Putin vows to expand economic and security ties with Africa

Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, poses for a photo with leaders of African countries at the Russia-Africa summit in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, Thursday, Oct. 24, 2019. (Valery Sharifulin, TASS News Agency Pool Photo via AP) Russian President Vladimir Putin is telling leaders at the first-ever Russia-Africa summit that developing economic and

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More debt please, Kenya is dead broke

Photo/Daily Nation/From left: Kenya Revenue Authority Board chairman Francis Muthaura, acting National Treasury Cabinet Secretary Ukur Yattani and Treasury Economic Secretary Geoffrey Mwau during a past function in Nairobi. Kenya is facing a debt crisis but government officials don’t seem to know what to do about it. The obvious route is to borrow some more

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UK police investigating 39 lorry deaths raid two addresses

Police move the lorry container where bodies were discovered, in Grays, Essex, Britain October 23, 2019. REUTERS/Hannah McKay Two addresses in Northern Ireland have been searched by police investigating the deaths of 39 people inside a truck at an industrial estate near London. British police found the bodies of 38 adults and one teenager in

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Somalia President meets President of Russia Putin

Photo/Somali Times The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, attended the opening of the Russia-Africa Cooperation summit and held special meetings with the leaders attending the conference. Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo held a special meeting with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, discussing bilateral relations and. President Farmajo, one of 43 leaders

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Young Saudi prince with Western experience named foreign minister

FILE PHOTO: New ambassador of Saudi Arabia to Germany Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud poses for the media after his diplomatic accreditation at Bellevue Palace in Berlin, Germany, March 27, 2019. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch/File Photo Saudi Arabia appointed a prince with diplomatic experience in Western capitals as foreign minister on Wednesday in a partial cabinet

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Uganda’s Museveni thanked Putin for supplying warplanes, other weapons to get more if Russia provides loans Russia-Africa summit

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, welcomes Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed for the talks on the sideline of Russia-Africa summit in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019. (AP Photo/Sergei Chirikov, pool photo via AP) Russian President Vladimir Putin courted dozens of leaders of African nations Wednesday at the first-ever Russia-Africa

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Stand-off at Ethiopian activist’s home amid tensions with PM

Awar Mohammed, an Oromo activist and leader of the Oromo protest speaks during a Reuters interview at his house in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia October 23, 2019. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri Hundreds of supporters of an Ethiopian ethnic activist and media entrepreneur gathered outside his house on Wednesday, hours after it was surrounded by police following a warning

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Putin aims to boost Moscow’s clout with Russia-Africa summit

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, welcomes South Africa’s President, Cyril Ramaphosa on the sideline of the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019. (Sergei Fadeyechev, TASS News Agency Pool Photo via AP) Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted dozens of leaders of African nations Wednesday for the first-ever Russia-Africa summit, reflecting Moscow’s new

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Essex murder probe: 39 bodies including one teenager found in lorry container from Bulgaria

The trailer was found at Waterglade Industrial Park ( Google StreetView ) A murder investigation has been launched after the bodies of 39 people were found in a lorry container in Essex. Police were called to the Waterglade Industrial Park in Grays at 1.40am today by paramedics of the bodies in a lorry that is

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Russia Vows to Forgive Ethiopia’s Debts Amid Growing Push for Influence in Africa

Yegor Aleyev / TASS Russia hopes its debt forgiveness will expand opportunities for military and economic influence on the continent. Putin made the announcement on the eve of the first-ever Russia Africa Summit, which will bring more than 50 African leaders to Sochi on Oct. 23-24. Speaking with the state-run TASS news agency, Putin said

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