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  Germany warns of global famine aletho May 9 Samizdat | May 9, 2022 The world is about to face an acute food crisis due to skyrocketing food prices, German Economic Cooperation and Development Minister Svenja Schulze told the Bild newspaper on Saturday, warning about a looming famine not seen since World War II. The minister has named the Covid-19 pandemic and Russia’s ongoing military operation in Ukraine as its causes. “The situation is highly dramatic,” the minister told the German tabloid in a late Saturday interview, adding that, according to the UN World Food Program, “more than 300 million people” are already suffering from acute hunger and the UN has to “constantly revise” this data upwards. Food prices around the world have grown by a third and have reached “record levels,” Schulze has warned, adding that the “bitter message is that we are facing the worst famine since World War II,” which could see “millions” die. In its May 6 statement, the World Food Program has warned...

Names of Hungarian PM, Croatian President Appear on Notorious Ukrainian Kill List Site Samizdat | May 2, 2022 Curated by the Security Service of Ukraine and officials from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Myrotvorets website publishes the personal info of so-called “enemies of Ukraine”. Several individuals whose names have been posted on the site have been murdered, and rights groups and governments have repeatedly called for it to be taken down. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s name has appeared on the notorious Ukrainian website Myrotvorets.center (lit. "Peacekeeper"). The 58-year-old politician is listed as an “accomplice of Russian war criminals”, an “accomplice in the crimes of Russian authorities against Ukraine and its citizens”, for his “participation in acts of humanitarian aggression against Ukraine”, as an “anti-Ukrainian propagandist”, and for his general all-round “cooperation with the Russian aggressor”. Orban’s specific “crimes” include his refusal ...

  Maria Zakharova, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, giving press briefing in Moscow (February 2022). Moscow Says Israeli Mercenaries Fighting in Ukraine aletho May 4 Maria Zakharova, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, giving press briefing in Moscow (February 2022). Al-Manar | May 4, 2022 A spokeswoman for Russia’s foreign ministry on Wednesday said Israeli mercenaries were fighting alongside the far-right Azov Regiment in Ukraine, further fueling tensions with Israel after Russia suggested Adolf Hitler had “Jewish blood.” “Israeli mercenaries are practically shoulder to shoulder with Azov militants in Ukraine,” Maria Zakharova told pro-Kremlin Sputnik radio in an interview. They have been fighting alongside the Ukrainian army against Russian troops, which on February 24 launched a military campaign in Ukraine to protect Russia’s national security. By suggesting that Israelis are fighting alongside Azov – viewed by Russia as fascists and Nazis, Moscow is escalating politi...

  Russia warns G20 of global impact of sanctions Samizdat | April 21, 2022 Sanctions imposed on Russia are creating serious risks to the global economy, Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said via video link at a meeting of G20 finance ministers and central bank governors in Washington, DC on Wednesday. “Excessively loose budgetary and monetary policy pursued in recent years in developed countries created inflationary pressure last year, and the sanctions imposed against Russia not only further strengthened it, but also led to new risks in the economy,” Siluanov said. Spiking prices for energy and agricultural produce will hit developing and low-income countries, the minister warned, adding that some countries will face severe social consequences. According to Siluanov, Russia has never refused to fulfill its obligations and continues to comply with all contracts’ terms, while shipments of goods across the global markets are being artificially restrained by sanctions, triggeri...

 Kiir replaces deputy minister of public service South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir on Monday evening fired the deputy minister of public service who is a senior member of the South Sudan Opposition Alliance (SSOA). Deputy Minister Gen. Khalid Botrous Bora – who held the position for more than two years – was sacked in a decree read out on state media. No reasons were given for firing him. His removal comes after President Kiir, First Vice President Riek Machar and SSOA leaders agreed on the unification of the armed forces' command as stipulated in the 2018 peace agreement. In another decree, President Kiir replaced Khalid Botrous with Gen. Julius Tabuley Daniel, who is also a senior member of SSOA. Both Khalid and Tabley are belonging the National Salvation Front (NAS) faction, which is an organization within the South Sudan Opposition Alliance. In early April, the parties to the peace agreement signed a security deal in Juba that sets out terms of integrating SPLA-IO and SSOA com...

South Sudan VP Hussein Abdelbagi vising UNISFA on 30 March 2022. [Photo: UNISFA]   VP Abdelbagi visits UNISFA over Twic-Ngok Dinka clashesSouth Sudan’s Vice President for Service Cluster, Mr. Hussein Abdelbagi Akol on Wednesday visited the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) on a fact-finding mission following the crisis in Agok between the Twic Dinka and the Ngok Dinka communities.  In a statement on Thursday, UNISFA said the vice president interacted with UNISFA leadership to assess its role during the clashes within the context of its mandate to protect civilians under imminent threat of physical violence. "The Force Commander and Acting Head of Mission, Maj. Gen. Benjamin Olufemi Sawyerr assured the investigating team that the interaction with the mission leadership would be beneficial to both parties and help find a lasting solution to the violence experienced within the Box," the statement read in part. "General Sawyerr reiterated that UNISFA c...

  In this photo provided by the Turkish Presidency, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (right) gives a speech to welcome the Russian and Ukrainian delegations ahead of their talks in Istanbul on Tuesday. (Turkish Presidency via AP) Ukraine peace talks end with possible Crimea concessions by Barnini Chakraborty, Senior Investigations Reporter  Peace talks between Russia and Ukraine ended Tuesday in Turkey with some optimism that both sides may be one step closer to ending the war. Russia pledged to "reduce military activity" significantly near Ukraine's capital city of Kyiv, as well as in Chernihiv to the north. Moscow also said it was ready to set up a meeting between President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky once a draft peace agreement is in place. Ukrainian officials outlined potential concessions over territory occupied by Russia, including a proposal that negotiations over Crimea, which Russia annexed in 2014, be conducted over a 15-year...

