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Taskforce will ‘listen to local people’s concerns’, as government plans to release more than 1m tonnes

EU and African leaders on Thursday launched a two-day summit aimed at rebooting ties through pledges of major investment in the face of competition from China and Russia. But critics say Africa should be able to deal with other blocs on an equal footing. RFI English's Jan van der Made…

UN warns of looming catastrophe as hundreds of thousands more arrive at settlements that do not have enough food or water

Germany accused Russia on Friday of endangering Europe's security with demands that recall the Cold War, as Western leaders arrived for a Munich Security Conference set to be dominated by the Ukraine crisis. Fears are growing in the West that Russia is on the verge of invading its neighbor, with…

Russian state media say a blast has occurred in Donetsk amid multiple US warnings of false flag incidents

Myanmar's military junta is to take part in hearings at the top United Nations court in The Hague next week despite a complaint from political opponents that this could give it international recognition without legal standing.

Several Russian infantry units returned to their bases in Dagestan and Chechnya after completing drills in Crimea, the Interfax news agency cited Russia’s defence ministry as saying on Friday. Pro-Russian separatists accused the Ukrainian military of shelling in eastern Ukraine, while Ukraine’s military said it has recorded dozens of ceasefire…

The UK warns the crisis in the region is at a ‘critical juncture’, with Russia accused of ‘manufacturing a pretext’ for launching an attack.

An International Olympic Committee spokesman bats away several sensitive questions regarding human rights, Xinjiang labour camps, Taiwan and Hong Kong – but his counterpart on the Beijing Organising Committee is far more hawkish.