Encouraging news about Covid-19 vaccination rates among health workers and the elderly is tempered by warnings about the spread of monkeypox.
Tag: Africa
‘We Buried Him and Kept Walking’: Children Die as Somalis Flee Hunger
The worst drought in four decades and a sharp rise in food prices caused by the war in Ukraine have left almost half of Somalia’s people facing acute food shortages.
Biden Races to Expand Coalition Against Russia but Meets Resistance
Many Asian, African and Latin American nations are maintaining ties with Russia as the United States tries to isolate President Vladimir V. Putin and end the war in Ukraine.
Russia Seeks Buyers for Plundered Ukraine Grain, U.S. Warns
American diplomats have alerted 14 countries, most in Africa, that Russian ships filled with stolen Ukrainian grain could be headed their way, posing a dilemma to countries facing dire food shortages.
Putin Ally Mines Gold and Plays Favorites in Sudan
Backed by the Kremlin, the shadowy network known as the Wagner Group is getting rich in Sudan while helping the military to crush a democracy movement.
Russia Needs Friends. Africa, Needing Food, Isn’t Turning Its Back.
A meeting between President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia and the head of the African Union, President Macky Sall of Senegal, showed that Africa is not prepared to cut ties to Russia.
Your Friday Briefing
Ukraine says Russia controls 20 percent of its territory.
W.H.O Predicts Steep Drop in Covid Deaths in Africa in 2022
A study by the World Health Organization says that more than half the region’s population now has some level of immunity, mainly from unreported past infections.
How Russia’s Wagner Group Is Expanding in Africa
Best known for its mercenaries, the Wagner Group also mines diamonds, spreads disinformation and props up autocrats in an effort to grow Russia’s footprint.
Your Thursday Briefing: A Texas School Shooting
Plus Russia’s narrowed focus and diplomacy in Africa.