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Dacic receives DR Congo's new ambassador

BELGRADE - Serbian First Deputy PM and FM Ivica Dacic received a courtesy visit from DR Congo's newly-appointed ambassador to Belgrade Joseph Kalala Mulamba on Monday.

Dacic noted the long history of relations between the two countries, their traditional friendship and good cooperation in many fields, the Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.

Indirectly Arming Ukraine: How in 2022 Bulgaria agreed to Export Weapons for over 8.5 Billion

The war in Ukraine has left a serious mark on the Bulgarian military industry. In 2022, export contracts for over 8.5 billion leva were concluded, with the realized production amounting to nearly 3.5 billion leva. Exports were directed to countries from the European Union, given that traditionally before that, Bulgarian exports were to countries such as India, Algeria, Morocco, etc.

South Africa's Ramaphosa tells Putin Ukraine 'war must be settled'

South Africa's president, in Russia as part of a delegation pushing for peace between Kiev and Moscow, told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Saturday that the fighting had to stop.

His delegation put forward a set of principles that the Kremlin deemed "very difficult to implement", a day after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky ruled out talks with Moscow.

At least 25 killed in rebel attack on Ugandan school near Congo border

Ugandan police said at least 25 people have been killed in a suspected rebel attack on a school near the Congo border.

In a statement on Saturday, authorities said that the Allied Democratic Forces carried out an attack late Friday night on a school in the border town of Mpondwe.

Missile strikes over Kiev as African leaders visit

Ukraine said Friday it withstood a wave of Russian missiles including hypersonic Kinzhals, which were downed over the Kiev region where African leaders were due to hold talks as part of a peace mission.

"Russian missiles are a message to Africa: Russia wants more war, not peace," Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said.

Man arrested for alleged sexual assault of 19-year-old woman

Police arrested a 20-year-old man from the Congo in the central Athens neighborhood of Ampelokipoi on charges of sexually assaulting a 19-year-old American woman. 

According to the victim's report to the police, she had met the suspect through social media, and he then took her to a house on Panagi Kyriakou Street where the alleged assault took place.

Race and Exclusion in State Socialism: African Students in Communist Albania

Encounters between Albanians and Africans in Western Europe accentuate the ethno-racial distinction between 'diasporic' communities as they struggle for recognition and resources.

But how, in the past, did communist ideology mediate relations between Albanians and Africans?

Albanian ties to anti-colonial figures

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