukrainian port of Odesa for a third “hellish” night in a row as Crimean authorities said a teenager had been killed in Kyiv’s latest attack on the peninsula.Russian forces also targeted Mykolaiv, another Black Sea port through which Ukrainian grain is exported, after Moscow’s exit from a key deal …

Russia pummels Ukraine ports in third night of missile attacksThu, 20 Jul 2023 11:37:40 GMT Read More »

A body was found in central Johannesburg early Thursday after an unexplained blast ripped through a busy street at rush hour the previous evening, the emergency services said.The explosion blew a hole in the road  and gouged out cracks, skittling pedestrians and cars.”(In the) early hours of this morning, we managed to recover a body …

One dead, 48 injured in unexplained Johannesburg blastThu, 20 Jul 2023 11:30:53 GMT Read More »

Cheikh Thiam passes the ball to one of his friends, a group of students and fellow football fans, and darts across an artificial pitch in Senegal’s capital Dakar.They have paid the equivalent of $60 to be there, about a third of the national monthly income, but it is an upgrade from the crowded beaches they …

Young Senegalese football lovers flock to artificial turfThu, 20 Jul 2023 10:56:41 GMT Read More »

A body was found in central Johannesburg early Thursday after an unexplained blast ripped through a main road at rush hour the previous evening, the emergency services said.”(In the) early hours of this morning, we managed to recover a body of a male person on site where the explosion occurred,” Emergency Management Services spokesman Robert …

One dead, 41 injured in unexplained Johannesburg blastThu, 20 Jul 2023 09:56:49 GMT Read More »

Air strikes, street battles and artillery fire shook Sudan’s capital Khartoum and the major southern city of El-Obeid on Thursday, witnesses told AFP.”Artillery fire targeted paramilitary bases of the Rapid Support Forces,” said a resident of El-Obeid, 350 kilometres (220 miles) southwest of Khartoum.Fighting between the RSF and the regular army, led by feuding generals, …

Fighting in Sudan’s capital, south after generals briefly surfaceThu, 20 Jul 2023 08:34:59 GMT Read More »

Russian strikes hit the Ukrainian port of Odesa for a third consecutive night since Moscow pulled out of a grain export deal, officials said Thursday, as Crimean authorities said a teenager had died in Kyiv’s latest attack on the peninsula.At least 20 people were wounded following strikes on Odesa and the southern port city of …

Russia hits Ukraine’s Odesa for third night after grain deal exitThu, 20 Jul 2023 06:01:56 GMT Read More »

About 50 Zimbabwean opposition activists clad in yellow T-shirts were knocking on doors and handing out election flyers in Harare when a dozen riot police arrived and told them to disperse.For the campaigners, the intervention was one more sign of a strategy to wreck their chances of cracking the 43-year grip on power by Zimbabwe’s …

Opposition on back foot as Zimbabwe gears for tense voteThu, 20 Jul 2023 05:48:46 GMT Read More »

Russia said Wednesday it would consider cargo ships travelling to Ukraine through the Black Sea potential military targets, following its decision to exit a landmark deal that permitted the export of grain from Ukraine.Following a second night of strikes around the southern Ukrainian port of Odesa, President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russia of deliberately targeting grain …

Russia puts Black Sea ships on alert after grain deal exitThu, 20 Jul 2023 00:34:38 GMT Read More »

Morocco’s top court has rejected the final appeals of two journalists, Omar Radi and Soulaimane Raissouni, imprisoned on sexual assault charges they deny, their lawyer said Wednesday.The court of cassation in Rabat on Tuesday “rejected our appeal and confirmed the prison sentences” of the two men who have been behind bars since 2021, lawyer Miloud …

Moroccan court keeps two journalists behind barsWed, 19 Jul 2023 23:55:13 GMT Read More »