Africa

Russia to Develop Economic Cooperation with Mozambique

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said a working visit to Moscow of Mozambiquean Foreign Minister Alcinda Antonia Abreu would be useful for the consolidation of bilateral cooperation in the international arena.

Popularity: 4% [?]

June 1, 2007

Amnesty Suspects Russia of Supplying Arms to Sudan

Human rights watchdog Amnesty International has accused China and Russia of breaching a United Nations arms embargo by continuing to supply weapons to the Sudanese authorities for use in Darfur.

Popularity: 3% [?]

May 8, 2007

Belarussian Plane Shot Down in Somalia

A missile fired by Islamist fighters was responsible for the plane crash that left 11 people dead in Somalia on Friday, the Reuters news agency quoted Belarus officials as saying on Sunday.

Popularity: 7% [?]

March 26, 2007

Russia to Build First Nuclear Power Plant in Morocco

Russia’s nuclear equipment export monopoly Atomstroyexport said Monday it plans to build a nuclear power plant in Morocco.

Popularity: 2% [?]

March 19, 2007

Russia to Sign Energy and Metals Deals in Africa

Russia hopes for a package of energy and metals deals with African states, a ministry statement said on Friday, March 16, as a government delegation left for South Africa, Angola and Namibia. Some Russian firms however deny having any such plans.

Popularity: 3% [?]

Belarussian Cargo Plane Attacked in Somalia

A Belarussian cargo plane was attacked as it was landing at an airport in Somalia on Monday, but no one was hurt, the Interfax news agency reported citing a Belarussian official.

Popularity: 2% [?]

March 12, 2007

Al Qaeda Claims Responsibility for Killing Russian Engineer in Algeria

An Algeria-based Islamic extremist group claimed responsibility Tuesday for a weekend attack that killed a Russian engineer and three others.

Popularity: 1% [?]

March 6, 2007

Four Russian and Ukranian Workers Killed by Bomb Blast in Algeria

Four workers from Russia and Ukraine and three Algerians were killed in a bomb attack on a bus near the town of Ain Defla, south of the capital Algiers, the AFP news agency reported on Sunday quoting local sources.

Popularity: 1% [?]

March 5, 2007

Russian Gas Specialists Wounded in Algerian Bomb Attack

One Russian citizen was killed and another injured in a bomb explosion in Algeria, Russia’s foreign ministry said Sunday.

Popularity: 3% [?]

March 4, 2007

Russia Says Libyan Verdict on Medics “Exceedingly Cruel”

Russia on Wednesday denounced as “exceedingly cruel” the death sentences passed by a Libyan court on six foreign medics convicted of deliberately infecting hundreds of Libyan children with the virus that causes AIDS, the Reuters news agency reported.

Popularity: 3% [?]

December 20, 2006