Fri 29 April 2022: Mercenaries have become increasingly influential as states across Africa find their armies unable to limit the widening reach of armed groups. Ahead of the holy month of Ramadan every year, traders from neighbouring towns flock to the popular cattle market in the central Malian town of Moura. That ritual continued this […]
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Sun 10 April 2022: A defining feature of South Africa is the level of inequality in almost all spheres of society. Nowhere is this more observable than in the schooling sector. It’s not unusual to find wealthy schools, comparable to the best anywhere in the world, within 5km of poor schools. Some blame for this inequality […]
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Fri 08 April 2022: Pakistan is going through a constitutional crisis after Prime Minister Imran Khan avoided a no-confidence vote on Sunday which was initiated by opposition legislators late last month in an attempt to oust him amid accusations of economic mismanagement and spiralling inflation. In response, Khan claimed that a “foreign conspiracy” was being […]
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The influence that Russia has in Serbia is not downsizing, it’s actually been growing throughout the years,’ Kosovo President Vjosa Osmani said. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Wed 06 April 2022: In interviews with Al Jazeera, Kosovo’s president and Bosnia’s defence minister share their concerns about regional security and Moscow-friendly Serbia. As Russia’s influence grows in the Western Balkans […]
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Tue 05 April 2022: A far-right member of the Israeli parliament stormed into the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque last Thursday. Extremist Itamar Ben-Gvir was guarded by a heavy police presence at the time. His incursion fell within the context of Israel’s long-term strategic political goal to Judaise occupied Jerusalem and its religious landmarks, the foremost of which […]
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Tue 05 April 2022: Two years after a pandemic was declared, scientists continue to debate how the coronavirus behind COVID-19 came to infect humans. Even as COVID-19 enters its third year as a pandemic, the world is no closer to knowing the source of the virus that sparked it all. Just six weeks after declaring […]
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Sun 03 April 2022: In early March the United Nation’s General Assembly voted on a resolution demanding Russia immediately stop its military operations in Ukraine. Out of 193 member states, 141 voted in support of the resolution, five voted against, 35 abstained and 12 didn’t vote at all. Of the 54 African member states, Eritrea voted against the resolution, […]
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Sat 02 April 2022: Analysts say Moscow has been recruiting Syrian fighters through its mercenary network and local groups. Beirut, Lebanon – Even after a decade of civil war, Syrians have been trying to find a way out of the country to fight in another. Moscow through the mercenary company the Wagner Group and supported Syrian fighter […]
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Fri 01 April 2022: Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made a surprise video appearance at Qatar’s Doha Forum last Saturday, stressing the need for the energy-rich nation and others to shift their production from Russian based energy into renewable energy to counteract the loss of Russian energy supplies. This emergency call from the president of the […]
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Thu 31 March 2022: Mumbai, India–Indian authorities are actively considering dedicated payment mechanisms for trade with Russia to enable existing trade obligations in the wake of sanctions imposed on the Kremlin, a move that will also pave the way for cheaper oil imports to meet the country’s energy demands. In the past month, as sanctions have been […]
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