Ukraine

YUROVE, Ukraine — Fears have grown along Ukraine’s northern border about the potential for new military attacks since Yevgeniy Prigozhin’s Wagner mercenaries relocated to Belarus after last month’s short-lived mutiny against Moscow’s military leadership, with Ukraine — and even Poland — tightening security and stepping up defenses. Belarus served as…

Global fertiliser suppliers have made incredibly high profits in 2022/23 on the back of price spikes attributed to the Russia-Ukraine war. The profits of the world's top nine producers trebled in 2022 from two years previously. The margins and impacts have been even greater on fertiliser supplies to African farmers.…

Trevor Reed at a hearing in Moscow in March 2020. AFP/FileA former US Marine, Trevor Reed, who had previously spent more than two years in a Russian prison, has been injured while fighting in Ukraine, the State Department confirmed.  Reed was released from Moscow's custody in April 2022 as part…

1/2 International nuclear energy watchdog inspectors said mines laid between two perimeter fences at the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine did not present a danger to the plant's nuclear safety and security systems. File Photo courtesyof Russian Emergencies Ministry/EPA-EFE July 25 (UPI) -- International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors have…

For a time, in the aftermath of the global pandemic of COVID-19 and coupled with the Russia-Ukraine war, the world faced possibly the worst economic outlook for a generation. However, their effect on the Ghanaian economy is so pervasive, contrary to the evidence in the context of African nations and…

Senior UN officials on Sunday condemned the deadly Russian missile strikes in the Ukraine city of Odesa which damaged several historic buildings. Over the past week, Russia has carried out aerial attacks on Odesa and two other port cities, Chornomorsk and Mykolaiv, since terminating the landmark Black Sea Initiative on…

National Security Advisors (NSAs) of the BRICS member states will meet in South Africa from Monday to Wednesday and explore a security cooperation mechanism for the grouping amid several geopolitical security threats. NSA Ajit Doval is expected to meet senior Chinese diplomat Yang Jiechi on the sidelines of the event,…

The Ukrainian military has vowed retaliation after Russian missile strikes on Odesa early Sunday morning, July 23 damaged at least six residential buildings, a Ukrainian Orthodox Church, and “architectural monuments, in the UNESCO heritage city of Odesa.   “Dozens of cars were damaged, facades and roofs of many buildings in…

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Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) president Dr Agnes Kalibata says the Russia-Ukraine war is a wake-up call for Africa’s food systems. She said the rising cost of food as a result of the war should make Africa realise that there are vast business opportunities in the food…