  NSS releases declassified record on the cause of conflict after Kiir order The South Sudan National Security Service (NSS) has released a report that describes the links of some politicians and military officers with the start of the civil war in the country. The report is the first record to be disclosed following an order by President Salva Kiir for a declassification review of materials that have remained out of the public view in the 2013 and 2016 conflict. The document was released by the National Security Agency and the UK-based law firm BRL. The report has stood by its claim that an attempted coup by Riek Machar and other politicians was the cause of the 2013 and 2016 conflicts despite the African Union finding no evidence for this narrative. The AU Commission of Inquiry on South Sudan said in its report released in October 2014: "From all the information available to the Commission, the evidence does not point to a coup." The Commission further said the war started ...

  © Getty Images / Omar Marques Putin ‘cannot remain in power’ – Biden US president demands regime change for Russia US President Joe Biden has called for Russian President Vladimir Putin to be deposed. He made a direct appeal to the Russian people during a speech in Warsaw, where he had met for talks with high-ranking Ukrainian officials on Saturday. “For God’s sake, this man cannot remain in power,” Biden declared at the end of an emotionally overwrought speech in the Polish capital’s Royal Castle. While he has previously denounced Putin as a “war criminal” and a “dictator,” and lobbed at him all manner of other geopolitical insults, this was his first recorded demand that the president be removed from office. Biden also spoke directly to “the Russian people,” insisting that despite weeks of punishing sanctions and forcing hundreds of American and European-based companies to pull out of the country, “you, the Russian people, are not our enemy.” He then attempted to liken Ukrainia...

  https://radiotamazuj.org/en UNISFA assures Abyei people of security The United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) will continue to prioritize security and the protection of civilians throughout the Abyei area during and after the mission’s transition into a multinational peacekeeping mission, a Friday press release said. The force commander and acting mission chief of UNISFA, Maj. Gen. Benjamin Olufemi Sawyerr, gave this assurance while exchanging views with the Khartoum appointed Chief Administrator, Gumaa Dawood Musa, and the Misseriya traditional and community leaders during his second visit to Diffra, Northern Abyei. “General Sawyer however decried the deteriorating security situation in the Abyei Area since the beginning of February and assured the people that the mission will ensure there are no security gaps despite the troop withdrawal and reconfiguration of the mission,” the statement read. “General Sawyerr stressed the need to promote dialogue between the...

  An RT broadcast tent is seen on Red Square in Moscow on March 18, 2018. Britain bans Russian state TV channel RT By Mark Thompson, CNN Business London (CNN Business)Britain has banned Russian state TV channel RT, saying it was incapable of providing impartial coverage of the war in Ukraine. UK broadcast media regulator Ofcom said it had been conducting 29 investigations into RT's coverage of Russia's invasion, and had taken into account the channel's ties with the Russian state and new Russian laws which "effectively criminalize" any journalism that departs from the Kremlin's narrative in relation to the war. "Freedom of expression is something we guard fiercely in this country, and the bar for action on broadcasters is rightly set very high," Ofcom CEO Melanie Dawes said in a statement. "Following an independent regulatory process, we have today found that RT is not fit and proper to hold a license in the UK. As a result we have revoked RT...

  China names world’s ‘hacking empire’ by aletho RT | March 15, 2022 Calling the US a “hacking empire” of the world, the Chinese Foreign Ministry urged Washington to stop “malicious” cyber activities following reports that American hackers subverted a network in China to launch attacks on Russia and Belarus. “China is gravely concerned about cyberattacks against other countries that originate from the US and use China as a springboard,” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian told reporters at a press briefing on Monday. Zhao was commenting on recent Chinese media reports that hackers, mainly from the US but also from NATO allies Germany and the Netherlands, recently hijacked a Chinese computer network for cyberattacks, 87% of which targeted Russia. “Against the background of the Ukraine situation, such a move may produce the negative effect of misleading the international community and spreading disinformation,” Zhao said, pointing out that “a former US senior official called pu...

Microsoft development center in Herzliya Pituah, Oct 30, 2020.   Israeli Tech Firms Begin to Join Boycott of Russia By Hana Levi Julian At least five major Israeli tech firms have joined the international onslaught of sanctions against Russia in response to its invasion of Ukraine. Among those that have begun to freeze or dial down their activities in Russia last week were Fiverr, Payoneer, Playtika, Tipalti and Wix, a web creator firm. Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Apple, Samsung, VISA, Mastercard, American Express and McDonald’s were among at least 350 global firms that have suspended their operations in Russia or have pulled out altogether so far. Last week on LinkedIn, Wix co-founder Avishai Abrahami said his company had stopped operating in Russia and “does not and will not sell anything in Russia and no commerce can take place,” although “the ability to create and publish free sites will remain available in Russia.” Tipalti, a fin tech company that develops payments and complian...

  China urges Pentagon to open up about ‘biolabs’ in Ukraine by aletho RT | March 8, 2022 China’s foreign ministry has called on the US to disclose information on the Pentagon’s alleged biological laboratories in Ukraine “as soon as possible”. On Monday, the Russian military said Ukrainian authorities had been destroying pathogens studied at its laboratories. Moscow claimed that 30 US-financed Ukrainian biolabs have been actively cooperating with the American military. Kiev has denied developing bioweapons. According to the website of the US embassy in Kiev, the US Department of Defense’s Biological Threat Reduction Program only “collaborates with partner countries to counter the threat of outbreaks” of infectious diseases. In 2020, the embassy called such theories about US-funded biolabs in Ukraine "disinformation." Speaking at a press briefing on Tuesday, however, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian claimed that, according to his country’s information, the labora...