The President of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa, yesterday expressed his optimism that Ukraine and Russia would consider the proposal made by African leaders for a peaceful resolution to the conflict. According to the South African leader, a ten-point proposal has been presented which African leaders believe can contribute to various efforts being made by...
South Africa, criticized for its neutrality in refusing to condemn Russia for its invasion of Ukraine, yesterday in Pretoria reinforced its closeness to Moscow by declaring itself a "friend" during a meeting of the two countries' diplomatic chiefs. The expression of friendship from Pretoria, which last Thursday announced that it would be holding exercises in February...
More than 7,000 civilians have died in the war in Ukraine, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights revealed in a statement on Tuesday - the bloody conflict, which began on February 24, 2022, has already resulted in 18,358 civilian casualties, including 7,031 dead and 11,327 wounded. Of the total civilian deaths, 2,472...
The European Union's (EU) High Representative for Foreign Affairs yesterday in Maputo appreciated Mozambique's neutrality as a peace position on the war in Ukraine, almost three months after he criticized those who are neutral. "To be neutral is to be on the side of the aggressor," Josep Borrell told a Security Council meeting...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) believes that Russia will feel the impact of sanctions imposed by the West due to the war in Ukraine more from 2023, while it will weather it better this year. In its update of its global economic forecasts, released yesterday, the IMF upgraded its economic growth projections for Russia this year,...
The conflict between Russia and Ukraine is registering marks on the world's major currencies, which has caused the dollar to appreciate to parity with the euro since Tuesday (12), which occurs for the first time in two decades. Thus, for the first time in 20 years, the exchange rate between the euro and the US dollar...
The Kremlin said Thursday that Russia was prepared since the end of 2021 for the food crisis that hit the world with the outbreak of the conflict in Ukraine in February 2022. Kremlin advisor Maxim Orechkine revealed to a youth forum in Moscow that "the main cause of world hunger...
The World Bank announced Wednesday that it will release $30 billion to prevent food insecurity situations, in a context where the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, which supply 30% of grain worldwide, has caused shortages of certain products and increased prices. In this sense, according to RFI,...
Mozambican wheat importers should speed up purchases to avoid shortages due to the war between Russia and Ukraine, warned the state-owned company Silos e Terminal Graneleiro da Matola (STEMA), which stores grain in the country. "In this context [of war], we appeal to millers to use traditional channels and others they know to make...
European Union (EU) member states failed to reach an agreement this Sunday to ban oil imports from Russia, due to the war in Ukraine, in view of the energy dependence of some countries. Ambassadors from EU countries met on Sunday for about an hour and a half but failed to reach an agreement,...