The International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the Hague is set to hear a case brought by Ukraine against Russian aggression in eastern Ukraine, in legal proceedings due to start on Tuesday. Ukraine filed the lawsuit against Russia in 2017, long before the current war, for supporting pro-Russian rebels...
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By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Sudan has condemned in strong terms the terrorist attack on the Turkish evacuation plane by the rebel Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The Sudanese Ambassador to Nigeria, Mohamed Abdelmannan, condemned the terrorist’s act in a statement issued...
The sounds of air strikes, anti-aircraft weaponry and artillery could be heard in Khartoum early on Saturday and dark smoke rose over parts of the city, as fighting in Sudan entered a third week. Fighting between the army and a rival paramilitary force continued despite the announcement of a...
The United States and African nations raced to secure an extension of a ceasefire in Sudan on Thursday, with the Sudanese army saying it had given an initial nod to an African proposal calling for talks even as heavy fighting continued. Hundreds of people have been killed in nearly...
At least six people have been killed and more than 20 others injured in new Russian attacks in Ukraine. The authorities said that four Kalibr missiles hit the southern city of Mykolaiv, killing one person and injuring 23 others. It was the heaviest strike in four months, they said....
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved $1.2million dollars for the immediate evacuation of Nigerians stranded in war torn Sudan. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Geoffrey Onyeama, made this known while addressing State House correspondents on the outcome of the Council’s meeting, presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari, on...
Leaders After God’s Own Spirit Initiative A New State (LAGOSIANS), a pressure group, says political decisions in the forthcoming Governorship and House of Assembly elections should not lead to war in Lagos State. The Convener, Pastor Bolaji Akinyemi, who made this remark at a news conference on Saturday in...
UN Emergency Relief Coordinator, Martin Griffiths on Tuesday said nearly eight million people have fled Ukraine since the beginning of the conflict almost a year ago. According to Griffiths, almost eight million people fled from Ukraine to neighbouring countries, while another 5.3 million are internally displaced. The Head of...
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday announced that the new Zircon hypersonic missile has been put into service as the country’s war effort flounders in Ukraine. Putin in a televised video link from the Kremlin to mark the commissioning of the missiles on the Admiral Gorshkov frigate said: “I...
FIFA president, Gianni Infantino, has called on Russia and Ukraine to enter into a one month ceasefire during the World Cup in Qatar. Infantino told leaders at a summit of the G20 group of major economies in Indonesia the World Cup provided a “unique platform” for peace and unity...
A Russian missile struck an apartment building in the Ukrainian port of Mykolaiv early on Tuesday. A Reuters witness said, the latest strike on a city hours after the United States warned that it would hold Russia accountable for war crimes. The missile, which caused one of three explosions...
The war in Ukraine and rising inflation has pushed an addition four million children across eastern Europe and Central Asia into poverty. The United Nations Children’s agency UNICEF said in a report released on Monday. The figure, representing a 19 per cent increase since 2021, showed that children were...
French President Emmanuel Macron has called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to give up his war in Ukraine, saying the world did not want to see an escalation of the violence. “We do not want a world war,” Macron tweeted on Thursday. “We are helping Ukraine to resist on...
Turkey aims to help stop the “bloodshed” in the war between Russia and Ukraine inspite the high hurdles, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said at a regional summit in Kazakhstan. “Our goal is to help stop the bloodshed as soon as possible by maintaining the momentum gained in spite...
Russian President Vladimir Putin described the barrage of missile fire on numerous Ukrainian cities on Monday as a response to “terrorist attacks” on Russian territory and warned that even tougher strikes could come. Putin’s remarks at a Russian Security Council meeting came as the seven-month-old war saw a dramatic...
The Russian lower house of parliament ratified the incorporation of four occupied Ukrainian regions on Monday and fast-tracked the relevant legislation as the West rallied further to Kiev’s aid. More than 400 deputies in the Russian Duma, in a move unrecognised by most of the international community, voted unanimously...
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday signed treaties to annex four Moscow-occupied Ukrainian regions — Donetsk, Kherson, Lugansk and Zaporizhzhia — at a grand ceremony in the Kremlin. He then joined hands with the Moscow-installed heads of the regions on a stage in front of the Russian elite and...
United States National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said the U.S. would respond decisively to any Russian use of nuclear weapons against Ukraine. Sullivan said the United States has spelled out to Moscow the “catastrophic consequences” it would face. His remarks represented the latest American warning following the thinly veiled...
Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky has called on Russians to protest the partial military mobilisation announced in the country. “Protest! Fight! Run away! Or become Ukrainian prisoners of war! Those are the options for your survival,” Zelensky said in his daily video address. He said 55,000 Russian soldiers had already...
Russia’s defence ministry on Thursday announced that 55 of its servicemen had been returned to Russia. The ministry said this was the largest prisoner exchange deal with Ukraine since the start of the war. In its daily briefing, the ministry said the fighters from Russia’s armed forces and its...