Moscow ready to end military strikes if Ukraine agrees to four conditions, including Crimea as Russian territory
Russia has told Ukraine it is ready to halt military operations “in a moment” if Kyiv meets a list of conditions, the Kremlin spokesman says. Dmitry Peskov said on Monday that Moscow was demanding that Ukraine cease military action, change its constitution to enshrine neutrality, acknowledge Crimea as Russian territory...
South African intelligence, police slammed for sleeping on the job as US Treasury slaps sanctions on terrorism financiers
Was the United States Treasury’s announcement that it was imposing sanctions on four alleged organisers and financiers in South Africa of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) a wake-up call for South Africa? The capacity of the country’s State Security Agency and the South African Police Service has...
Congolese Islamic State-affiliated terror group ADF has widened its recruitment base to east and central Africa – report
The Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) terror group is broadening its recruitment base from its traditional pool of Congolese and Ugandan fighters to Kenya and Tanzania. Countries in the region were made aware of this risk several years ago. But as the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) prepares to join...
Campaigners and nations step up efforts to close ivory market in Japan and other Far East Asian consumers
The first in-person meeting since 2019 of the UN Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (Cites) kicks off today in Lyon, France. The loaded agenda for the 74th Standing Committee contains 89 items related to the protection of more than 30 species and taxa...
