CNN — The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation said on Thursday it was committing $7 billion to Africa over the next four years, as Bill Gates warned that the Ukraine crisis was reducing the amount of aid flowing to the continent. The Foundation’s pledge, which is up 40% on the amount spent during the previous … Read More “Gates Foundation pledges $7 billion for Africa as Ukraine war diverts donor cash | CNN” »
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CNN — Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has slammed Western countries over what he calls a “reprehensible double standard” in their response to the energy crisis brought about by the Russian invasion of Ukraine. In a Twitter post on Sunday, Museveni singled out Germany for demolishing wind turbines to allow for the expansion of a coal-fueled … Read More “Uganda’s President Museveni slams ‘Western double standards’ over coal mine plans | CNN” »
CNN — Asmani Dadi had heard rumors about the insurgents. Then, one day, they came true. It was July 2020 and Dadi was a student in the town of Mocímboa da Praia, northern Mozambique. “They came … from the forest and began to kill people. When they found children, … they stole them back to … Read More “ISIS-linked militants are threatening huge natural gas reserves the world needs badly right now | CNN” »
Reuters — As a heavily armed convoy drove through a cheering crowd in Burkina Faso’s capital on Sunday morning, the boyish face of the country’s latest military ruler, Captain Ibrahim Traore, emerged from the turret of an armored personnel carrier. Sporting fatigues and a red beret, the 34-year-old smiled and raised his thumb as onlookers … Read More “Who is Ibrahim Traore, the soldier behind Burkina Faso’s latest coup? | CNN” »
London CNN — The trial of one of the last fugitives accused of broadcasting hateful propaganda and arming militias in the 1994 Rwanda genocide has opened at a United Nations court in The Hague. Before opening statements, judges said 87-year-old Félicien Kabuga had refused to attend but ruled that the trial would go ahead. He … Read More “Trial of 87-year-old Rwanda genocide suspect Félicien Kabuga opens at The Hague | CNN” »
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CNN — Thousands of protesters rallied in the Sudanese capital Khartoum on Sunday calling for an end to military rule, following a CNN investigation that exposed Russia’s plundering of gold in the African nation. Clashes erupted after hundreds of demonstrators attempted to head to the Republican Palace – Sudan’s presidential offices – but were met … Read More “Thousands in Sudan call for end to military rule, protest exploitation of gold resources after CNN investigation | CNN” »
The students told CNN they are spending most of their time in underground bunkers in freezing temperatures as Russian soldiers prevent anyone from entering or leaving Kherson. Many of the students are terrified of the repercussions of speaking out in the media and have asked CNN to withhold their full names for fear of their … Read More “They moved to Ukraine for an education. Now they’re living in a city occupied by Russian forces” »
One African medical student told CNN that she and other foreigners were ordered off the public transit bus at a checkpoint between Ukraine and Poland border. They were told to stand aside as the bus drove off with only Ukrainian nationals on board, she says. Rachel Onyegbule, a Nigerian first-year medical student in Lviv was … Read More “Foreign students fleeing Ukraine say they face segregation, racism at border” »
Vivian Udenze, 21, a Nigerian medical student at Sumy State University told CNN: “This is the 8th day since the crisis began. A lot of places have been evacuated. There are more than 600 of us who are foreigners and students.” She said most of the group are medical students, and they are from Nigeria, … Read More “‘Help us, we’re stranded’: International students say they’re trapped in northeast Ukraine” »