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Mar
06
2022
By The African Mirror
‘Please close the sky’ say Ukrainian refugees

‘Please close the sky’ say Ukrainian refugees

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ALAN CHARLISH UKRAINIANS fleeing into central Europe pleaded for Western nations to take tougher steps against Russia following Moscow's invasion that has created more than 1 million refugees. At the Medyka crossing, Poland's busiest, along its roughly 500-kilometre (310-mile) border with Ukraine, refugees called for a no-fly zone over Ukraine -- something NATO powers have so far ruled out on the grounds it would risk escalating the conflict beyond Ukraine. "Please close the sky," said Solomiya Zdryko, 18, who fled from Lviv in western Ukraine. "I know that it's not possible for us to join NATO but at least close…
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Mar
06
2022
By The African Mirror
Italy seizes oligarchs’ villas and yachts in initial sweep

Italy seizes oligarchs’ villas and yachts in initial sweep

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ITALIAN police have seized villas and yachts worth at least 140 million euros ($153 million) from four high-profile Russians who were placed on an EU sanctions list following Moscow's attack on Ukraine, sources said. A police source said a villa owned by billionaire businessman Alisher Usmanov on the Mediterranean island of Sardinia, and a villa on Lake Como owned by state TV host Vladimir Soloviev, had both been seized. In addition, sources confirmed that yachts belonging to Russia's richest man, Alexey Mordashov, and Gennady Timchenko, who has close tied with Russian President Vladimir Putin, were impounded overnight in the northern…
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Mar
06
2022
By The African Mirror
Kremlin says the West is behaving like a bandit

Kremlin says the West is behaving like a bandit

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THE Kremlin said that the West was behaving like a bandit by cutting economic relations over the conflict in Ukraine but that Russia was far too big to be isolated as the world was much larger than just the United States and Europe. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that the West was engaged in "economic banditry" against Russia and that Moscow would respond. He did not specify what response there would be but said it would be in line with Russian interests. "As you understand, there must be a corresponding response to economic banditry," Peskov said. "This does not…
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Mar
05
2022
By The African Mirror
ICC faces “myriad challenges” to prosecute war crimes in Ukraine

ICC faces “myriad challenges” to prosecute war crimes in Ukraine

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ANTHONY DEUTSCH and TOBY STERLING IMAGES of cluster bombs and artillery strikes on Ukrainian cities this week have prompted the world's top war crimes prosecutor to launch an investigation, with the support of dozens of nations opposed to Russia's invasion. Karim Khan, a British lawyer named as the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court last year, said the crisis in Ukraine is a chance to demonstrate that those committing war crimes would be held to account. "I think the world is watching. The world expects better," Khan, 51, said on Thursday in his offices in The Hague, announcing he…
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Mar
05
2022
By The African Mirror
Russia seizes Ukraine nuclear power plant as forces lay siege to cities

Russia seizes Ukraine nuclear power plant as forces lay siege to cities

WORLD
PAVEL POLITYUK and ALEKSANDAR VASOVIC RUSSIAN forces in Ukraine seized Europe's biggest nuclear power plant in an assault that caused alarm around the world and that Washington said had risked catastrophe, although officials said later that the facility was now safe. Fighting also raged elsewhere in Ukraine as Russian forces besieged and bombarded several cities in the second week of an invasion launched by Russian President Vladimir Putin The capital Kyiv, in the path of a Russian armoured column that has been stalled on a road for days, came under renewed attack, with explosions audible from the city centre. The…
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Mar
05
2022
By The African Mirror
Ukraine war: How will economic sanctions hit ordinary Russians?

Ukraine war: How will economic sanctions hit ordinary Russians?

WORLD
SONIA ELKS and EMMA BATHA FROM buying a washing machine to getting a filling at the dentist, ordinary Russians could face big price hikes for consumer goods and import shortages as economic sanctions bite, analysts say. The United States and Europe have unveiled a slew of reprisal measures designed to hit Russia's economy in response to the invasion of Ukraine. Here is how the sanctions are affecting Russia and how the situation might develop: What are the sanctions Russia is facing? Western nations have unleashed a package of economic measures targeting key sectors and individuals, restricting the country's access to technology and financing as…
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Mar
03
2022
By The African Mirror
Ukraine: U.N. calls for open borders for fleeing Africans

Ukraine: U.N. calls for open borders for fleeing Africans

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THE U.N. refugee agency has urged authorities in countries neighbouring Ukraine to open their borders to African citizens fleeing the conflict there amid reports that some were being denied access to safety, UNHCR has said. Thousands of African and other foreign nationals, particularly students, have been scrambling to leave Ukraine since Russia's invasion on February 24. Close to 700,000 people fleeing Ukraine have been taken in by neighbouring countries in the European Union. Videos and testimonies have been circulating on social media complaining of discrimination against Africans at train stations and border posts. Reuters has not been able to authenticate these…
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Mar
03
2022
By The African Mirror
Hundreds of migrants scale fence, cross into Spain’s Melilla enclave

Hundreds of migrants scale fence, cross into Spain’s Melilla enclave

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MORE than 2,500 migrants attempted to climb a high border fence separating Spain's North African enclave of Melilla from Morocco, and around 500 managed to cross into Spanish territory, local authorities said. The central government in Melilla said in a statement the migrants from Sub-Saharan Africa were armed with hooks, sticks and screws, and threw stones as security forces tried to stop them from climbing the six-metre (20-ft) fence. Sixteen police officers were injured and 20 migrants were being treated for minor injuries, the central government said. Melilla and Ceuta - a second Spanish enclave also on Africa's northern coast…
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Mar
03
2022
By The African Mirror
As Russia steps up assault, the fleeing fear for fathers left behind

As Russia steps up assault, the fleeing fear for fathers left behind

WORLD
KRISZTINA THAN, ALICJA PTAK and JAN LOPATKA THOUSANDS of people fleeing fierce fighting in Ukraine streamed across central European border crossings as Russian troops bombarded Ukrainian cities and looked poised to advance on the embattled capital, Kyiv. Western nations raced to supply humanitarian and military aid while piling pressure on a Russian economy already reeling under sanctions, with U.S. President Joe Biden warning Vladimir Putin that the Russian leader had "no idea what's coming". After initial Russian failures to capture major cities, Western analysts said Moscow appeared to have shifted tactics, including devastating shelling of built-up areas to subdue stubborn…
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