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19th Mar 2024

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Putin: Russia will help Africa without 'conditions'

Russian president Vladimir Putin said on Monday Russia wanted to help African leaders without "political or other conditions" such as those established by Western countries, Reuters writes. "[Western countries] are try[ing] to return lost influence and dominance in their former colonies in a new guise and rushing to pump out maximum profits and to exploit the continent," he said before the first ever Russia-Africa summit on 23 and 24 October.

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Borrell: 'Israel provoking famine', urges more aid access

70 percent of northern Gaza is facing famine, new data shows. There is one shower per 5,500 people, and 888 people per toilet. 'How can you live in these conditions?" asked Natalie Boucly of UNRWA at the European Humanitarian Forum.

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Potential legal avenues to prosecute Navalny's killers

The UN could launch an independent international investigation into Navalny's killing, akin to investigation I conducted on Jamal Khashoggi's assassination, or on Navalny's Novichok poisoning, in my role as special rapporteur on extrajudicial executions, writes the secretary-general of Amnesty International.

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