Tag Archives: Russia

  Here is why the latest chokehold could threaten a critical harvest and global food security   COMMENT | IRYNA SKUBII | While the world’s attention is fixated on the US blockade of Iranian ports and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, Russia has been subjecting Ukraine to a blockade …

MOSCOW | TASS | A team of the Russian Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing (Rospotrebnadzor) has returned from a humanitarian mission in Uganda after Ebola virus situation in the country has stabilized, the agency’s press service has told TASS. “At this point, epidemiological situation …

COMMENT | XINHUA |  The high-profile meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Beijing on last week set the course for the next stage of bilateral relations and underscored the two major countries’ commitment to advancing global governance reform in the right direction. Their in-depth, …

BEIJING | Xinhua | Russian President Vladimir Putin’s upcoming visit to China is widely expected to elevate bilateral relations further and inject much-needed stability and positive momentum into a turbulent world. This year marks the 30th anniversary of the establishment of the China-Russia strategic partnership of coordination and the 25th …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | ‎‎The East African Community (EAC) Secretariat has called on all Partner States to heighten surveillance, strengthen emergency preparedness and intensify cross-border coordination following confirmation of a new outbreak of Ebola Bundibugyo Virus Disease (EVD) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).‎ ‎The outbreak was …

MOSCOW | Xinhua |  Russia will continue working on oil supplies to Cuba as the Caribbean island nation faces a severe energy shortage, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Monday. “We will continue to work,” Peskov told reporters when asked whether additional energy shipments to Cuba could be expected. Earlier in …

   How attempts by America and her NATO allies to weaken Russia in this proxy war may wreck the alliance THE LAST WORD | ANDREW M. MWENDA |  As a new war rages on in the Middle East, we must not forget that it is four years since Russia invaded …

    How the current conflict in the Middle East is reordering the world and may risk a dangerous escalation THE LAST WORD | ANDREW M. MWENDA | The joint USA-Israel attack on Iran has set the Middle East on fire and risks a global conflict of unimaginable proportions. It is …

    The exact number remains unclear, as Nairobi maintains that none of them travelled through official channels   Nairobi, Kenya | AGENCIES | Kenya says it will talk to Russia over growing reports that its citizens are being recruited to fight in the war in Ukraine. Speaking to the …

BEIJING | Xinhua | China and Russia should increase high-level exchanges and strengthen pragmatic cooperation in various fields, Chinese President Xi Jinping said in a virtual meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday. Xi extended New Year greetings to Putin and the Russian people, stating that Wednesday coincided with …