South African president arrives in Russia as part of peace missionSat, 17 Jun 2023 13:33:14 GMT

South Africa’s president arrived in Saint Petersburg, Russia on Saturday ahead of talks headed by an African delegation pushing for negotiations between Kyiv and Moscow even as doubts grow they will bear fruit. The African leaders are attempting to make the continent’s issues heard after it has been buffeted by economic headwinds caused by the conflict. President …

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Death toll from militant attack on school in Uganda hits 37Sat, 17 Jun 2023 11:20:46 GMT

Militants linked to the Islamic State group hacked and burned 37 students to death in western Uganda in the country’s worst such attack in over a decade, army and police officials said Saturday.The army said it was pursuing militants from the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) after the cross-border raid late Friday on a secondary school …

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Parents of Syrians missing in Greece boat tragedy ‘pray day and night’Sat, 17 Jun 2023 10:53:30 GMT

In war-torn Syria, parents of teenagers missing in a shipwreck off the Greek coast are clinging onto hope their children might be alive, days after the tragedy.A fishing boat overloaded with migrants capsized and sank off Greece’s Peloponnese peninsula on Wednesday, killing at least 78 people.While the exact number of passengers on the rusty trawler …

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Medics say overwhelmed by wounded from Sudan’s DarfurSat, 17 Jun 2023 10:43:47 GMT

Medics on Saturday said they are overwhelmed by the hundreds of wounded fleeing Sudan’s Darfur region, which has become an increasing focus of global concern more than two months into the country’s war.Residents of the capital Khartoum, hundreds of kilometres (miles) east of Darfur, on Saturday also reported fresh air strikes, gunfire and explosions there …

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25 students killed in militant attack on school in western UgandaSat, 17 Jun 2023 09:11:26 GMT

Militants linked to the Islamic State group have killed 25 students in western Uganda in the country’s worst such attack in years, police and local officials said Saturday.The army said it was pursuing militants from the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) after the cross-border raid late Friday on a secondary school in Kasese district near the …

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25 killed in militant attack on school in western Uganda: policeSat, 17 Jun 2023 06:23:04 GMT

Twenty-five people including children have died in an overnight “terrorist attack” on a school in western Uganda by the Islamic State-aligned Allied Democratic Forces militia, the national police spokesman said Saturday.Fred Enanga said the ADF, which is based in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, attacked a secondary school in Mpondwe late Friday where “a dormitory was …

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African leaders prepare to meet Putin after Zelensky rules out talksSat, 17 Jun 2023 05:07:25 GMT

A high-level African delegation was preparing to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday, a day after its calls for talks between Moscow and Kyiv were rebuffed by Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky.The diplomatic team had gone to Kyiv on Friday to voice the concerns of a continent that has suffered from the fallout of …

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Zelensky rules out talks with Russia as African leaders urge de-escalationSat, 17 Jun 2023 03:21:49 GMT

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky ruled out the possibility of talks with Russia on Friday after a visiting delegation of African leaders urged both countries to de-escalate.The diplomatic team came to Kyiv to voice the concerns of a continent that has suffered from the fallout of Russia’s invasion — in particular from rising grain prices — …

Zelensky rules out talks with Russia as African leaders urge de-escalationSat, 17 Jun 2023 03:21:49 GMT Read More »

African leaders urge de-escalation after missile attack on KyivFri, 16 Jun 2023 22:20:26 GMT

A delegation of African leaders met President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday and told Russia and Ukraine to de-escalate and negotiate, hours after sheltering from missile strikes on Kyiv.The high-level diplomatic team came to the Ukrainian capital to voice the concerns of a continent that has suffered from the fallout of the war, including rising grain …

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