A MILITARY-LED commission in Niger has proposed a five-year transition before restoring civilian rule, following national discussions, officials announced on state TV. The proposal comes after Niger’s 2023 military coup, which saw the ousting of President Mohamed Bazoum. The junta had initially suggested a three-year transition, but that was rejected by ECOWAS, West Africa’s regional bloc. … Read more
FOREIGN policy adviser to President Vladimir Putin of Russia, Yuri Ushakov, on Monday said that Moscow and Washington had yet to agree on how to embark on Ukraine peace talks, stating that the US had not yet appointed a chief negotiator to talk to Russia. Ushakov, along with Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, is due to … Read more
PRESIDENT Donald Trump said Thursday that he wants to restart nuclear arms control talks with Russia and China and that eventually he hopes all three countries could agree to cut their massive defence budgets in half. Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, Trump lamented the hundreds of billions of dollars being invested in rebuilding … Read more
RUSSIAN officials are working on a road map to re-establish diplomatic ties with Syria following the ouster of Bashar al-Assad’s government, sources familiar with the issue told Middle East Eye. A Russian delegation led by Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov and Alexander Lavrentiev, the Kremlin’s special envoy for Syria, visited Damascus on Tuesday and met … Read more
Nigeria’s Ministry of Innovation, Science and Technology, has said that Nigeria’s partnership with the Republic of Russia will strengthen the socioeconomic relations of both countries. Nko-Asanye said this when officials from the Embassy of the Russian Federation, led by the Senior Counselor on Trade and Economic Section, Sergei Pliushchov, visited her in Abuja on … Read more
AS the trade war between Russia and the United States intensifies, outgoing president Joe Biden has admitted that the latest sanctions targeting the Russian oil industry could potentially backfire as it could lead to a rise in gas prices. On Friday, the US state Treasury Department unveiled a “sweeping” round of fresh sanctions on Russia, … Read more
RUSSIA said it has played an important role in promoting a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and the two-state solution, Palestinian Ambassador to UN Riyad Mansour said on Wednesday. “They are the key players in trying to put an end to this war and to protect UNRWA. UNRWA is the UN Relief and Works Agency … Read more
RUSSIAN forces said on Sunday that they had shot down a Ukrainian MIG-29 fighter jet during the ongoing fighting. The Russian Ministry of Defence said Kyiv’s forces have lost several pieces of Western-made armour, including a Bradley fighting vehicle. “Seventeen counterattacks by the Ukrainian armed forces have been repelled. The enemy has lost more than … Read more
THE United States has closed its embassy in Kiev amid concerns over a potential Russian attack. The embassy said in a post on Wednesday it “has received specific information of a potential significant air attack on November 20.” “Out of an abundance of caution, the Embassy will be closed, and Embassy employees are being instructed … Read more
At least six people have been killed and a “great many” more injured in a Russian attack on the city of Sumy in north-eastern Ukraine, the acting mayor said on Sunday evening. Artem Kobzar shared a video on Telegram in which he stood in front of a multi-storey residential building destroyed by the missile … Read more