Fri 11 March 2022: After President Vladimir Putin endorsed a plan to send volunteers to fight in Ukraine, the Kremlin declared Friday that fighters from Syria and the Middle East would be permitted to fight for Russia. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that Russia’s defence minister had said that “most of those who want […]
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Fri 11 March 2022: Africa’s top public health agency has signed a memorandum of understanding with Pfizer to bring supplies of the pharmaceutical firm’s Paxlovid antiviral COVID-19 pills to the continent. “The memorandum of understanding is with the legal office at the AU [African Union]”, John Nkengasong, director of the Africa Centres for Disease Control […]
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Fri 11 March 2022: Russian President Vladimir Putin has said Russia must allow volunteers who are willing to fight in Ukraine to take part in Moscow’s offensive, Reuters reports. Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu proposed handing over American made anti-tank systems such as Javelin and Stinger to fighters from the rebel regions of Luhansk and […]
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Fri 11 March 2022: President Cyril Ramaphosa says South Africa has been approached to play a “mediation role” in the Russia-Ukraine conflict. The President had a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday afternoon. According to the UN High Commission for Refugees, at least 2.3 million Ukrainians have been forced to flee their […]
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Fri 11 March 2022: The World Health Organization (WHO) advised Ukraine to destroy high-threat pathogens housed in the country’s public health laboratories to prevent “any potential spills” that would spread disease among the population, the agency told the Reuters news agency. Biosecurity experts say Russia’s movement of troops into Ukraine and bombardment of its cities […]
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Thu 10 March 2022: As the war in Ukraine entered the third week on Thursday, the British Army said a “small number” of its soldiers have “disobeyed orders” and may have travelled to Ukraine “in a personal capacity”. Downing Street has imposed a wide variety of sanctions on the Russian Federation and has also supplied […]
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Thu 10 March 2022: Almost half of of some 2.3 million people who fled Russia’s attacks on Ukraine are children, UNICEF says, confirming at least 37 child fatalities in 15 days. Most of the children crossed into Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, Moldova, and Romania with their families, according to the UN children’s agency. Meanwhile, a Ukrainian […]
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Thu 10 March 2022: As Russia’s war in Ukraine intensifies, so has defiance back home where police arrest thousands of protesters. More than 5,000 people were arrested in Russia while taking part in demonstrations against Moscow’s war against Ukraine in 69 cities across the country on Sunday alone, according to the OVD-Info monitoring group. That compares with 1,900 protesters arrested on February […]
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Thu 10 March 2022: Ukraine’s foreign minister said he discussed a 24-hour ceasefire with his Russian counterpart, but no progress was achieved, while Moscow’s official supported the invasion and stated everything was progressing according to plan. Russia’s and Ukraine’s foreign ministers met in Turkey on Thursday for face-to-face discussions, the first high-level interaction between the […]
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Thu 10 March 2022: The United Kingdom’s government says it has imposed asset freezes on seven Russian businessmen, including Chelsea Football Club owner Roman Abramovich, after they were added to the country’s sanctions list. “There can be no safe havens for those who have supported [Russian President Vladimir] Putin’s vicious assault on Ukraine,” British Prime […]
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