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Russian President Vladimir Putin has said he gives a "priority" to relations with African countries as he looks for international partners in the face of Western sanctions over the invasion of Ukraine. "I want to emphasise that our country has always given and will continue to give priority to co-operation with African states," Mr Putin said on Monday at a conference on Russian-African relations in Moscow. He said Russia will supply foods to needy countries in Africa free of charge if an agreement on Ukrainian grain exports is not renewed. "We are ready to supply the whole volume sent during the past time to African countries particularly requiring it from Russia free of charge to these countries," he said, according to the Russian news agency Tass. He said Russia will share i...

An exclusive interview of Interfax-Ukraine and Ukraine in Arabic with Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to Ukraine Mohammed bin Suleiman al-Mashar Text by: Mohammad Farajallah (editor-in-chief of the agency Ukraine in Arabic) Maksim Urakin (Interfax-Ukraine) Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan arrived in Kyiv on a surprise visit, met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other officials, and agreed on a previously announced aid package. Are there any changes in Riyadh's position on the war in Ukraine, especially since the Kingdom has been criticized for siding with Russia in the war against Ukraine? Under the guidance of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud - God bless him - and under the guidance ...

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In his remarks, a US-based pro-Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) engineer and political scientist working at National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Cedrick Ngalande bemoaned the US Embassy statement, calling on “the President to assert the sovereignty of the Republic of Malawi”. Reacting to the undiplomatic emotive Facebook-publicized statement by the US Embassy, Ngalande remarked as follows in his Facebook post: “It’s difficult to understand the real motive behind statements being issued by foreign embassies to the government. Have the normal channels to the foreign affairs ministry closed? Is the intention to have Malawians rise up and overthrow their government?” https://youtu.be/jssNmD6AQKE Condemned statement by US Ambassador David Young Ngalande further su...

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Germany's Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht has resigned following a series of blunders and PR disasters. It comes as Berlin comes under rising pressure to allow the delivery of German-built battle tanks to Ukraine. Ms Lambrecht was mocked for her announcement that Germany was supporting Ukraine by sending 5,000 military helmets. She was also widely criticised for failing to improve Germany's notoriously ill-equipped armed forces. This was despite the provision of €100bn (£88bn) for that task following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Ms Lambrecht, a member of Chancellor Olaf Scholz's Social Democrats (SPD), also came in for criticism when it emerged that she had taken her son on a trip in a military helicopter. But it was an awkward video she posted on New Year's Eve wh...