KYIV— Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned African countries against supporting Russia’s aggression on his country, saying the continent had gained little from siding with Moscow.Zelensky told African journalists on Thursday that it was in Afr…
UN chief, DRC president discuss UN troops exit
KINSHASA— The United Nations (UN) Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, and the President of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Felix Tshisekedi, have held talks on calls by Congolese that UN troops should exit eastern Congo. According to Congolese…
US Official: Sub-Saharan Africa Food Security Hardest Hit by Russia’s War
A senior U.S. official said Friday that sub-Saharan Africa is the region hardest hit by disruptions to the global food supply due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.”Food prices worldwide are 23% higher than a year ago, but they hit the hardest in sub-Sah…
UN Weekly Roundup: July 30-August 5, 2022
Ukrainian grain starts its voyage to world marketsFollowing the signing on July 22 of the package deal to get millions of tons of Ukrainian grain out to world markets and ease the growing food crisis, the first commercial vessels sailed from the Ukrain…
Ukraine, Russia Trade Blame Over Damage to Nuclear Plant
Three more ships carrying thousands of tons of corn left Ukrainian ports Friday, part of a grain deal between Kyiv and Moscow, as the two countries accused each other of damaging a major Ukrainian nuclear power plant.Ukraine’s state nuclear power compa…
Rwanda Denies Reports of Military Intervention in DRC
Rwanda’s government has rejected a United Nations report that said Rwandan troops have been conducting military activities in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and are supporting M23 rebels there.The Rwandan government issued a communique late T…
Spain Leads Europe in Monkeypox, Struggles to Check Spread
As a sex worker and adult film actor, Roc was relieved when he was among the first Spaniards to get a monkeypox vaccine. He knew of several cases among men who have sex with men, which is the leading demographic for the disease, and feared he could be …