Tag: east
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East Sudan governor resigns, protesters lift blockade
[ad_1] Beja protesters stage a sit-in outside the secretariat general of Red Sea state’s government, in the city of Port Sudan on June 7, 2022, before the governor resigned – Copyright AFP/File Ben STANSALL A coalition of tribes in East Sudan announced on Tuesday the end of a sit-in which blocked roads to the crucial…
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Displaced by rebel clashes, people in east DR Congo make uneasy trek home
[ad_1] People who fled fighting between the army and M23 rebels in DR Congo’s North Kivu province are timidly starting to return home – Copyright AFP Anthony WALLACE Heritier Baraka MUNYAMPFURA People who fled fighting between DR Congo’s army and M23 rebels have begun to make a nervous return home, with tensions in the volatile east…
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Ukraine pushes back in Kherson as Zelensky visits east
[ad_1] Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (C) talks with servicemen during his visit to the Kharkiv region – Copyright Ukrainian presidential press-service/AFP STR Ukrainian forces have counterattacked in the country’s south, claiming to have pushed back Russian troops near three villages in the Kherson region, as President Volodymyr Zelensky made his first visit to the embattled…
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‘Finding food’: Russia severs link to Ukraine’s besieged east
[ad_1] The missile parts littering the roads of Lysychansk reveal the ferocity of battles accompanying Russian efforts to seal off the industrial hub – Copyright AFP MARIO QUILODRAN Dmitry ZAKS A Ukrainian coal miner, completely starved of information, thought he might be able to reason with Russian forces blocking the last good road running out…
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Russia targets Ukraine’s last link to besieged east
[ad_1] Ukrainian and Russian forces are waging a fierce artillery battle for control of a strategic road running to two besieged cities of the Donbas war zone – Copyright GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/AFP Drew Angerer Dmitry ZAKS The wounded coal miner peered through his shrapnel-splayed windshield and tried to ignore the flopping noises coming from his…
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Nobel laureate sworn in as East Timor leader on independence anniversary
[ad_1] East Timor’s new President Jose Ramos-Horta, a Nobel laureate who also led the small Asian nation once before, takes the oath of office during his inauguration in Dili, on May 20, 2022 – Copyright AFP Simon WOHLFAHRT Valentino Dariel Sousa Nobel laureate Jose Ramos-Horta was inaugurated as East Timor’s president on Friday, pledging to…
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Nobel laureate sworn in as East Timor leader on independence anniversary
[ad_1] East Timor’s new President Jose Ramos-Horta (L), seen here after winning the election on April 21, 2022, was sworn in as the nation’s new leader on May 19, 2022 – Copyright AFP – Nobel laureate Jose Ramos-Horta was inaugurated as East Timor’s president on Friday, pledging to break a longstanding political deadlock in Southeast…
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Fierce fighting in Ukraine’s east but Eurovision win lifts spirits
[ad_1] Russia, which sent in troops to Ukraine on February 24, has increasingly turned its attention to eastern Ukraine since the end of March, after failing to take the capital Kyiv – Copyright Nefaish Animation/AFP – David Stout Ukraine’s forces were fighting off a fierce Russian onslaught on the east of the country Sunday, after…
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Intense fighting in east Ukraine as Europe pledges more military aid
[ad_1] The remains of a destroyed school in which Ukrainian official say 60 people sheltering in a basement died following a Russian military strike on the village of Bilogorivka, Lugansk region, eastern Ukraine – Copyright AFP Alessandro RAMPAZZO David Stout with Isabelle Le Page in Wangels Intense fighting raged in eastern Ukraine’s Donbas region where…
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Russian military woes continue in Ukraine’s east: experts
[ad_1] A Ukrainian serviceman stands near a destroyed Russian tank in the northeastern city of Trostyanets’, on March 29, 2022 – Copyright AFP/File FADEL SENNA Didier LAURAS When Russia shifted its focus to the Donbas in eastern Ukraine after failing to seize Kyiv, Western powers feared an onslaught that would see Ukrainian forces crumble within…