RUSSIA WITHDRAWS MERCENARIES FROM LIBYA AMID SETBACKS IN UKRAINE INVASION

Sat 30 April 2022:  Russia has withdrawn around 1,200 of its mercenaries from Libya, amid a series of setbacks in its offensive in Ukraine and the pressure it has reportedly put on its military manpower. According to the Financial Times, unnamed Libyan officials told it that 200 Russians belonging to the mercenary Wagner Group and 1,000 […]

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RUSSIA WILL NOT RECOGNIZE KOSOVO’S INDEPENDENCE: ENVOY

President Vjosa Osmani speaks at a pro-Ukraine rally in Mother Teresa square, Pristina. Osmani said the war in Ukraine had brought back ‘personal’ and ‘painful’ memories for the people of Kosovo. ARBAN OSMANI Sat 30 April 2022:  Moscow will not recognize Kosovo’s independence, Russia’s ambassador to Belgrade said on Friday. Speaking to Serbian Insajder TV, […]

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ANTI-MUSLIM ACTS ROSE BY 9% IN THE US – CAIR REPORT

Sat 30 April 2022:  The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) report shows that there has been a 9 per cent increase in discrimination against Muslims in the US During a press conference of a newly published report “Still Suspect: The Impact of Structural Islamophobia”, CAIR Director, Nihad Awad, said Islamophobia is structural and deep in the US. According […]

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PUTIN’S ‘MIDDLE FINGER’ TO THE UN SENDS CLEAR MESSAGE TO THE WEST

Sat 30 April 2022:  Mayor Vitali Klitschko said on Friday a missile attack on his city Kyiv was Russian President Vladimir Putin’s way of giving “his middle finger” to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and the West over the war in Ukraine. The targeting of the capital on Thursday killed at least one person and wounded 10 others, […]

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‘WHITE HANDS’: THE RISE OF PRIVATE ARMIES IN AFRICAN CONFLICTS

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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ERDOGAN MEETS SAUDI LEADERS IN FIRST VISIT SINCE KHASHOGGI MURDER

Fri 29 April 2022:  Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, held meetings with King Salman and Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman, late on April 28, in his first visit to Saudi Arabia since 2017 after the killing of dissident Saudi journalist, Jamal Khashoggi, on the premises of the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul in 2018. .Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques […]

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$7B IN MILITARY EQUIPMENT ABANDONED BY THE US IN AFGHANISTAN: REPORT

Fri 29 April 2022: Roughly $7 billion worth of military equipment transferred to the deposed Afghan government was left behind during the US’s chaotic withdrawal from the country in August, according to a report published on Thursday. The Pentagon does not plan to conduct any operations to “retrieve or destroy” the equipment, according to a congressionally-mandated report reviewed by […]

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SA GOVERNMENT REMAINS ON HIGH ALERT AMID INCREASE IN DAILY COVID-19 INFECTIONS

Fri 29 April 2022:  Health Minister, Dr Joe Phaahla, says while the country is still at great risk of COVID-19, government is observing the daily new infections and remains on high alert. Phaahla said the next seven days until 6 May will give an indication as to whether the 5th wave of the pandemic has started. […]

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